We were very pleased to be able to hold a party to celebrate the opening of our new Foundation Stage area. We also celebrated the wonderful work in the new Allotment area.

Everyone was invited to the Official opening – and the Echo came to take some photos.

 

Antonella had made a beautiful cake which the children were very keen to taste.

We also sampled some of the onions on ciabatta – they were delicious.

 

 

On Tuesday 16^th June 2009 Class 2 went to the Waitrose store in Cheltenham to make a Savoury Puff Slice.  First we looked at different vegetables and talked about which vegetables belong to which family - the flower family, stem, seed, root and bulb family.  We tasted real apple juice and then washed our hands and put on an apron.  We all had the ingredients on the table ready with a chopping board, pastry brush and knife.

 

 

Savoury Puff Slice

 

  

125g puff pastry

 

1tbsp caramelised peppers

 

25g Cheddar cheese

 

25g button mushrooms

 

1 salad onion

 

Beaten egg to glaze

 

 

We learnt how to cut the mushrooms into quarters and slice the salad onion. We cut the cheese into 8 pieces.

 

Next we rolled out the pastry and marked a picture frame border around the edge.

 

On half of the pastry we put the peppers and piled all the other ingredients on top.

 

We painted the border with beaten egg to stick the pastry together.

 

We pulled the pastry over and sealed the edges.

 

It took 15 minutes to cook at Gas 4.

 

 

 

Ellie

 

I liked rolling the pastry and drawing a rectangle. I liked putting on the egg mixture.

 

Jessica

 

I liked the pastry because we rolled it. I liked the big Ostrich egg and the Goose egg.

 

Bailey

 

I liked rolling the pastry and the Ostrich egg.

 

Joshua

 

I liked chopping the onions, mushrooms and cheese. We had to make a tunnel so you don’t slice your fingers off.

 

Callum

 

I liked the cooking.

 

I liked eating the cheese and peas in a pod. I liked the apple juice.

 

Billy

 

I liked painting the pastry with egg.

 

At the end of the session we had a surprise….. We were given an Ostrich egg and a Goose egg to take back to school! Mrs Randall is going to cook them for us to taste.

 

 

Class 3 have really enjoyed learning about WW2 this term.  They have participated in air raids - having to make a speedy exit from the classroom to the Anderson Shelter and growing their own vegetables in order to ‘Dig for Victory.’  We were lucky enough to have a visit from 5 residents of Gloucester Homes.  They explained their experiences of the war and what it was like growing up in that time.  One visitor was also a pilot and the children were fascinated by this.  We also had one of our governors, Tony Price, come in to talk to the children about being evacuated.

 

 

The highlight of the term was our WW2 Sleepover experience, where the children dressed up as evacuees, harvested and prepared their vegetables for dinner and spent the evening and night at school.  Many thanks to Mrs Hayward who cooked the WW2 dinner and to Mrs Rose and Miss Wilson who organised activities and games for the children.  There was a rather rude awakening at 2.30 a.m. when the air raid sirens went off!  We had freshly baked bread for breakfast and the remains of the recipes that the children had prepared and brought in.