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The Selfish Giant's Supper, by Miss Young
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 4:00pm
Following on from our English unit on The Selfish Giant, Year 6 designed, made and then evaluated a 3 course menu created for the Selfish Giant.
The recipes and ingrediants are as follows:
Pizza Muffins (gluten free)
- serves 30
500g self-raising flour
2tsps of mixed herbs
230g butter
500ml milk
4 eggs
4tbsp tomato pizza sauce
230g of shredded cheese
3 red peppers
2 tins of sweetcorn
Preheat the oven to 190?.
Mix the flour and mixed herbs in a bowl.
Separately, mix the butter (melted), milk, eggs and pizza sauce in a jug.
Combine the egg mixture into the flour mixture and lightly stir together.
Then fold in the cheese.
Spoon the mixture into muffin cases.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden-brown.
Chicken Rice Salad (*vegetarian option)
- serves 30
1 whole cucumber
1 lettuce head
2 lemons
600g cherry tomatoes
1kg (4 packets) microwave rice
1kg (4 packets) cooked chicken
*250g (1 packet) Quorn pieces
Chop all vegetables and pre-cooked chicken (Quorn pieces) into bite-sized pieces.
Slight tear the packet rice and cook for 2-3 minutes in the microwave.
In a bowl, combine the rice, chicken/ Quorn pieces and vegetables.
Mix well and season with a squeeze of lemon juice and salt and pepper.
Brownies (gluten free)
- serves 30
195g cocoa powder
900g caster sugar
345g self-raising flour
525g butter
9 eggs
3tsp vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 180?.
Grease a shallow cake tin with oil.
Mix the butter (melted) and coco powder until dissolved.
Stir in the sugar.
Lightly beat the eggs and vanilla together.
Beat half the egg mixture into the cocoa.
Add the remaining mixture, mixing until smooth.
Combine with the flour and mix until smooth.
Pour the mixture into the cake tin, spreading evenly.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until well risen and lightly cracked around the edges.
Year 4 Pompeii and Graphs!, by Mrs Hover
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 3:50pm
Year 4 have been extremely busy this week and here are some photos of their stories as they start to retell 'Escape from Pompeii'. They have also learnt how to accurately draw and read bar and line graphs! :)
Parachute investigation, by Mrs Percival
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 11:48am
We have been investigating whether the surface area size of a parachute affects the time it takes a parachute to fall to the ground. We made sure that we only had one variable in our investigation and that we kept our test fair. We discovered that the larger the surface area, the longer it took for the parachute to fall to the ground.
Sportshall Athletics, by Miss Young
Date: 1st Feb 2022 @ 12:02pm
Each member of the Year 6 team represented Oldfield at the Sportshall Athletics tournament against 15 other school within Cheshire. Their cooperation and perserverance was demonstrated by all and they made us very proud.
Secret Santa, by Miss Young
Date: 1st Feb 2022 @ 12:00pm
Year 6 took part in a class secret Santa, we were all delighted to receive such kind and thoughtful gifts from our peers.
Dragons cause mayhem in Year 2, by Miss Jones
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 4:42pm
Dragons have cause mayhem in the year 2 classroom today. The children enjoyed looking for clues to help work out what the dragons were doing in our class during lunchtime.
They were very mischievous, little things!
We used the clues to write sentences using verbs to tell someone else what the dragons had been up to. We also imagined what they would be doing if they were still here!
Ask your child to tell you some of the things those naughty dragons were doing.
Our Bodies, by Miss Young
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 9:28am
We outlined the human body before annotating it with the digestive and skeletal along with our vital organs.
Using our knowledge of the circulatory system, we used beanbags to represent deoxygenated and oxygenated body that was being transported around the body to our circulatory system.
In pairs, we created and presented presentations on 'How Can We Stay Healthy?'.
Cheshire Phoenix Hoops4Health, by Miss Young
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 9:27am
Year 6 were joined by some of the Cheshire Phoenix players for a Hoops4Health workshop.
We discussed and designed a healthy meal option for the players, before discussing the negative health impacts of smoking before completing a basketball workshop.
