As part of our DT lesson this afternoon, we were learning how to sensibly and safely slice different fruits. We then drew the inside of each fruit. This was a vital step in thinking about designing our own fruit kebabs next week.
This week, we have been reading the story of 'The Invisible String' and we have been thinking about the people who we are connected to by our invisible strings. As part of our learning around this story, we spent this afternoon making intricate dream catchers using...
This afternoon, in our life skills lesson, we have been bringing all of our sewing skills together. Some of us have made stuffed animals and others have made a puppet. We then presented our puppets to the rest of our class.
This afternoon in our DT lesson, we have been thinking about the fruit salads we are going to be designing over the next few lessons. As part of this, we have tasted a range of different fruits including grapefruit, pomegranate, clementines, satsumas, kiwis, limes and...
We are so proud of Emily from our class. She won the Olmpyic Torch competition in our class and her design was fantastic. Thank you, Miss Latto, for my certificate and my badge!
This afternoon, to finish our learning on Lily and the Snowman, we made snowman biscuits. We had to mix our icing sugar ourselves, which was tricky, then we used marshmallows, chocolate chips, strawberry laces and orange icing to decorate.
Did you know? The Mayans consumed chocolate by first harvesting the seeds -- or beans -- from cacao trees. They fermented and dried them, roasted them, removed their shells, and ground them into a paste. (Much of that process remains unchanged to this day.) They often...
Today, in our life skills lesson, we have been learning how to do a running stitch and a cross stitch.
