Christmas Market - Enterprise success
Today we held our Christmas Market after school - the culmination of our Enterprise Week. Each group packaged and priced their various products before displaying them for sale in the hall. As a class we did really well and managed to more than double the money we had been loaned by SCOT4ALL! We…
Enterprise Week
Year 6 have been working hard all week, planning and making a range of products to sell at the Christmas Market on Friday. They have used many skills throughout the week and taken on roles including project manager, accountant, advertiser, quality controller and resources manager. Come along to…
Y6 learn to make pastry
Year 6 have been learning how to make pastry - the final one of the cooking and baking skills they have learned throughout their time at Scotforth.
Y1 DT Bread Making
Today we really enjoyed making our own bread. We looked at the skills of mixing the dough and then kneading it. We are impressed with how they turned out !
The Great Scotforth Bread Bake Off
Mrs Walsh came to judge our bread. She chose 3 winners.
Chloe made a cat, Danny made a hedgehog and Sophie made a tortoise.
Well done to our winners.
Making our own bread
We used our plans to mix, knead, shape, bake and decorate our own bread. We worked sensibly and safely and our finished products were very impressive.
DT- looking at different bread textures
After reading The Little Red Hen, we looked at different types of bread. We looked at the texture, the colour and what we thought about each one.
Year 5 learn a basic bread recipe
Today in our DT lesson we found out which ingredients were needed to make white bread. Working in a small group we followed a recipe. Each person in the group had their own piece of dough to knead and shape. Our bread was baked this afternoon then we got to take it home to eat.
Next lesson we…
Year 5 evaluate existing bread products
Today in Year 5 we looked at different kinds of bread and compared them. This was lesson 1 in our new DT topic. We used our sense of sight, touch, smell and best of all TASTE!! The evaluation of existing products is step one of the design process. Next week we will move on to look at baking basic…
Y6 shelters put to the test
Year 6 have finally finished building their shelters to house a family of four Playmobile people. Once we had constructed a strong framework, we had to plan carefully about how to make them tough, waterproof and wind proof. The photos show our shelters before we tested and evaluated them. In fact,…
Y6 shelter making
This week, Year 6 have been making a start on constructing their shelters, which they have been designing. The task is to design and make a shelter to house a family of four playmobile people, which must withstand wind, rain and pressure from above. Today, we focussed on our cutting skills, using…
Y6 Enterprise Week
Last week, Year 6 had a very busy week, preparing for the Christmas Fair. They were split into six groups and each loaned £15 by SCOT4ALL. Each group had to work as a team to design and make items to sell at the fair with the aim of making a profit to be given back to SCOT4ALL.
Each group had a…