Year 2 sketching, by Miss Jones
Date: 17th Jan 2022 @ 2:24pm
Year 2 have enjoyed sketching dragon eyes in our art lesson today. We have been exploring how to use different grades of sketching pencils to sketch with and to add tone.
Year 4's trip to Xplore! Science Discovery Centre, by Mrs Hover
Date: 11th Jan 2022 @ 5:59pm
The Year 4 class had a lovely trip which was enjoyed by all! The Year 4 Team adults and the staff at Xplore were really impressed by the children's knowledge, inquisitive nature and behaviour :)
Year 4 - First Samba lesson!, by Mrs Hover
Date: 10th Jan 2022 @ 9:04pm
Year 3 Snow Scenes, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 17th Dec 2021 @ 9:28am
Our Design Tecnology topic this half term was to design a Snow Scene in a box. We had fantastic time doing it and the results were amazing! What a lovely Christmassy theme to accompany our lovely snow themed texts this half term- Winter's Child and The Ice Palace. Well done Year 3.
Year 4 Christmas Week, by Mrs Hover
Date: 16th Dec 2021 @ 9:48am
What a busy Christmassy week Year 4 have had!
The children have completed Christmas Mystery Maths Challenges; researched and designed their own finger-print Christmas cards; created their own magical, moving toys in D&T; finished designing their own webpages in Computing; danced in the Silent Disco; participated in a Christmas Quiz; eaten a delicious Christmas dinner and enjoyed watching 'The Grinch' and playing board games with their classmates!!!
Year 2 multi skills, by Miss Jones
Date: 8th Dec 2021 @ 5:25pm
Y2 owl artwork, by Miss Jones
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 7:16pm
Into Film Festival, by Miss Young
Date: 22nd Nov 2021 @ 2:44pm
Year 5 and 6 visited the Storyhouse to participate in the Into Film Festival. For many of us, it was our first time back in the cinema in almost 2 years.
Electricity Workshop, by Miss Young
Date: 22nd Nov 2021 @ 2:20pm
Year 6 received a visit from Ruth from Chemistry with Cabbage. However, this time we engaged with the Electricity Workshop. We tested out circuits, created our own human circuit and enjoyed the sounds of the buzzers for over 2 minutes.
Year 1, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 8:54pm
Y4's trip to The Storyhouse!, by Mrs Hover
Date: 16th Nov 2021 @ 5:24pm
Lots of happy faces as we watched 'Two by Two: Overboard!' with the Year 3 children. Beautiful manners too!
Forest School, by Miss Young
Date: 15th Nov 2021 @ 2:10pm
Year 6 have learnt how to distinguish 5 types of trees found within school's grounds. They include:
Oak
Cherry
Ash
Rowan
Silver Birch
We then learnt how to safely make and light a fire before enjoying toasted marshmallows.
Year 1 traditional tales, by Mrs Harrison
Date: 13th Nov 2021 @ 2:47pm
Y4 enter the world of the circus!, by Mrs Hover
Date: 10th Nov 2021 @ 8:49pm
Y5 Chefs for a day, by Mrs Percival
Date: 9th Nov 2021 @ 5:29pm
We were working with Chef James today. We studied the different types of taste we can experience, made our own dough and pizzas then made a vegetanle biriyani. The whole school smelt delicious as the spices travelled down the corridor.
Making poppies for Remembrance Day, by Miss Jones
Date: 9th Nov 2021 @ 4:01pm
Year 2 have been learning about the significance of poppies and why people wear them on Remembrance Day. We been busy making our own textured poppies today for a display. The children worked so carefully when using the difference types of paper so they could create different textures.
Year 2 Owl Experience, by Miss Jones
Date: 9th Nov 2021 @ 3:55pm
This morning the Year 2 children had some surprise visitors waiting for them in the school hall. We we so thrilled to meet Libby and her four owls! Libby taught us about the different owls she brought with her and the owls enjoyed flying in the hall. The children were even brave enought to lie down and have an owl fly right over their heads. We hope you enjoy the photos and short video.
We cannot wait to learn more about owls this half term.
