Picnic preparation
Today, we started to get ready for our end of year picnic in the park by making our fruit bars.
First of all, we got ready for cooking by making sure long hair was tied back, removing any watches, cleaning the surfaces, rolling up our sleeves, putting on our aprons and washing our hands.
Here are some of the skills we used.
Mashing
Snipping
Measuring
Mixing
Finally, there was no shortage of offers to help with the washing up! We’re looking forward to getting back in the kitchen tomorrow.
Testing out the fruit tuck shop
Recently, Year 2 wrote some persuasive letters to see if they could try out tuck shop before they move to Year 3. In Key Stage 2, children have the opportunity to visit the weekly tuck shop during Tuesday playtime.
We were very impressed by their persuasion and today they got to test it out for themselves. The children enjoyed the selection of fruits available and we hope they will become customers at the tuck shop in Year 3. Details of the tuck shop will be sent out when we return to school in September.
Pizza, picnic and park
Yesterday morning, the children made their own pitta bread pizzas and fruit salads for a picnic in the park.
Following a reminder of the safety rules when cooking, the class got to work on their own recipes. It was great to see both ‘the bridge and the claw‘ methods being used correctly.
The afternoon was spent playing games and enjoying the picnic in the local park.
Love of Reading
We love reading in Year Six and Year Three. Today we had a shared Love of Reading session outside in the sunshine. Here are some pictures.
New school meal menu
Our new autumn/spring school meal menu, starting in September, is now available on our Meals page. It continues to follow a three week cycle.
The menu has been created in liaison with Catering Leeds to ensure it meets the School Food Standards. We have also incorporated feedback from our school cook, pupils and parents/carers. We will continue to offer meat free Monday on one out of the three weeks.
Pupils will continue to make their daily food choices at the start of the day to ensure they receive their first choice of main meal.
If you would like a paper copy of the menu, please ask at the office.
DT Project: Party Food
This half-term we’ve been learning about food:
- where it comes from
- how to have a healthy diet
- who might or might not eat a particular food and for what reason
- how to prepare food
- tasting different (and unusual) foods
- planning and making a finger food for a party
On Wednesday afternoon, the children created their bagel bruschetta as for their party. They used a range of food preparation techniques before they finally got to eat their creations. It was great fun. Well done!
Computing using Scratch
Scratch is a block-based visual coding program. Users of the site can create online projects using a block-like script.
Over the year, the children have done a fair bit of off line computing. Today, Year 4 were online and have been learning mathematical and computational skills that are built into the Scratch program.. The children were able to gain an understanding of important mathematical concepts such as coordinates, variables, and random numbers.
The class were asked to describe how they might use variables within their program. Then, after creating a background, the children were faced with the challenge of adding movement.
Having created algorithms before, the children were familiar with the term ‘debugging.‘
“Debugging is when you find an issue in the program that you have written and repair it,” stated Musa. 
A few children found errors in their scripts and were able to spot and correct them confidently.
Whenever we are using a form of technology in class, we always remind ourselves about the importance of staying safe whilst online.
Library books, reading at home and LEXIA
As we near the end of the year, we have made the children aware of any outstanding library books. Do pop into the classroom if you want to check the title of a book you still have at home. All library books should be return next week.
Many children have reached their end of Year 2 LEXIA target (Level 9 certificate). It would be great to get all the children closer to this target so please continue to work on LEXIA at home if you get the chance.
We have been running a read at home challenge this term with lots of children earning rewards once they have read ten times. Again, if your child is close to their next reward, please encourage them to read at home and put their book and reading record in the basket on Monday and Thursday.
Well done to Isla, Noah F, Lily, Rizwan, Harry, Jack, Iris and Jake who have read and read at home this term – fantastic!
Reading books and reading records will be collected from next Wednesday.
Picnic in the park
Author visit
