Willowbank School, KilmarnockThe Transition boys had a busy start to the new term. This week they were Successful Learners when they were checking totals of coins in different purses. They then had the challenge of putting them in order from most money to least money.
We have had a busy week back at school. The Sunflower boys have enjoyed doing lots of different activities. On Thursday we made French toast. We had to crack the eggs into the bowl and then use to whisk to whisk up the egg. Some of the boys even helped to flip the French toast in the frying pan. Most of us tried our finished product. 
This week the pupils enjoyed a play session with some boys from the Transition class. They all demonstrated confidence as they interacted and played with the older boys
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The Beech class have been learning about water and sanitation. We have learned about the water cycle and today we looked at what we use water for in school and at home. We then had a look at a video made by young people in Africa showing how they have to walk up to 4 miles to collect water. To help us appreciate how lucky we are to have clean water on tap in our homes and schools, we collected water in buckets and experienced what it feels like to carry water across a distance!
* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS *
We went on a walk to the new Dean Park and woodland area. We loved seeing deer, Doris and Dolly the pigs and geese and ducks. We also walked around the woodland area exploring the pond and wetland area and also braved some of the playground equipment!!!
Melanie, Adam and Lyle all had fun this afternoon whilst working hard on their movement skills. They were effective contributors when using the sound beam and Melanie was a confident individual when playing the piano.
A successful first week back to school, everyone has enjoyed getting back into our hard work activities. We started the week by setting our New Year goals for 2019. The boys were confident individuals in selecting their specific goals.
We played some time telling games with our friends and had fun whilst working hard.
Jack worked very hard this week working on his writing and listening skills.
All the boys created a Christmas holiday storyboard and shared it with their friends. We were successful learners and confident individuals to share what Santa brought us, what we had for Christmas dinner, who we had dinner with and any other activities we took part in over the holidays.
This week the pupils were effective contributors as they took part in a sensory story of We’re going on a Bear Hunt. The pupils were all very engaged as they acted out the story, they particularly enjoyed walking into the scary cave to find the Bear!
The Snowdrops have enjoyed their first outing of the new year. We visited Tesco and had our snack in the cafe – everyone made confident choices of drinks or snacks and showed lots of interest in their surroundings. We also had some shopping to do, looking for Scottish foods. Everyone showed confidence moving around the supermarket and used a pictorial shopping list to find our Scottish foods. We will be practising spreading some cheese on our oatcakes back in class and touching or smelling the different Scottish food textures.
The Moonbeams are dreaming of a White Christmas but Sean Batty told us yesterday that isn’t going to happen………so we made our own!
