A wonderful week to be in P7 this week!
We have been completing our SNSAs this week – Scottish National Standardised Assessments. This meant our week was a bit topsy turvy in terms of timetabling, but we showed resilience and maturity in the face of these changes!
This meant a quick change of layout and silence – for the first time ever in P7! Heehee! Well done to the boys and girls who tried really hard and supported each other too 🙂
One of our most popular tasks this week was our science/food technology/literacy project – bread making!
The joy of your experiment working the way you want it to! Today we learned about yeast and its role as a micro organism!
Shout out to @Warburtons for the fantastic online resources! @StNinianPS #stninianskidscan pic.twitter.com/zV15w3iE7o
— Mrs Conway🙋🏻♀️ (@Mrs_Conway10) October 31, 2019
We started with a science experiment using yeast, sugar and warm water mixed together.. we were excited to see it inflated the balloons! The key facts we learned were that yeast is dormant (sleeping) when dry – it reacts when mixed with water and releases carbon dioxide – this causes the balloon to inflate, and is what causes bread to rise.
More from our chemical reaction experiment this morning! #stninianskidscan @StNinianPS pic.twitter.com/lRq4B0Ghd2
— Mrs Conway🙋🏻♀️ (@Mrs_Conway10) October 31, 2019
In writing we have moved onto learning about a new genre – PROCEDURE. We discussed the features of language and the structure of a procedure before beginning our bread making session as the topic of our writing next Wednesday will be the procedure to make bread rolls!
We then moved onto our bread making! As we are P7 now, Mrs Conway was there to provide support only – in trios we worked through the recipe – measuring ingredients, following the method then setting our rolls aside to rise. Only one out of 9 groups had to remake their dough – a great success! We chose to add flavourings or finishes such as herbs or seeds or cheese.
Then this afternoon we made bread rolls – putting our science in action! In trios we weighed and measured the ingredients, followed the method and ended up with a bread roll each! @StNinianPS #stninianskidscan pic.twitter.com/trw7NxBMcG
— Mrs Conway🙋🏻♀️ (@Mrs_Conway10) October 31, 2019
Not too bad for our first time! @StNinianPS #stninianskidscan
Thanks @Warburtons for the recipe! We will share it on the blog tomorrow! #HWB #foodforthought #foodtechnology #stem #scienceinaction pic.twitter.com/hQNRrcwb4L
— Mrs Conway🙋🏻♀️ (@Mrs_Conway10) October 31, 2019
We were really impressed with the end result!
If you would like to try it at home – the P7 pupils should be able to provide a family cooking session using the skills they have learned!
As we discussed our week some of our class wanted to share their highlights;
Joshua – I enjoyed making the rolls (this was then echoed across the class!)
Zainab – I liked the science (Ryan T – when the yeast reacts it releases carbon dioxide)
Jay – The rugby was good but I liked doing the drama in RE this week
Aleks – I think the best bit was Spanish with Mrs Reeves
Krystian – Spanish with Mrs Caskie was good too!
Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
The bread rolls look delicious. We’ll need to try the recipe at home.
Finlay enjoyed the bread making and offered me a crumb when he came off the school bus!! We shall try the recipe are home.
He is also thoroughly enjoying doing Spanish again!
What a busy week P7 have had! The smell of frsh bread baking was beautiful although it made me really hungry!!! A great way to link your learning of making the bread and writing procedures.
The bread rolls look amazing. We’ll need to make these at home. The yeast/balloon experiment looked fun too.