Year 5 design and make biscuits!!
Year 5 (Mrs Lynch and Mr Dempsey) have been designing and making biscuits. We started by tasting a variety of biscuits available in supermarkets. Everone seemed to love pink wafers but fig rolls didn't go down too well!
Next everyone had the chance to design their own biscuit. Some were very imaginative and surprisingly healthy. Watch out Mr McVitie!!
We have just finished adding the final touches. Watch this space for the tasting feedback.
Y5 Dissect Flowers
Last week Y5 dissected flowers. We learnt all about the different parts of flowers. Can you remember any of the names?
For extra practice visit
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml
Y5 Visit to Hindu Temple
Last week Y5 (Mr Dempsey and Mrs Lynch) visited the Hindu Temple in Newcastle.
The large site of the temple building is based on the West road in Newcastle. The temple in Newcastle has been going since the 1950s.
10,000 families from the North East usually visit this temple. 400 devotees visit the temple every Sunday and around 125/150 devotees come every Tuesday.
We saw lots of Hindu Deties (statues of Gods,) including Krishna who is in the picture. He is one of the most commonly worshipped Gods in the Hindu faith.
It was a great day out and we learned lots (including the teachers!)
To find out more visit www.hindutemplenewcastle.co.uk/
Mr Dempsey
Hello Y5 :)
Watch this space for exciting info about Y5.
Bread testing fun for year 5!
As part of our food technology project this term, we have been testing breads and bread products with a view to developing our own bread products in a couple of weeks` time.
We had seven different breads; pitta, multigrain, naan, croissant, brioche, baguette and raisin bread (with extra cinnamon!) and had to try out for appearance; smell; texture and, finally, taste!
We were encouraged to use appropriate adjectives to describe these kinds of breads - "tasted
nice" just wouldn`t do! Words we used included "crusty"; "stretchy"; "golden" and "spicey". We voted at the end and discovered that most people liked the garlic and herb naan bread the best. Some, however, thought it "over-flavoured". We are posting a plea for mums, dads and relatives to come in after half term to help us to bake our own bread products. Messy but fun!
Year 5 - Mr Dempsey
Mr Dempsey
What the Children say....
Mr Dempsey is a fair and kind teacher. He is a cool teacher. He is the best.
Year 5 - Mrs Lynch
Mrs Lynch
What the Children say....
She has long black hair just dangling over her shoulders. Brown eyes. She always wears earrins and a necklace. She's good at art and is enthusiastic in every lesson, willing to help as well. Good at dancing (I found this out when we were practising our school play). Quite stylish as well.