Artists Unite

Friday 27th January
Making Bookmarks

Cookery Course (Friday 27/1/12)

This week we made rock buns here is the recipe;

Rock Buns (makes about 16)

8oz (225g) Self Raising flour

1 pinch of salt

2oz (50g) caster sugar

4oz (100g) margarine

3oz (75g) chocolate chips

1 medium egg

milk to mix

1. Preheat the oven to 200 c / gas mark 6.
2. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
3. Mix the salt and flour into a mixing bowl and cut the margarine into cubes.
4. Using your fingertips lightly rub the margarine into the flour until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Don’t over rub.
5. Stir in the sugar and chocolate chips.
6. Mix into a stiff dough with egg and milk.
7. Place in rough heaps on the baking tray.
8. Bake the buns in the top of the oven for about 10 - 15 minutes.
9. Cool on a wire rack.

HARRY POTTER SEMESTER 2

Our first semester ended with a lot of fun as everyone tried 'Bertie Botts Any flavour sweets ! Only one person got a nice flavour, everyone else got something a bit unusual, like toothpaste flavour. Yuck !
This semester we have another set of aspiring wizards.

The 'Sorting Shoal' decided which house everyone should go into. We have a lot of Hufflepuffs this Semester.

Everyone made their own wands and Harry glasses.

Casting spells with style had to be practised.

They're getting good.

A popcorn party whilst we catch up on 'The Chamber of Secrets'

Look at our party outfits and our ties we have made for Mr Edensor!

Animation clip

Animation video

My super animators!

Animation Club

27th January

Today the children had the choice of either working with line or plasticine animation.

Welcome to Fashion Club!

We have been busy designing a range of different party outfits and even a new tie for Mr Edensor- but we need to finish them!

Some of the children have been designing clothes on this website. girlsgogames Why don't you have a go?

Artists Unite

Picasso style paintings

Here is a game to try. Can you make some Picasso inspired faces?

Cookery Club (Week 3)

This week (20/1/12) the cookery club made Gingerbread Cookies, here is the recipe;

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

Makes approx. 20

INGREDIENTS
350g / 12oz plain flour

175g / 6oz light soft brown sugar

100g / 4oz butter

1 medium egg

4 tablespoons of golden syrup

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1½ teaspoon of ground ginger

 METHOD

1)    Put the flour, butter, ground ginger and bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl.

2)    Mix it all together with fingertips until crumbly.

3)    Add sugar, syrup and egg and mix until it forms a firm pastry mix.

     4)  Pre-heat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4

5)    Using the rolling pin, roll out the pastry to about 5mm thick. Make sure the surface and the rolling pin are well dusted with flour.

6)    Cut out the shapes with a knife and/or pastry cutter

7)    Place the cut out pastry on a greased or non-stick baking tray.

      8) Put the baking trays in the pre-heated oven. Remove after 15 minutes (check after 10 minutes).

Artists Unite Week 1 and 2

Friday 13th January

Picasso style funny faces

Friday 6th January 
Observational drawings

Cookery Club

Friday 6^th January 2012 

Dear Parent/Guardian

As you may know your child has chosen to take part in our cookery class in Children’s University, this is just a short note to fill you in on some important information. During our course we do intend to make/bake/cook something every week and obviously being a cookery course we need ingredients, so to help cover the costs of these we would be grateful if your child could bring in 50p every Friday. Your child will also get to keep what they have made and will need to bring it home, so they will also need a container every Friday to carry their culinary delights in. Finally we do provide all the utensils and equipment, but the only thing we don’t have is suitable cookery aprons, so if you would like to protect your childs clothes from “mess” (especially flour!) they will also need to bring an apron.

Could you also please advise us if your child has any allergies, so we are aware of these when we are planning the sessions.

If you would like to discuss any of the above or have any other queries please don’t hesitate to come and see us and let the cooking begin!!!!!

With thanks,

Miss M. L. Green

Mrs M. Pound
Cookery lecturers!!

Friday 13th January
This week we made Chocolate Buns the recipe is below;

Chocolate Buns

Makes 18

Ingredients
100g (4oz) margarine
100g (4oz) caster sugar
2 medium eggs
75g (3oz) self raising flour
25g (1oz) cocoa powder

Method

1)   Pre-heat oven to 190’c, 375’f, Gas Mark 5. 
2)  Get 18 paper bun cases ready.
3)  Cream (rub) margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
4)  Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, adding a little flour with each.
5)  Gently fold in the remaining flour and cocoa powder.
6)  Half fill the paper cases with the mixture and bake for about 15 minutes until firm.

Horse Club Week 3

Wow we have worked hard this week.  We all got the chance to see what it's like to look after your tack (horsey talk for bridle and saddle).  We rolled up our sleeves and got cleaning.

Very thorough, cleaning lifting up the saddle flaps.

 Cleaning the stirrup leathers.

 There are two stirrup leathers to clean.

 Well done girls, those stirrups are gleaming.

 Look how shiny and clean this stirrup leather is.

The boys gave the saddle a fantastic clean.

These horse clubbers were showing how to hold the reins of the bridle.  They had a trot around the classroom with Horse Clubber F showing great control of his pony ! 
Top tip for holding reins - hold them like you hold a mug of tea with your thumb on top

See you next week TROT ON !!