DT, Food and Nutrition – Fruit Salads
This week our wonderful Year 1s have been learning about food and nutrition. They have been making their very own fruit salads! Every one in class had a go at this and they all did a great job, but most importantly they were, respectful, ready and safe for their lesson. The children used and learnt some valuable skills to make their fruit salads. One very important skill the children learnt was the claw method. This is used to help us stay safe while cutting or using a knife. Here are some photos from the lesson:
Well done Year 1! Have a lovely, well deserved, break over easter. I hope you enjoy it as much as you enjoyed your fruit salads.
Food technology: Egg-cellent Omelette
Today, Year 6 made eggs-quisite omelettes.
We worked in small groups to prepare the ingredients and then cook them. We made sure that we washed our hands and wore our aprons for hygiene reasons.
We used the bridge cutting method and the claw cutting method to cut up our tomatoes. These methods are the safest way to cut food as they help us from hurting ourselves! We also grated cheese and whisked our eggs.
The recipe for the absolutely cracking omelette was sent home with your child, if they wish to make it at home too.
Forest school!
Year 4 have had a brilliant time in Forest School this half-term! They’ve gone out rain or shine and got stuck in with exciting things like making toffee apples, creating fairy fires and building dens. Some children have most enjoyed just playing in the mud. They can’t wait to do it again!
DT: Food and Nutrition
Today, Year 5 made an omelette in food technology. The children did an amazing job grating cheese, measuring ingredients, cracking eggs, chopping tomatoes and helping with the cooking.
The reviews were overwhelmingly positive and most children scored the omelette 9 or 10/10!
Help at home by using the recipe below to cook your own omelette. What different ingredients would you use?
Leeds Rhinos Foundation Netball Camps
Easter and May half term Netball camps (open to boys and girls) are on sale and are taking place in Leeds, Wakefield, Harrogate, Pudsey and Sheffield. The camps cost £30 per day and run from 10am – 3pm.
Full details and how to book can be found here.
Living & Learning: healthy diets
Over the last couple of weeks in Year 4, we’ve been learning about the importance of a healthy, balanced diet.
We began by discussing the five main food groups. They all have a different function and help our bodies in different ways.
- Carbohydrates provides us with energy.
- Fruit and vegetables provide us with vitamins and minerals.
- Dairy is full of calcium which helps our bones and teeth stay strong and healthy.
- Protein helps our muscles repair and grow.
- Fats and oils provide us with energy and help our body absorb vitamins and minerals.
As these five food groups all have a different function, it’s important that we have a balanced diet to keep our bodies strong and healthy. We can use the Eatwell Guide to help us.
Year 4 had a go at creating their own Eatwell Guides…
Help at home: plan a balanced meal with your child and check you have a balanced amount of each food group.
Poetry Basket: Hungry birdies
This week’s poem is called Hungry Birdies.
We’ve been focussing on the words beak (a bird’s mouth) and spread (to open out).
Latin
On Fridays, Year 5 study Latin. The children have worked really hard on translating Latin sentences into English. We are able to recognise word endings of verbs and what that means. We can look for the subject and object of a sentence even though the words in Latin are not in the correct order.
I’ve been very impressed with the children’s knowledge and ability. It has also really helped us to work out the meanings of English words that have Latin roots as well as translate Latin words into English.
Help at home can you think what the Latin word audire means? What English words come from this word?
Science – Seasonal Change
Well done on another great week Year 1!
This week in Year 1 they have been learning about seasons, seasonal change and what kind of things we see in each one. The pupils shared some great ideas on things such as what we wear in each season, what we see and what changes there are. They had a lots of ideas to share, especially about winter (Christmas and Santa of course) but on top of this they also shared some great things about spring. One response that stood out was ‘in spring we see lots of things start to grow. Like grass and the trees.’.
Every one in class really impressed us and even made some great mind maps. Here is one that a table worked on about summer.
Year 3/4 production on Wednesday evening
Year 3 and 4 are performing on Wednesday, 1st April at 6pm.
We’ll need all children back in school from 5.30pm to get into their costumes ready for a 6pm start. It’ll be finished by 7pm so please be at school for pick up at no later than 7pm!
Please let us know if this is not possible so we can make other arrangements.
If your child is in wrap around until 5.30pm, we can collect them from there ready for the production.
Thank you!
Miss Birch and Miss Newman