Clubs

This week, we learned about the importance of hygiene when preparing food. We then used our knowledge of healthy vegetables and we cut and prepared our own pizza.  (Z)

We needed to be very careful when using the knives. We chose the toppings and carefully cut them into smaller pieces to fit on our pizza. I also learned how to grate cheesed using a grater. You needed to watch your fingers because the grater is sharp. (MH)

The pictures show how we had to prepare our pizza and what they looked like when they came out of the oven.

This week we made cheesy biscuits.

We needed to cut the butter into small pieces to be able to rub the flour and the butter together. When it was finished it looked like crumbs. (EW)

You had to be careful with the knife when cutting the butter because the butter was slippy. (MH)

The butter was soft, because the weather was warm and this made it hard to cut into small chunks. (DS)

I liked it because I got to mix the flour and the butter togehter, it went smooth when the egg was added.(AO)

The egg made the crumbs stick together it was like glue. (JG)

We then added grated cheese and mixed it again, after that we rolled out the dough and used a cutter to make the shape of the biscuit. (AI)

I enjoyed making the cheesy biscuits. I mixed eggs, butter, flour and cheese. Then rolled them out with a rolling pin. As well we used our hands to rub the mixture togehter and used cutters to make the shapes. The grown ups put them in the oven. After that we wrapped them in foil to take home. It is now time to EAT! (ZC)

This week we made sausage or vegetable rolls. We learned how to cut carrots into small pieces and mix into the sausage meat. We used quorn for the vegetable base and then added carrot, peas and onion. The mixture was sticky. (YM)

We then needed to roll out the puff pastry carefully, we needed flour to stop it sticking to our mats. (AP)

We then measured the sausage meat and carefully put in on the pastry and then rolled it round. We had to use egg to seal the pastry. I used a knife and equally cut the sausage rolls ready to go into the oven. (EW)

I learned that when we put carrot into the mixture and cook it the carrot will still be there. (JG)

This week in cooking club, we made chocolate cookies. We needed to cream the butter and sugar. To do this we used a wooden spoon and squashed up against the side of the bowl. After that we added the egg. We cracked the egg into a dish then we didn't get the egg shell. We then mixed this altoghether and sieved in the flour. We had to be careful that we mixed it well. 

I then started to cut the chunks of chocolate into small peices. We used a knife. (AP) We had to be careful not to cut our fingers.

We then rolled out the dough to make a sausage shape and then cut the sausage into peice. I then patted them down on the tray ready for the oven it was fun. (EW)

Today we mixed the sugar and the butter together. The butter and sugar went soft. We sieved the flour into the bowl and mixed the butter, sugar and flour together. After that we rolled out the dough and used a shape cutter to make circles.

we then pricked the dough with a fork, this lets the steam come out and makes the biscuit crispy. The last thing we sprinkled sugar on top to make the biscuits sweeter.

Year 4 have been practicing their slicing, mixing, grating, spreading and chopping skills whilst making pizza. We have been identifying how to tell if a pizza is cooked or if it needs longer in the oven.

The pizza will be crispy around the edges. (J)

It will be golden brown and the cheese will have melted. (M)

It will have been in the over for 15 minutes. (A)

The peppers will have shrunk slightly because the juice will have been cooked. (J)

This week we have been continuing to practice our slicing, mixing and chopping whilst making couscous. Children looked at how to boil on a hob and practiced whisking the stock cubes into the water.

We had to use a measuring jug to measure the water and weighing scales to measure the couscous. (N)

We can tell when the couscous is ready because it goes light and fluffy (S).

This week, we have been making sausage rolls and practicing slicing, mixing, chopping, pealing, rolling and grating. We had to egg wash the top of the pastry to make sure that it sticks together and goes golden brown. 

‘We have been making short bread.’

’We had to weight the ingredients using grams and mixing them together.’

’We had to press the dough into a ball and then roll it out flat.’

’We used a cookie cutter to cut the dough and then pricked it using a fork.’

Week 4

This week, we have made tomato soup. Children have used their prior knowledge and skills to be able to chop, slice, mix, blend and boil. 

This week, we have been making sausage rolls and practicing slicing, mixing, chopping, pealing, rolling and grating. We had to egg wash the top of the pastry to make sure that it sticks together and goes golden brown. 

This week we have been making millionaires shortbread. We have practiced cutting, mixing and boiling and weighing. 

"We knew that the caramel was ready because all of the ingredients had melted together and made a thick mixture."

"We had to pour the caramel onto the biscuit base and leave it to set over night."

This week we have read the book ‘ Tony Baroni loves Macaroni’ and used our peeling, chopping, slicing and mixing skills to make the recipe from the book.

Year 6 have been helping Reception to make sausage rolls. We had to grate, slice, chop, mix and weigh. 

Reception - "We used the wooden spoon to mix the grated carrot into the raw sausage."

Year 6 - "We had to roll out the pastry and and grate the carrot. Reception helped to mix it chop the carrot before we could crack the egg."

Reception - "We used a brush to white wash the egg onto the pastry to stop it from burning and to help the pastry stick together."

This week we have been making cakes. We have looked at foods changing consistency and state, from a liquid to a solid. Children have independently practiced mixing, weighing, whisking, measuring and pouring. 

We had our last Green Flag Award Assessment in April 2017 and were very pleased to say that we passed.  A group of children showed the Assessor around school and included all the areas which show that we are an ECO School.

We are due to be assessed again in May 2019 and are working on a variety of activities and projects to show what we can do as a school to make a difference to the world. 

Why not have a look at the notice board in the hall or come along on a Tuesday lunchtime at 12.00noon to join the the Eco activities - everyone welcome.

Our latest Green Flag Award - Assessor's Comments 2017 

'The Eco-Committee were delightful and showed me carefully round, ensuring I did not miss anything, especially the living wall.'

'I thought the skills the children had obtained from their work were of a high standard, and can only think this will have a greater impact on their future and wherever they go.'

'Well done to everyone and keep up the great work.'

As a school, we support World Vision by sponsoring a child called Chimwemwe who lives in Malawi.

You can see below how our support helps Chimwemwe and his community to build a better life.

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Books have been provided to schools	Young mothers have been taught about nutrition	A variety of foods can now be grown	Children eat a healthy soya porridge breakfast
Vaccinations and health care are provided locally	Village schools have been build	Clean water has been provided at schools

We have written a birthday card for Chimwenwe and sent it to him along with a cash gift to help his area.  Chimwemwe is going to be 10 years old soon.  World Vision will translate our message for him and they are going to send some animal masks for him to play with.

With the help of World Vision, Chimwemwe's community is now self sustaining. As a school, we now support a young boy called Jusuf from Sierra Leone.

FairActive Certificate - Achieved 19th March 2019

We have worked hard to achieve this award.

As part of this we have tried to get everyone involved by holding Reading and Hot Chocolate afternoons as well as holding a Fairtrade Stall at our Christmas Trail afternoon.  We have held an assembly about the 'Fairtrade banana' which was fun to perform.

Our next goal is to achieve the FairAchiever award.

Fairtrade Foundation Newsletters

Please click on the link below to see how Fairtrade and the National Trust have helped the tea farmers in Burnside Tea Estate in Tamil Nadu, India.

We sold Advent Calendars - Thank you to all who supported this.

We also held a Fairtrade Stall (Y6 children helped to run this stall) on 7th  December 2018 at our Christmas Trail afternoon.

Parents and children enjoyed a drink and home-made mince pies during the afternoon.

Our Children at knitting club have knitted items to sell at our Christmas Market.  They worked very hard and the photo shows a selection of what they created.