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Oliver Goldsmith Primary School “Inspiring a love of learning”

Learning Adventure: Creative Chefs 2016

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Learning Adventure

Autumn 2016

“Creative Chefs”

In the summer of 2016, we created a brand new “Cooking Zone” at the school. As you

can see in the photo below, the room has four cooking areas each with its own oven, hob, sink and preparation area. Our “Cooking Zone” has provided us with an

incredible space to enhance our curriculum provision and enable us to teach design technology to a high standard.

We want our children to understand healthy eating and have the skills to create their

own healthy meals. We want to inspire a love of cooking!

During the autumn term of 2016, each class learnt about hygiene in food preparation; the benefits of healthy eating; developed their cooking skills; researched and

experienced foods from other cultures and then used this knowledge to create their own personalised recipes!

This book celebrates our children’s work; it shows their recipes and evaluations of their

creations. We hope your enjoy reading and trying some of their recipes.



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CONTENTS PAGE

1. “Inspiring a love of cooking” a collection of photos p3

2. “Fruity Tales!” By Nursery p4

3. “Reception Ready!” p6

4. “Can Cook, Will Cook” by Year One p8

5. “Come Dine with Us” by Year Two” p13

6. “Ready, Steady, Cook!” by Year Three p18

7. “Master Chefs” by Year Four p23

8. “Five on Food” by Year Five p29

9. “The Great Goldsmith Bake Off” - Year Six p34

10. Pupil Voice p40

11. Teacher’s Comments p43

12. Thank you… p44



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OGPS “Inspiring a love of cooking”



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Fruity Tales! By Nursery

Ingredients Pineapple, oranges, pears, grapes, apples, blueberries, satsumas, bananas and lemons.

First we washed our hands then the fruit.

Next we peeled the satsumas and bananas.

After that we cut the pineapple, pears, grapes, apples, satsumas, bananas and blueberries then place them in a bowl.

Then we squeezed the orange and lemons with a juicer. We put the juice from the oranges and lemons in the bowl.

We stirred it all together.

It looked fantastic and tasted even better!



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Fruity Tales! By Nursery



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“Reception Ready! Window Biscuits

Ingredients 180g Plain Flour plus extra for dusting 8-10 pink and yellow boiled sweets 115g butter, softened 55g sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/ gas 4. Cut pieces of baking paper to fit 2 large baking trays.

2. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl, until pale and creamy. Sift the flour into the mixture. Use your hands to mix everything together into a ball of dough.

3. Sprinkle a little flour over a work surface. Split the dough into 2 pieces. Roll out 1 piece with a floured rolling pin until it is about 5mm thick. Using biscuit cutters (about 8cm x 4cm), cut out Christmas shapes. Using a 1.5cm fluted pastry cutter, cut circles out of the middle of each of the biscuits. Carefully move the cookies to the trays with a fish slice. Repeat with the remaining dough, then re-roll the trimmings to make more biscuits, about 25-30 in total. Put a different coloured sweet pebble into the middle of each biscuit hole. The sweets melt while the biscuits bake to form ‘glass’ windows.

4. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the biscuits are just golden. Cool on the trays, then transfer to a wire rack. (Make sure the sweets have set hard before removing from the trays.)



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“Reception Ready!”



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“Can Cook, Will Cook” by Year One



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“Can Cook, Will Cook” by Year One



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“Come Dine with Us” by Year Two



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“Come Dine with Us” by Year Two



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“Ready, Steady, Cook!” by Year Three



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“Ready, Steady, Cook!” by Year Three



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“Master Chefs” by Year Four



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“Master Chefs” by Year Four



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“Five on Food” by Year Five



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“Five on Food” by Year Five



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German Christmas biscuits

Ingredients:

250g of butter 1 egg white for dipping. 125g of sugar pearl sugar for dipping (or caster sugar) 375g of flour 1 egg 1 egg yolk (crack the egg into a bowl and fish out the yolk with a spoon)

Method:

Put the dry ingredients (flour, sugar) into a bowl.

Make a little den in the middle.

Add the egg and egg yolk (put the egg white in a bowl as it is needed later).

Add the butter by cutting it into small pieces.

Start bringing the ingredients together by kneading it with your hands and

keep kneading until all the ingredients are combined.

Split the dough in half and wrap in cling film looking like a thick disc. Then

put to rest in the fridge/freezer till cold.

Meanwhile, prepare some plates/boards and cover with baking paper.

Once the dough is cold, flour your working surface (sprinkle lightly with

flour). Take the dough out, take a part off, knead it briefly so it becomes

malleable, and start rolling it out evenly with a rolling pin (about 3 mm thick)

on the floured surface.

Take your cookie cutter and start cutting shapes out, placing them on the

boards covered with baking paper. Once one board is full, put it in the

fridge/freezer for the dough to get cold again. Continue with the next one.

While you are waiting, put some pearl sugar in a flat bowl. Place the bowl

with the egg whites next to it.

Prepare a baking tray with baking paper.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

Once the shapes are cold, get them out of the fridge, dip one side in the egg

white first and then straight after into the pearl sugar.

