Image of Making Samosas in Year 6 2024
29 November 2024

Making Samosas in Year 6 2024

As part of their topic in DT about street foods, Year 6 made Samosas using fresh ingredients. They have learned about how easy it is to make healthy snacks using fresh ingredients. Many learned about and tasted a new food from a different country for the first time. Yum yum

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28 November 2024

Year 3 make healthy fruity yoghurts

Year 3 have been learning about Healthy balanced diets. They were learning about the hidden ingredients in foods that are sold in supermarkets. Such as yogurts that we buy at the supermarkets. We have learnt that many use artificial sweeteners, preservatives etc.. They have learnt in Science,…

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26 November 2024

Making Hummus Y6 2024


As part of their D&T topic about healthy snacks, Year 6 made hummus from fresh ingredients, including ingredients they had never heard of before such as tahini. For many, it was the first time they had ever tasted hummus. They were surprised how how quick and easy it to make. 

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21 November 2024

Year 4 Baking Bread

To continue our DT topic, learning about what actually goes in to make our food, we have today investigated different breads and made our own bread rolls, using fresh ingredients. They smelt and tasted delicious! 
 

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14 November 2024

Year 4 Pizza Making

In DT this term we are learning about the ingredients that are in the foods we eat.  We have been investigating the differences between mass produced food and food made fresh, using quality ingredients. We then made our very own pizzas from scratch.  They were absolutely delicious and something we…

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14 November 2024

Making Burritos in Y6 2024

In Design and Technology, Year 6 are learning about healthy snacks by exploring street foods from around the world. This week we used knife skills to create our own burritos which originate from Mexico. We talked about how we could personalise our burritos by using different ingredients. 

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Image of Year 5 Make Flat Bread and Smorrebrod
8 November 2024

Year 5 Make Flat Bread and Smorrebrod

In D&T year 5 have been learning about food and nutrition. They learnt about different types of bread that are eaten around the world and made their own unleavened flat bread which they enjoyed eating with garlic butter. 
They also learnt that in Denmark they eat a type of bread called rye bread…

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23 October 2024

Design and Technology- Making pictures move!

Design and technology 
As part of our making sliders topic, we have been researching different types of sliders. We looked at how they are used in pop-up books, drawers, curtain rails, train tracks and rollercoasters. We used what we found out to help us make our own sliders.

 

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Image of Vegetable Kebabs in Year 1
23 May 2024

Vegetable Kebabs in Year 1

The Year 1 Chefs have been busy again cooking up a storm with some delicious ‘Vegetable Kebabs’.  The children used their knife skills to cut the veg into chunky pieces suitable for going on the skewers. The chefs explored how a marinade is created to add flavour. They created a marinade using…

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2 May 2024

Crudités Chefs

Year 1 tackled making crudités with peppers, cucumber and carrots. They developed their knife skills by learning how to use the claw and bridge technique to keep fingers safe. To compliment the crudités, they made a simple tzatziki dip by using Greek yoghurt, mint and cucumber. Year 1 recapped how…

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Image of Year 1 Chefs make ‘Rainbow Wraps’
26 April 2024

Year 1 Chefs make ‘Rainbow Wraps’

Year 1 are learning about food and nutrition in Design and Technology. By making ‘Rainbow Wraps’, they explored the sensory qualities of food. They were given the opportunity to experiment with new flavours and textures. Year 1 were taught the culinary skills of using a grater and ‘ribboning’ by…

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Making bread for St Joseph’s Day
14 March 2024

Making bread for St Joseph’s Day

Year 4 made bread today - this links to our work on St Joseph’s Day and the symbolism of the different shapes of bread. The children worked as a team to design and make their own bread. 
 

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