We continued to work on building positive relationships with peers and staff in the Sunflowers. We all brought in a piece of fruit to be added to our friendship fruit salad. We sat around the table touching the different fruits to feel the different textures. We then all took a turn at preparing the fruit peeling and cutting it. We then places the bowls in the middle of the table and were able to choose some to eat. We took lots of pictures and these are displayed outside our classroom on the wall.
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The start of the new school year!
This has been a busy start to the new school year, for some it is their first time coming to Willowbank school and they have settled in well.
The first couple of weeks were about settling into a new routine. We took our picture with our 1st day of school frame and sent them home for our parents to see and keep.
We also kept our fingers busy with some fine motor skills activities.
Independent Life Skills
There are some very responsible citizens in the Beech class these days. We are starting to practise lots of different life skills around the class that will help us do chores at home or when we transition from school.
The class worked very hard and made the classroom all clean and tidy. Dave had to stop half way through for a short break though!
Pet Therapy
The Beech class were lucky enough to take part in a pet therapy session last week. Lyle loved the sensation of Bella licking his hands and helping to throw her ball. The girls enjoyed taking care of Bella and Zeus by getting them water and Dave got some exercise by throwing and catching the ball.
We had fun this afternoon doing some shape and movement activities. Lyle and Valo practised their positional language using a beebot, Skye and Dave sorted some different shapes and built jigsaws and the girls went on a shape hunt around the school! We were very successful learners!
The Transition boys 2nd STEM challenge of the afternoon was to build a tower out of spaghetti. They were all Effective Contributors when building their towers. The two tallest were Patrick’s and Oliver’s. Some even put the leaning Tower of Pisa to shame.
The transition boys were all Confident Individuals today. All the boys cut out and stuck together a life size replica of ‘Dippy the dinosaur’s’ femur bone and measured themselves next to the bone to see who was bigger than the bone.
We led assembly this week which was on the theme of friendship. We told the story of ‘Rainbow Fish’ then showed everyone all the friendship activities and art work we’d done. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
We have started to compile an ‘All About Me’ booklet as part of our new theme, Nanny McPhee.
Busy days in the Daisies
This week we have been very busy.
We have settled back into school and are beginning our new theme ‘Homes and Families’. We have explored the story ‘A Squash and A Squeeze’ and enjoyed making the different characters to create a display.
Everyone also worked hard in Music this week and used percussion instruments to make loud and soft, and slow and fast sounds. We self assessed our work using ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ faces.