BY Miss Mullings
The start to our week has been full of excitement, creativity and hands-on learning.
To build on our understanding of our new topic, The Great Fire of London, we explored recipes and bread making in our design & technology lessons. As we have learnt that the fire started in Thomas Farriner’s bakery, DT day was the perfect opportunity to link our learning to something more hands-on. For their project, the children took their first steps into becoming little bakers as they talked about different kinds of bread, what ingredients are used and how to follow a recipe.
The class worked in small groups to mix flour, salt, yeast, water and olive oil. They noticed how the ingredients changed throughout the process. Then we moved on to kneading the dough. The children observed the dough was stretchy and sticky, but the more they kneaded it the smoother it became. After shaping their dough into small shapes, they placed them on baking trays. After washing their hands and their workstations the children recognised that the dough had begun to rise and grow.
Then came the eating! The children were proud of their hard work and eagerly awaited the dough to become warm tasty rolls of bread, which went lovely with butter and jam: delicious!
The day was a wonderful continuation of our topic, and we are looking forward to more fun learning ahead. The children have been fascinated by the events of 1666 and have enjoyed discovering how the fire began; why it spread so quickly; and how London changed afterwards.
