Willowbank School, Kilmarnock* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS *
Willowbank School had a recent visit from some friends of Santa Claus. Two reindeer came to the school to visit us and we had fun meeting them and petting them and sitting in a sleigh.
* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS *
The Moonbeams class began their new theme this week. We read the story ‘Santa is coming to Scotland’ and decided to use Google maps to look at the places Santa visited on his sleigh.
We enjoyed exploring towns and cities in Scotland and pointed out places we recognised like local Tesco stores and libraries.
The Bluebells were confident individuals when they met 2 Reindeers called Pogo and Dasher. They had great fun petting them and sitting in Santa’s Sleigh !
This week we had a sensory assembly all about St Andrew’s day. We tried different Scottish food and we painted our hands and created a class thistle picture. There were different sound boxes which we had to listen to and match to the Scottish character such as Katie Morag, Balamory and The Proclaimers.
Today we made our own Scottish flags using tissue paper and did some fine motor work following the different lines using our pencil.
Yesterday we had a very busy day at school! A sensory assembly for St Andrew’s Day – tasting Scottish food, looking at Scottish pictures, listening to Scottish music and sounds, making thistle hand prints, and playing with porridge paly doh. Then we had cookery and made Lentil Soup… it was yummy!!! Followed by a visit from Santa’s reindeer – we said we were busy!!!
While some pupil went on a rainy day outing, Skye, Dave and Valo enjoyed celebrating St. Andrew’s Day by reading Scottish stories and creating our own tartan kilts whilst listening to traditional Scottish music. The pupil’s were successful learner’s as they followed instructions and listened to the stories.
The Beech girls braved the weather this morning to go on our first independent travel outing on the public bus into town. The girls were very responsible citizens as they looked after their own money and tickets and followed the routines of getting on and off the bus independently.
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The Transition boys cooked up a storm again this Thursday. They were all Successful Learners when they remembered the steps to create the perfect sharing meal. The table was set correctly, tea was made in the pot and a variety of different styles of French toast was created. Knife and fork skills were thoroughly tested until we were full! A great social sharing time.
Looks like rain dear (reindeer!) haha!……….Anyway… Santa was very kind and found some spare time when he could lend us his Reindeer for an afternoon. The Transition boys were Confident Individuals getting up close to pat and feed them. They even got to sit in the sleigh! Lucky boys!
On Wednesday morning the Transition boys took part in a Sensory St. Andrew’s Assembly. They were all Responsible Citizens as they took part in a variety of activities including, hand painting thistles, identifying the famous Scot and modelling a thistle. I think we all agree that our favourite station was tasting Scottish food. I’d share some photographs of that but the food disappeared in the blink of an eye!
