Well done to Roald Dahl class, who has won attendance Ted this week. In KS2, Marcus Rashford class are the winning class for attendance so a huge well done to them too! I am pleased to see that most classes are keeping great attendance, despite the challenging times with Covid. Well done!

On Monday, the whole school celebrated another lost heritage day - Plough Monday. The children learnt about the history of the day and had the opportunity to take part in some traditional celebrations such as: creating decorations for the plough, Morris dancing and trying different foods. The children all had a fantastic time and thoroughly enjoyed learning about this historic event. Each class teacher has shared some of the children's learning with you for this day on Tapestry or Google classroom through Book creator.

Mrs Rimmer held her first session for cookery club this week with year 5 and 6 pupils. We made our own tortilla chips from baking some tortilla wraps that we'd cut into triangles. Some of them were even risk-takers and tried some smoked paprika on them! They then made three different dips to tzatziki, salsa and guacamole. They learnt how to cut vegetables carefully, how to dig the inside of the avocado (which was tricky) and most importantly tried some new things that they hadn't before....especially coriander! Most decided that they liked the tzatziki the best! Please see some of the simple recipes for the dips that you might like to try at home;

Salsa

Ingredients

• 4-6 medium tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped

• ½ red onion, very finely chopped

• 1 small garlic clove, chopped

• small splash of white wine vinegar

• ½ lime, juiced

• ½ bunch of coriander, roughly chopped

Method

• STEP 1
  Combine the tomatoes, red onion, garlic, white wine vinegar, lime juice and coriander in a bowl. Stir, then refrigerate until ready to serve.

Chunky guacamole

Ingredients

• 1 large ripe tomato

• 3 avocados, very ripe but not bruised

• juice 1 large lime

• handful coriander, leaves and stalks chopped, plus a few leaves, roughly chopped, to serve

• 1 small red onion, finely chopped

• 1 chilli, red or green, deseeded and finely chopped

• STEP 1
  Use a large knife to pulverise 1 large ripe tomato to a pulp on a board, then tip into a bowl.

• STEP 2
  Halve and stone the 3 avocados (saving a stone) and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh into the bowl with the tomato.

• STEP 3
  Tip the juice of 1 large lime, a handful of roughly chopped coriander, 1 finely chopped small red onion and 1 deseeded and finely chopped red or green chilli into the bowl, then season with salt and pepper.

• STEP 4
  Use a whisk to roughly mash everything together. If not serving straight away, sit a stone in the guacamole (this helps to stop it going brown), cover with cling film and chill until needed.

Tzatziki

Ingredients

• ½ cucumber, halved and deseeded

• 170g pot Greek yogurt

• 1 small garlic clove, crushed

• handful mint leaves, chopped

Method

• STEP 1
  Coarsely grate the cucumber, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and squeeze out all the liquid. Tip into a bowl with the yogurt, garlic and mint, and mix well. Great served with slow roast lamb or as a dip.

All recipes can be found at https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/