Willowbank School, Kilmarnock* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS*
The Moonbeams Class were very enthusiastic when creating fireworks in a jar. We mixed oil and drops of food colouring in a bowl. We added this to a jar of warm water and watched closely! Soon, we could see a range of colourful fireworks in our jars.
* SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS *
The Moonbeams Class have thoroughly enjoyed our Flintstones theme. We decided to use all our theme knowledge and invite some of our peers to a Bedrock Bar and Stone Age Snack Shack.
Our menu included dino bites (turkey dinosaurs), dino toast, hot rocks (meatballs), cheesy boulders (cheesy puff crisps) and Flintstones fruity fizz juice (Lilt zero). We enjoyed creating menus and placemats, preparing snacks and serving them to our friends.
With the glut of pumpkins in Kilmarnock (Killiewe’en had passed, what’s this Hallowe’en thing?) the Transition boys decided to make pumpkin pie. They were all Effective Contributors when they read and followed the recipe. Skills included; weighing, measuring, melting, grating and baking. They were Responsible Citizens when working with the hot oven, ensuring everyone was safe. They also took the time to practice their spreading and cutting skills by having a tea and toast social. A great Autumnal feast!
The Transition class was a hum of quiet focussed activity when the boys took part in their literacy lesson this week. They were all Confident Individuals when taking part in their own reading tasks. Their tasks included reading and answering questions on a chapter of a chosen book, finding key words to share the theme and describing what they see, think and wonder. Every boy made an excellent effort – well done!
The Transition boys were Successful Learners outdoors this week. They took part in a series of challenges making and finding different shapes out of natural objects. They also collected different totals of found materials.
The Sungazers have been learning about Diwali, we have been preparing for our Diwali Assembly.
We have been very busy in the last few weeks planning our own enterprise afternoon.
We designed invitations, bought supplies and helped our friends as we welcomed them to our class to decorate their own chocolate apples for Halloween.
We were very Confident Individuals when we showed our peers what to do, collected money, and restocked supplies.
We have been Responsible Citizens and have been collecting recyclable items from home and bringing them into school so that we can use them as part of our theme work. We have been turning our ‘junk’ items into our own model village, complete with a church, a supermarket, and a few different styles of house too.
We worked very independently coming up with our own ideas and making our own choices!
We have been watching the seasons change as part of our morning group and have enjoyed collecting leaves, watching how these change colour over time. We were Successful Learners and displayed the data we had collected in a pictograph.
We have been learning all about different kinds out houses that people might live in through our theme ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’.
We have spent time in the sensory garden looking at all the different kinds of houses we could see. We were successful learners and could point to different kinds of houses and could remember some of the name too!
