Christmas baking
Well done to our Key Stage 3 Food Technology students for some very tasty festive baking this week.
Ready Steady Bake!
Key Stage 4 and Year 9 Food Technology students have been given free-reign in the kitchens this week to make any dish they wanted, either by bringing ingredients in from home or by using whatever they can find in the Food pantry.
One particular Year 9 group showed fantastic creativity; thinking…
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
Year 8 have been attempting to answer some philosophical questions in Religious Education. Developing transferable skills such as critical thinking, reasoning and communication.
GCSE design a burger
The Year 10 GCSE Food Technology students have been taking part in a mock coursework task: to design and make a burgers suitable for the Keswick burger restaurant 'The Round'. They have practiced independent planning and cooking- demonstrating a range of culinary skills. The results were…
Year 8 Islam
Over the past few weeks Year 8 have been learning about Islam, looking at what Muslim's believe and how this impacts their life.
We will follow this topic up by visiting a local mosque later in the year.
Jamie Oliver spaghetti pasta
Today we road-tested our first 'Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food' recipe; with the Year 7's cooking spaghetti pasta. They showed fantastic focus throughout and loved tasting the food they had made. Well done everyone, and thank you Jamie!
Tunnocks teacake challenge
Our first inter-house challenge this year was to decorate a tunnocks teacake in the most appealing and imaginative way. We have had some fantastic entries. Well done everyone who took part!
Year 9 cheese and onion triangles
Well done Year 9 on making some delicious cheese and onion pastry triangles.
Year 7 chopping challenge
Year 7 have been practicing their knife skills by completing the chopping challenge!