GCSE Food Technology: Tarte Tatin
To bring our Food Science theory lessons to life, our Year 10 students took on the challenge of making a classic French dessert: Tarte Tatin.
This practical gave students the opportunity to see key scientific processes in action. As the apples cooked, we observed the Maillard reaction and…
GCSE Food Technology: Viennese Whirls
The Year 10 Food Technology students have been practicing their technical skills by attempting to make viennese whirl biscuits. We developed our precision, piping skills and thought about how we could use our baking and ingredients to make a light, crumbly texture for the biscuit.
Canned, frozen or fresh?
Key Stage 3 students have been exploring the differences between canned, fresh, and frozen foods. They considered which options they preferred from a cost, convenience, and nutritional perspective. The pupils investigated a range of fruit, vegetable, and meat products and discovered some…
Year 10 Food Technology: Aeration
As part of our Food Science module Year 10 have been learning about aeration in cooking and how raising agents work. We have put out knowledge into practice by making whisked sponges- seeing how the mixture changes size and how the air in the mixture affects the texture and feel of the cake.
Christmas baking
Well done to our Key Stage 3 Food Technology students for some very tasty festive baking this week.
Ready Steady Bake!
Key Stage 4 and Year 9 Food Technology students have been given free-reign in the kitchens this week to make any dish they wanted, either by bringing ingredients in from home or by using whatever they can find in the Food pantry.
One particular Year 9 group showed fantastic creativity; thinking…
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
Year 8 have been attempting to answer some philosophical questions in Religious Education. Developing transferable skills such as critical thinking, reasoning and communication.
GCSE design a burger
The Year 10 GCSE Food Technology students have been taking part in a mock coursework task: to design and make a burgers suitable for the Keswick burger restaurant 'The Round'. They have practiced independent planning and cooking- demonstrating a range of culinary skills. The results were…
Year 8 Islam
Over the past few weeks Year 8 have been learning about Islam, looking at what Muslim's believe and how this impacts their life.
We will follow this topic up by visiting a local mosque later in the year.
Jamie Oliver spaghetti pasta
Today we road-tested our first 'Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food' recipe; with the Year 7's cooking spaghetti pasta. They showed fantastic focus throughout and loved tasting the food they had made. Well done everyone, and thank you Jamie!
Tunnocks teacake challenge
Our first inter-house challenge this year was to decorate a tunnocks teacake in the most appealing and imaginative way. We have had some fantastic entries. Well done everyone who took part!
