Let's Get Cooking
Summer Term
Monday 28th June
Today we made Chilli Burger Bites.
To make it a little more healthy, instead of putting them in burger buns,
we made a creamy coleslaw to go with them.
Article 29 Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Article 24 The right to good food and water.
Monday 21st June
Today we made fruit kebabs.
We are getting really good with out chopping skills.
Everyone chose which fruits they would like on their kebabs, there was even enough to make some for our family at home. As a treat we drizzled some chocolate onto the kebabs.
They looked and smelt delicious.
Article 24 The right to good food and water.
Monday 24th May
Today the focus for our lesson was the rubbing in method.
We tried this method out and made fruit crumble. When we finished making our own crumble to take home, we got to taste on that had been made earlier.
Article 29 Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Monday 17th May
Our chopping skills are really improving and we put them to good use today to make a Quorn and vegetable Spaghetti Bolognese.
Monday 10th May
Today we carried on practicing our chopping skills by making a vegetable and noodle stir fry. It smelt delicious. We hope it tasted just as good .
Article 15 Every child has the right to meet other children and join in groups and organisations
Monday 26th April
This week we started out 'Let's Get Cooking' club with some children in year 3.
At they have not done much cooking in school, we started with the basics of chopping.
They learnt the Bridge and Claw method of chopping.
We made a Rainbow Salad.
Article 24 The right to good food and water.
Spring Term
Star Baker this Week was
Erica
2.2.20
Today we made some fruit kebabs we also made some crepes to enjoy alongside them.
24.2.20
This week the children have been making mini pizza quiches. They practices their chopping and whisking skills. The We used tortilla wraps as an alternative to pastry to make the quiches healthier.
Star Baker this Week was
Sara
10.2.20
Today we made shortbread biscuits. The focus for the lesson was weight and rolling out. Everyone had a really good go at making sure all the biscuits were evenly rolled. They smelt delicious once they were cooked.
Star Baker this Week was
Finley
3.2.20
This week our fantastic children made a healthy Quorn Spaghetti Bolognese. It smelt delicious.
Why not try out the recipe for yourself!
Star Baker this Week was
Jaiden
27.1.20
This term it is the turn of the children in year 3 an 4 to take part in the cooking club. We have also asked a couple of the year 6 children to come and support the children who have not taken part before.
As it is Chinese New Year we decided to start off with a Chinese Stir Fry.
Autumn Term 2019
Star Baker this Week was
Mandana!
17.10.19
This week we made Caribbean Muffins. Our focus was grating and mixing. We included lots of our favorite ingredients like, pineapple, coconut and sultanas. We were surprised that the muffins contained carrots.
Star Baker this Week was
Musa!
10.10.10
This week we made Hedgehog bread. Our focus was kneading the dough to make bread.
Our Hedgehogs came our pretty well.
Article 24 The right to good food and water.
Star Baker this Week was
Iman!
3.10.19
Today in cooking club we made shortbread. The focus for today's lesson was weighing. We manage to make a delicious batch of shortbread that looked good enough to sell in the shops.
Star Baker this Week was
Saifullah!
Article 24 The right to good food and water.
26.9.19
This week we made some delicious puff pastry pizzas.
We practiced our chopping and and rolling out skills.
19.9.19
This week we have been focusing on cutting skills.
We chose a recipe to fit in with our class theme on the Greeks. We made a delicious
'Greek Pasta Salad'
12.9.19
This term we are starting Let's Get Cooking with the year 5 children.
For our first session we made Apple Crumble. We were focusing on the skill of
'rubbing in method'
This year we have had an amazing harvest of apples from our own orchard here in school, so our apple crumble will be all the sweeter.
If you would like to try making this yourself, check out the recipe below.
Article 29 Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Article 24 The right to good food and water.
Summer Term
Over the last couple of weeks the children who attend Let's Get Cooking, have made a variety of different things from cup cakes to pizza. This week they made some delicious cheese twist bread sticks
This term year 4 children will be taking part in let's get cooking.
We will be focusing on healthy recipes to fit in with healthy body, healthy mind week. We will be starting with a rainbow salad and encouraging the children to try new foods.
Here is the recipe if you would like to have a go yourself!
Autumn Term
This half term, the year 3 children were chosen to take part in the Let's Get Cooking sessions after school.
We are going to be focusing on, weighing, mixing and chopping skills. We aim to make sure the children can use sharp knives safely.
Tuesday 11th September
Today we focused on measuring and mixing. We made hedgehog bread. They all turned out great and smelled delicious.