9P Santa's Sleighs

Christmas Cakes

Here are the Year 10B Christmas cakes now iced in their own creative ways:

Later I will post the next round of Santa's Sleighs and Yule Logs :)

Final weeks of the term.....

Christmas cakes ready to be iced:

Some finished Year 7P desk tidies:

My 8O2 group have been busy with decorating the room with Christmas Bunting and paper chains!

Tis the season to be jolly

Finally a time to show you the Christmas themed week we are having so far, whilst waiting for the final christmas cakes to bake.

Year 9T made their Santa's Sleighs

Day done and a TD day tomorrow, lucky students with their extended weekend. 
Really, really pleased with the Year 7P group this afternoon and I think they are rather proud of the work they did today:

Desk Tidies that show a range of skills; finger joints in wood, shape cut out using coping saws and pillar drill; vaccum formed trays and acrylic tubes measured and bent into shape using the Strip Heater and Heat Gun.
First time through with this project and it is going well :)

Year 7C this morning and their Danish Pastries:

Manic morning planning:

 Above, my Learning Group 8O2 are taking it in turns in small groups to run Christmas themed sessions.  1st group yesterday ran a Maths themed Christmas quiz.  Today the next group are running a decoration competition for the room!!

Year 7 practical Danish Pastries first followed by Christmas cake demo for the Year 10B group, just got 5 minutes peace before the mayhem!! :)

As part of their assessment Year 9 students are required to complete a planning sheet for their assessed practical.  Examples below of Level 5 to Level 7 pieces.
Level 7

Level 6

 Level 5

 

 

Evaluation of practical assessment and extended writing

 



Year 9 P and T, both groups will be making the Santa's sleigh next week:
9T - 10/12/12
9P - 14/12/12

RECIPE

Base; 1 large swiss roll and 3 mini swiss rolls
Icing; 200g butter; 2tbsp cocoa powder; 3giant chocolate fingers (flake, twix etc for sleigh runners); selection of sweets to fill the sleigh; 2 yellow lollipops for the headlights; strawberry laces for reins; plate or board; santa decoration (or model)

And don't forget the container!!!

Year 10A and B Christmas Cakes next week:
10A - 11/12/2012 making the cake and icing the cake on the 18/12/2012
10B - 10/12/2012 making the cake and icing the cake 13/12/2012 demonstration is tomorrow!

CAKE RECIPE -

120g butter/margarine
170g sugar
340g dried fruit
225ml water
1tsp bicarbonate soda
1/2 tsp mixed spice
2 eggs
120g plain flour
120g self raising flour
pinch salt
deep cake tin and greaseproof to line it.

ICING

1 pack of marzipan
1 block of ready made icing
Decorations (plastic shapes; sweets; ready made icing etc)

Photos to be uploaded, may the best cake win :)

Year 8 Marshmallow Snowmen - 18th December

Year 8 are having a go at Snowmen marshmallow cakes:

100g Self Raising Flour; 100g Butter/Marg; 100g Caster sugar; 2 eggs; 100g icing sugar for Glace Icing; Marshmallows and sweets for decoration.  Not forgetting 12 cupcake cases and a container!!

Also a big shout to Mrs Loach our technician who made the demonstration Snowmen and copious amounts of cakes for the Year 11 Prom fundraiser today!