Blog Author: Ms Carter

So this Tuesday was our first time in making Muffins

Over the next 7 weeks, we will make different types of fillings for our muffins. We have chosen to used White Chocolate Chip, Milk Chocolate Chip, Cheese ( as a savoury option), raspberries and blueberries. 

This week we did Milk…

So this Tuesday was our last time making our delicious subway cookies. 

Over the last 6 weeks, we have used all different types of fillings for our cookies. We have used White Chocolate Chip, Milk Chocolate Chip, Smarties and Rolos. 

These cookies have looked and tasted better week…

This term, 9A in their Tuesday afternoon cooking activity, made “Subway Cookies” with different fillings. This week we used white chocolate chip. 

We have chosen cookies for this term as 9A is looking at capacity and showing the class that these cookies start as small balls but spread out…

I bet you all “carrot” wait for the Easter holidays. 

In our last week of this term, 9A in their cooking activity made cupcakes that they designed into bunnies. 

We split the class into two groups. We had the green cupcake team and the blue cupcake team. 

Both teams showed our school…

This Wednesday afternoon, 9A looked at what is Holi and why people all over the world celebrate it. 

We learnt that it marks the beginning of spring. And during Holi, people celebrate the story of Prahlad. 

Prahlad’s father was a cruel king that wanted everyone to worship him, but Prahlad…

9A cooking activity this Tuesday was of course pancakes!

Miss Buck spilt the class into two halves. 

One group joined Ms Carter and Miss Howarth in the food tech room. 

They had to read the instructions about how to make a delicious pancake. 

The learners weighed out the…

9A healthy cooking activity this week was to make a home made pizza on a tortilla wrap. 

On Monday morning, in Nurture Time, the class had to design their own pizza, choosing what topping they wanted. The toppings to choose from was ham, chicken and pepperoni, with additional toppings of onions…

This week, the school has been celebrating Chinese New Year and this year it’s the year of the Rabbit. 

The class watched a PowerPoint on how the Chinese signs were created. After they had watched the slides, they made their own Chinese rabbit using paint, card and wax crayon. As well, the…

This week 9A worked as a team and made “Ms Carter’s Home Made Healthy Lasagne”.

They all followed a step by step instruction sheet and got together the ingredients they needed, which were bought from this week’s shopping visit. 

The ingredients were mince meat, carrots, celery, onions,…

Well, today was the day that 9A met the one and only Astley Park’s Father Christmas.

All of the learners had huge smiles on their faces when he came in with his elves helpers, aka Mrs Welsh, Mrs Clegg and Miss Wells.

Each learner was on Father Christmas’s good list (well done 9A, he…

Today 9A learnt about why we celebrate Remembrance Day every year on the 11th November. The children spoke about what they already know about Remembrance Day and why they think we have a two minute silence. They correctly said that we celebrate Remembrance Day to remember the millions who have…

We have had a very busy week this week in 9A! 

In our My Communication lessons, half of the class have been learning about the book - “Meg and Mog” and half of the class have been studying passages from Harry Potter. They have all engaged really well with their new learning and have…