In a sun drenched week we have enjoyed sensory exploration with coloured sand…we loved the feel!!
We have also been to the park where we climbed, swung and slid! We have also enjoyed time on the Trim Trail too!
In class we have built towers, designed peg board patterns and explored shapes and number bonds. We are also moving on apace with our Literacy skills and are starting to look at middle sounds as well as initial sounds.
We have had a lovely busy, busy, week!
We couldn’t ask for better weather this Camp. Fun in the sun!
Question of the day: If you could travel forward in time- what question would you ask yourself? (very philosophical bunch)
Both groups enjoyed cereal and waffles for breakfast before heading into the sun. Both groups experienced Leap Of Faith- and everyone had amazing success. Big shout out to everyone who overcame their fears. Some of us enjoyed Archery, Bushcraft and Problem Solving. Camp fire with singing and marshmallows brought our day to a close. Of course, last night at camp had to involve a wee ‘party’ where lots of the treats people had stored were shared to music and dancing! Leo and Zak in particular enjoyed Michael Jackson!
Tomorrow is another exciting day. We will be leaving Broomlee at 1:30pm with lots of memories and smiles.
Pervious picture posts have not had all the pictures we intended due to an IT issue= we apologise and hope the pictures below all load up!
See you tomorrow.
Question of the day… who doesn’t love mac and cheese with garlic bread?
Good News!! Everyone slept very well- no issues reported and the first night was just amazing!
An early start after a hearty breakfast- the day started cold and cloudy but moods were bright and happy. Morning activities were Cat-Walk and Problem Solving. Many of our young people challenged themselves today, especially overcoming heights and team challenges. The crate climb record was broken today- an amazing height of 11 crates carefully and strategically placed to help the teams succeed. Catwalk was an amazing experience where all our young people climbed high, and managed The Macarena dance at some point during the descent! Problem solving tested our resilience, whilst Nightline helped hone our communication. Environmental Studies taught us about improving our natural surroundings. At this moment, we are running around camp looking for clues to answer questions- hide and seek General Knowledge style.
In spite of tired legs and heavy eyes, our amazing bunch of campers just keep going.
Enjoy the pictures.
Good evening from a sunny and busy Broomlee Outdoor Centre. What a busy start to our P7 Camp. After an uneventful bus journey, we were welcomed by Dylan, our Supervising Tutor. Fire regulation talks then room organising (special mention to Michael and JJ who made their beds very quickly) was followed by our 1st Group Activity. Group 1 were raft building and group 2 were high in the trees doing the Cat Walk. Lots of challenges and working together but we were resilient and helped each other succeed. The Raft Group 1 built was christened ‘The SS Mary’. She didn’t sink- this time!
Lunch and dinner was a highlight for many of the pupils- no-one went hungry.
After dinner we competed in Broomlee Highland Games- where the girls won courtesy of their superior technique during the Tug Of War!
Having enjoyed supper of hot chocolate and biscuits, we are all having an extended play before bed and lights out. Lots of tired eyes! Enjoy the pictures below. Can you spot the Cats and the Sailors?
We have had a lovely, lovely, week together.
With the warming late Spring sun we are taking on a pace with our learning in Tay Class.
We have engaged with so many wonderful elements of engagement and learning, Climbing. Drawing. Building. Running. Dancing. Spinning. Molding. Crafting, Listening. Feeling. Touching. Engaging.
All in all, a fabulous week in TheLifeOfTay!
Another busy week in Lomond Class.
Food technology- we made pitta bread pizzas again – this is definitely one of our favourite food activities!
We continued working on our learning in literacy and maths.
Outdoors we had fun in the Trim Trail, field and kick pitch.
Continuing our Spring art theme we made some lovely blossom tree pictures by printing. We also explored wax resist painting to make some Easter egg art.
We hope everyone has a great Easter holiday!
The class did some lovely daffodil inspired paintings and collage recently. Many enjoyed mixing paint colours again. This art work is proudly displayed on our Spring wall. We also made some Easter cards outdoors with Miss Nelson – they’ll be going home soon.
Our book of the week was ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’. Several of the children chose to look at/read this book in their own time and one even re-enacted some of the story out in the field. Fantastic!
We had a very active time in PE again with Mrs McMaster and enjoyed the Spring sunshine on Thursday in the kick pitch and field.
Have a lovely weekend.
We have had a week of smiles and sun this week.
We are making great strides in our initial sound and CVC work.
We are also learning to match up halves and recognise patterns.
We have worked on our pencil control and have also used cotton buds to practice our fine-motor painting skills.
We have also been learning how to put pictures into order of size.
We have also loved time in P.E. and in the Sensory Room….and lunch!
In one week’s time we’ll have completed our second term at St Mary’s, and made so many wonderful memories!
Last Friday…snow play.! Literacy and PE!
Monday..Spring sun…Our alphabet and number knowledge.
Tuesday…Sun showers! and shapes.
Wednesday….A Hoolie outside!…And wonderful sensory fun inside!
Each, and every day, we have had fun together. We have learned, laughed and, well, washed the mud off our wellies, and our hands for lunch together!
Our book of the week was Little Red Riding Hood. We’ll continue some activities related to this next week.
We’ve made the most of some lovely weather – playing in the field and the kick pitch. Several children explored their shadows on the kick pitch fence.
In class, some children played with the dienes materials again, creating different amounts. The 3d shapes were popular with most children exploring them during free- play (choose time). We’ve had some time to develop our understanding of patterns and this will continue next week. We continue to develop our literacy skills at our own individual levels.
Mrs McMaster prepared a variety of equipment again for our PE sessions- we explored this equipment and developed our skills.
Some process art involved printing with foil and mixing paint colours. This led to some messy, sensory hand mixing and printing by some of the children.
The class enjoyed play time in the ‘Shed’. Several of the children are developing their skills on the scooter- becoming more confident each time.
