Welcome to Class 4 

Games lessons are on a Tuesday afternoon.

PE lessons are on a Friday morning. 

Remember to bring your PE kit. 

Biscuit Baking

We have been very busy this week in Class 4 taste testing and baking biscuits. 

Chocolate chip cookies were our favourites!

Lots of you have been asking for the recipe to try at home.  I would love to see any photos of your home baking. Good luck bakers!

Basic Biscuit Recipe

Ingredients:

• 250g butter, softened
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 300g plain flour

Equipment:

• Wooden spoon
• Large mixing bowl
• Sieve
• Rolling pin
• Baking tray

Method:

1. Soften the butter in a large bowl using a wooden spoon
2. Add the sugar to the butter and mix well until smooth (creaming)
3. Add in the egg yolk and vanilla extract
4. Sieve the flour into the mixture and stir until it is well combined
5. Use your fingers to make sure the ingredients are fully mixed together (rubbing method)
6. Roll out the dough using a rolling pin
7. Use the cutters to cut out 10-12 biscuits
8. Place on a baking tray and cook on 180°C for approximately 12-15 minutes

Fossils 

We have loved learning about fossils in Class 4.  Here are some of our own fossil impressions using salt dough.  Here is the recipe I used to make the salt dough if you would like to have a go at home: 

How to make salt dough

Makes 1 ball
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 3 hours

• 1 cupful of plain flour (about 250g)
• half a cupful of table salt (about 125g)
• half a cupful of water (about 125ml)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to its lowest setting and line a baking sheet with baking parchment.

2. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Add the water and stir until it comes together into a ball.

3. Transfer the dough to a floured work surface and shape into your chosen model. We moulded the dough into a circle and gently pressed shells and toy dinosaurs until it made an impression.

4. Put your finished items on the lined baking sheet and bake for 3 hrs or until solid.

5. Leave to cool and then paint.

Slime!!!!

Class 4 had lots of fun in science this week making slime (and lots of mess) as part of our new States of Matter topic.  We looked at the differences between solids, liquids and gases and discussed how some materials behave like a solid and a liquid.  These are called non-Newtonian fluids, an example of which is slime.

We followed a recipe to make the slime and then played with it to see how it behaves like a solid and a liquid. Here are our results! 

Here is the link to the recipe I used to make slime:

How to make slime | BBC Good Food

Have fun!

The Manchester Bee Monument 

Class 4 enjoyed our visit from The Manchester Bee Monument, a sculpture created to symbolise intolerance of violence. 

It has been created from weapons successfully recovered from the streets Manchester and is now on a tour of the UK to promote a message of anti-violence.

We then spent the rest of the day learning all about bees and how they are important to the environment.