Cookery Club (23/3/12)

Since it is nearly Easter, this week we decided to make Easter buns, here is the recipe;

Easter Lemon Buns

Makes 18

Ingredients

100g margarine

100g caster sugar

2 medium eggs

100g self raising flour

Syrup;

1 small orange

1 table spoon lemon juice

4 table spoons golden syrup

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.

6)  Half fill the paper cases with the mixture and bake for about 15 minutes until firm.

 Syrup;

1.    Grate some rind off of half the orange and put in a pan.

2.   Cut the orange in half, squeeze out the juice and add 2 tablespoons of juice to the pan.

3.   Add the lemon juice and golden syrup to the pan, over a very low heat, gently warm the mixture, stirring all the time.

4.   When the mixture is runny, use a teaspoon to trickle it over the cakes, let the mixture cool before serving.

Horse Club 10

This week we had a grand quiz between the Chestnuts and the Gallopers to see how much we had learned over the last few weeks.

I was really impressed by these horse clubbers who devised their own quiz questions and so showed how much they had learnt.

trying to remember the name of the mystery food......

Naming parts of the bridle

naming parts of the saddle

Friday 9th March

Artists Unite
Today we used water colour paints to create a background and black paper to create silhouettes.

Cookery Club (9/3/12)

This week in cookery club we made Chocolate Chip Biscuits, here is the recipe;

Chocolate Chip Biscuits

Makes approximately 20

Ingredients;

225g (8oz) self raising flour
100g (4oz) caster sugar
100g (4oz) margarine
3 table spoons milk
Few drops vanilla essence
75g Chocolate chips

Method;
1)      Heat oven to 190c, 373f, gas mark 5.
2)    Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.
3)    Mix flour and sugar in a bowl and rub in the margarine.
4)   Add the chocolate chips, milk and essence and mix well.
5)    Bring together with your hands and knead lightly on a floured surface.
6)   Roll out to 1/2 cm thick and cut using cutters.
7)    Place on the lined baking tray and bake for 8-10 minutes.
8)    Remove from the baking tray and cool.

Horse Club week 9

This week we made our own horses.  I hope you all had fun your horses looked brilliant.

Animation Club (9th March)

Using SCRATCH

Today the children in animation club learned how to animate sprites by creating a script.


Here they are working really hard.

Artists Unite Mosaics 2nd March

Cookery Club (2/3/12)

This week in cookery club we made Oat Rounds, here is the recipe;

Oat Rounds

Ingredients

50g/2oz caster sugar

100g / 4oz margarine

100g / 4oz rolled oats

50g / 2oz plain flour

Method

1)    Preheat the oven at 160c/gas mark 3 and line a baking tray with grease proof paper.

2)    Put the sugar and margarine into a mixing bowl and cream together.

3)    Add the oats and the flour and work them into the mixture with a spoon.

4)    Lightly knead the mixture until smooth then roll out onto a lightly floured surface, to a thickness of 5mm.

5)    Cut into rounds using a cutter and place onto the prepared baking tray.

6)    Bake them in the oven for 20 minutes or until brown.

Here are some pictures of us working hard making our biscuits;

Then working hard clearing up the mess!!

 I love this one, putting the glamour and swagger into cleaning!!!