MrJennings

In our final week of the term, in addition to finding time for some "normal" activities, we finished off our main technology project. We completed any remaining weaving; wrote evaluations of the bodkins we have made and tested; "finished" the woven panels by cutting the cloth off the frame, knotting the warp threads and trimming these before turning the ends over and attaching the weaving to a Christmas or greetings card we had created.

We also had another design technology project this week. This involved food. Our our class contribution to the Christmas Part food, our class designed and made canapés, popcorn and punch. The canapés were the most complicated. On Monday we tested different toasted bread bases, different "butter" spreads and different kinds of toppings that we had designed having thought about balanced died and the dietary needs of different pupils (including vegetarians). In the end we used wholemeal bread bases and had four different toppings. These were: ham, peperoni, red pepper and cucumber; ham, soft cheese, apple and tomato; cheese, soft cheese, tomato and green pepper and tuna mayonnaise, cucumber and/or tomato or pepper. Also on the Monday, we made and tested a variety of flavourings to go with popcorn and, in the end served salt and pepper popcorn and sweet cinnamon popcorn at the parties.

 We had our year-group's party with Y6 on Wednesday and our school Carol Service on Friday (the last day of term) when both Year 5 classes performed a Charles Causley poem.