This curry is the best…
Year 5 and 6 have been creating vegetable and chick pea curry. Here are some of the quotes about what we thought:
‘Amazing…awesome…surprisingly nice…I don’t usually like curry…this curry is the best…really, really enjoyed this.’
In conclusion, this is a quick, easy and flavoursome recipe so we encourage you to try it yourself. If you don’t like some of the ingredients, you can change them. Next time, we might add extra spice, chicken, tomato, quorn, peas or sweetcorn. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did.
Vegetable curry
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper
- 1 courgette
- 150g mushrooms
- 1 clove garlic
- 1x15ml spoon oil
- 2x15ml spoons curry paste
- 2x15ml spoons tomato puree
- 200g chickpeas, canned (drained)
- 1 can coconut milk (reduced fat)
Method
- Peel the onion
- Slice the mushroom, courgette and pepper
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion, garlic, mushrooms, pepper and courgette for 5 minutes
- Stir in the curry paste, tomato puree, chickpeas and coconut milk
- Simmer for 20 minutes
- Serve with rice and / or naan bread.
Egg rolling… in the snow!
Despite the weather, egg rolling still happened in the back playground on Thursday. A path was cleared so there were no snow drifts to contend with and there were some eggstraordinary egg rollers. Here are the winners from each class.
Have a relaxing break.
Perfect performance
On the final day of term, twelve children from Key Stage 2 performed at the annual Allerton Grange dance showcase. Despite a few nerves, all the group performed brilliantly. Being the first to show our dance, the children could then sit back and enjoy the rest of the routines by other local primary schools and students from Allerton Grange.
Well done to all the children who attended the after-school club and worked with the Allerton Grange dance leaders to learn this routine – your hard work really showed.
Thank you to all the parents / carers who came to support the event.
Happy holiday!
It’s been a great term with lots of fabulous learning. Here are some of my highlights:
- Lanas has made lots of progress with her reading.
- Molly has made super progress in literacy and maths.
- Ravinder has had a brilliant term and is excellent at explaining his learning and applying it in different ways.
- Jennifer showed off some excellent sewing skills when we made the hand puppets.
- Lennox and Isabella were chosen as our new school councillors.
- Pavan and Zachary have really impressed me with their hard work and determination in all lessons.
The Year 3 and 4 production was brilliant and all the children in the class made an important contribution. However, I was especially impressed by Bailey and Ethan’s acting skills.
Have a great holiday. See you in two weeks!
Super Science Day!
My task during Super Science Day was to make slime by causing a chemical reaction to happen between different materials. The children worked brilliantly together to make some pretty disgusting, gooey slime!
Alien hand puppets
Last Friday afternoon, we were supposed to have our science themed day but because of the snow it was postponed. Instead, we learned how to sew by making alien hand puppets. Some children found it quite relaxing and enjoyed it. However, some found it really frustrating! Fortunately, we all persevered and everyone made and decorated a puppet.
Super Science Day Talk Time
We don’t normally set specific homework tasks in the holidays, but we encourage you to spend some time discussing the nine science activities your child will have taken part in, especially considering what they have learnt. The learning objectives were:
- I know that dyes are made up of other colours
- I know why objects float
- I can create a gas with a solid and a liquid
- I know that static electricity creates a charge
- I know about irreversible changes
- I know the effects of a chemical reaction
- I know what exercise does to my body
- I am aware of acids and alkalis
- I know what happens when you mix water with oil
Check out the pictures from the day to help jog your child’s memory of each activity… Can they match the learning objective to the photo?
More Super Science Day
Is it magic? No! We learnt that opposite charges attract so the balloon’s negative charge is attracted to positive charges on clothes, hair and walls. This is what makes them stick to each other.
Super Science Day
We used static electricity to make the can roll without touching it!
Science day warm-up
Getting the balance right – What should we eat to stay healthy? and Cough, sneeze, sniff and wheeze – How do we breathe? were two interactive sessions led by Leeds University students to Key Stage 2 classes this afternoon.
As part of the science in school initiative, two students delivered a variety of interactive activities and informative learning.
Year 3 and 4 focussed on What should we eat to stay healthy?
This session covered the important components of our diets – the major components which provide us with energy, and the building blocks that we need for growth and to maintain a healthy body, and the minor components – the vitamins and minerals.
Year 5 and 6 investigated How do we breathe?
- What causes us to breathe?
- How the lungs function under normal circumstances and after exercise
- The danger to the lungs of smoking or passive smoking
All in preparation for a packed science themed-day tomorrow!