Fill the tray and bake for 8 – 10 minutes until golden. When the edges of the

cookies are starting to brown, they are finished.

Let the biscuits cool own, ideally on a cooling rack.

Once cold, put the biscuits in a tin. They will last for 3 to 4 weeks.



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The Great Goldsmith Bake Off” by Year Six



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Pupil Voice Shout it out Loud and Proud!

Nursery

Reception

Year 1

We washed our hands, we washed

the grapes and the apples and plum

and pear. You can eat it, yummy!!

Joel

Yum yum!! - Parshva

I making Fruit Salad with lemon

- Abenesh

I made Fruit Salad with mummy.

We chopped up bananas, mangoes,

strawberries, blueberries… - Zara

My one tasted like orange in the

middle - Vishal

It was so crunchy and crumbly -

Zakariya

It was shiny and you could see

through it - Marco

I made the dough and I used flour.

- Zuri

I enjoyed cutting the pineapples and bananas and my fruit salad

tasted sweet - Haseena

I liked cutting and putting in the yoghurt - Eric

I liked putting the fruit in the cup and I liked cutting them. It tasted

sweet and yummy and like pineapple - Kaamil

I liked the setting of the kitchen. It has a nice oven and washing area

pineapple - Vanya



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Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

I liked going to the new Food and technology room and I learnt how

to be safe in a kitchen. Cairo

I loved being a little chef because I

have never used the new (food)

technology room before and at the

end I got my salad how I wanted. I

enjoyed cutting the best because I

felt all grown up! I will persuade

someone because I loved it myself!

Linda

I enjoyed creating my pizza and I learned that I need to hold a

vegetable with my hand like a claw. Emma

Now that I cooked in the room, I

will always make it went I go

home. Now I know how to use the

techniques, I will teach people who

don’t. Irfan

The DT room was my favourite because I loved cooking. One day I want to teach

DT. Nouralhoda.

It was the best time I ever had when cooking in my life! Musab

The fun part was we can make

something on our own without any

help!" Raiha

It was nice to make a full meal.

Imaan

I learned that not all vegetables taste

bad and that some of the vegetables

are nice, also if some vegetables

don't look attractive you should still

try it because it's still food!

It was my first time trying teriyaki

sauce and peppers and it was very

good and delicious.



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Year 5

Year 6

It was so nice because I made it … I especially loved how it

turned out. Naiyah

I'm felt excited, I've never made bread before and I couldn't wait to

learn how to make it. I was ESPECIALLY happy to eat it!

Ryan

I was eager to find out if I made it good. I couldn't wait to eat it.

Sami

It's been really fun, I've enjoyed helping my friends, cooking together and learning new skills. I didn't know

how to make soup before, will definitely be making the soup at home,

it was really tasty! Kishan

I think the food journey was interesting because it was fun to see how different

food combinations tasted and how different they were. I learned how to blend and make soup- I'll definitely be

making some more! Subeyr

It was really fun. Normally you only see cooking when your parents do it but when

you get your do it yourself and get your hands dirty it is way more fun. I learnt a lot,

for example that when you are making soup you have to sauté the vegetables.

Shaurya I enjoyed it very much. We were

working as a team and we managed a lot working together. I learn what

sautéing means and how easy it is to make nice food. Francesca



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Teacher Comments

Overall impact of the experience for OGPS pupils “The cooking adventure provided an inclusive environment in which children picked up real life

skills and techniques and could shine in different areas.”

“The prior learning activity of tasting and observing fruit developed the children’s vocabulary as did the actual activity.”

“It linked well with other areas of the curriculum, such as Science and Writing.”

“All the children were engaged and very excited. They were all pleased and proud of their product.”

“The children know that food is prepared in different ways. They learnt the different cutting techniques and know which to use for a variety of foods.”

“Children learnt about basic hygiene when preparing and storing the food.”

“They built their knowledge of cultural recipes and traditions across the world.”

“Many children stated that they would be cooking more at home as they have gained confidence and it was so much fun!”

“It increased children’s understanding of healthy foods, but also what flavours complement each other.”

“Children were exposed to and encouraged to try vegetables they may not have encountered before, such as leek, celery, beetroot and gherkins. In many cases they tried something new.”

“Children learned about the importance of seasoning at the end of their cooking and the difference it makes to the finished dish.”

“Teamwork was a very important element in this task and children were encouraged to take on different tasks and help each other.”

“It encouraged children to think about organization and timings as this was required in order to be able to finish the tasks.”

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Thank You! To all the children in OGPS, who threw themselves into their learning and were a pleasure to work with. We hope you’ve been inspired to love cooking at school and at home. To parents for all your support; especially with sampling the tasty treats the children brought home to you. Your evaluation skills, positivity and encouragement are very much appreciated. To our talented staff, who worked incredibly hard to make this learning adventure a great success! And finally….to the following local businesses, who supported our learning adventure by providing ingredients or equipment for our “Cooking Zone”. Thank you for helping us inspire the next generation of creative chefs!

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