Learning should be fun!

Our class philosophy is that learning needs to be fun and engaging and can be built into every activity that we do. Cooking is definitely high up the list of favourite activities we do each week, but during cooking we are learning so many things! We learn about hygiene (why we need to wash our hands before we start, why we wash the dishes afterwards), about safety (how to use knives carefully, how to be safe around hot things), we practice our reading (recipes, packets and labels), our maths (counting out the number of ingredients, measuring half and quarter, recognising numbers in the recipe), fine motor skills (stirring, grating, mixing, rolling, opening packets and tins), and also we try new flavours and textures which can be very challenging for some students.

This week we made something really delicious - lolly cake! And when I broke the news to the students that it wasn't for them, but to give their mothers for Mother's Day, they all took the news really well!

First we crushed the biscuits using a rolling pin. We talked about the biscuits getting smaller and smaller.

Savannah really enjoyed rolling it over the biscuits

Steph helped Kieran cut the lollies in half. Savannah supervised closely!
We talked about how a 'half' is when one thing gets cut into two parts.

Lake did really well at keeping his fingers safely out of the way.

Everyone took turns stirring in the melted butter and condensed milk. Johnandrew did a great job using the microwave to melt the butter, he knows which button is for seconds and how many times he needs to press 10 to get to 30 seconds.

Then we wrapped it in baking paper and squeezed it into a looooong sausage

Because we are learning about measurement this term Sophie-Marie got a ruler and measured our lolly cake sausage -
it was 52cm long!

We all hope the mothers enjoyed their treats on Sunday. And in case anyone is thinking we are a mean bunch for not letting the students have any, we have since made a second batch which everyone got to eat plenty of - yum!!!

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  1. Unknown15 May 2018 at 10:25

    What! Kieran said I had to share with him because he didn’t get any. Cheeky boy 😂

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