Quinn’s family has been looking at the photos of the children making apple crumble:
“Quinn really enjoyed making her crumble. She kept it for her Dad to eat for pudding. Xx”
That was kind of you Quinn. I hope your Dad enjoyed it.
Tag: cooking
Tasty Crumbles
The afternoon children used lots of different skills when they made apple crumble towards the end of term. They listened well to follow instructions and produced tasty crumbles from their hard work. I wonder if anyone’s having a go at some cooking in the holidays?
Crumble Cooking
Towards the end of term we decided to make apple crumble as we had a lovely big basket of apples brought in by several different people. The children were able to learn about the importance of hygiene and safety in the kitchen, fine motor control, counting and chopping skills, using the technology of a microwave and the effect of heat on the apples.
Here you can see the morning children demonstrating some of their skills. Afternoon photos will be posted soon.
Toasting Marshmallows
Following on from the afternoon children’s experience, we set a fire one morning last week. Toasted marshmallows and bread were on the menu which went down a treat. It’s strange how food seems to taste so much better outdoors but there were certainly plenty of children keen to sample it. As with the afternoon children, we were delighted with the children who were so sensible round the fire and showed that they realised how important it was to stay safe.
Outdoor Cooking
On a recent visit to discuss our outdoor environment, the local ranger brought us a great new base for making a fire and the afternoon boys and girls were the first to try it out. While some were intrigued to watch the ranger setting up the fire, others were busy indoors making bread. Lots of measuring and counting skills were needed to make sure we followed the recipe but, as you can see, our team of chefs showed super concentration to produce their dough. Once it was wound round sticks and the fire was ready, the children helped to cook their bread and they melted marshmallows on sticks which brought lots of discussion about the changes happening to them as they were cooked.
We were very impressed with the children’s super listening skills and discussion about staying safe near fire. They certainly deserved to taste the results of their hard work. Thank you very much to Duncan for his help- the children had a great learning experience.
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Sunshine Cooking
The cooking skills of the Sunshine Room matched those of the Rainbow Room towards the end of term when they also learned to make apple crumble. The children listened well to follow instructions and produced tasty crumbles from their hard work. I wonder if anyone’s having a go at some cooking in the holidays?
Joe’s Crumble
Joe’s family is pleased that the children enjoyed making crumble with their apples:
“Oh wow that looks like so much fun.
Glad everyone got to make something tasty.
Joe was very proud of his crumble and thought it tasted delicious.”
Thanks again for your contribution. The children thoroughly enjoyed turning the apples into crumble and were very keen to taste their cooking.
Kacey’s Having Fun
Kacey’s family has been enjoying the photos on the blog and left a comment about the recent Family Learning activity:
“Kacey and mummy really enjoyed decorating a square for the wall , we will definitely be coming back to the next activity.. Thank you.”
Kacey had also had fun making her apple crumble:
“Kacey loves cooking/ baking she was so excited when she came home!”
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a message. We are pleased that Kacey’s enjoying lots of different activities in Nursery.
Thank You Joe
We had a lovely surprise this week when Joe W’s family brought us in lots of apples from their tree so we decided to make crumble. The children were able to develop their learning in lots of areas – learning about the importance of hygiene and safety in the kitchen, fine motor control, counting and chopping skills, using the technology of a microwave and the effect of heat on the apples.
Hopefully you can see the children demonstrating some of their new skills in our photos. Mrs. Alexander was certainly pleased with the crumble we took her as a surprise and we hope that the children enjoyed theirs too. Thank you very much to Joe’s family for bringing in the apples – you provided us with a great opportunity for fun learning.
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Cooking Crumble
As we have been learning about Harvest and what happens in Autumn, some of the children used apples to make a crumble. It’s amazing how much learning can be developed from a simple cooking activity: the importance of hygiene and safety in the kitchen, fine motor control, counting and chopping skills, using the technology of a microwave and the effect of heat on the apples. Hopefully, you can see from these photos that the children are demonstrating some impressive skills. Most important of all, they had fun as they were learning.
