Christchurch Junior School, Clarendon Road
Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 2AA
Tel: 01202 485579 office@cjsdorset.org
“This is the pork stir fry I cooked with my mum and dad. It was delicious!”
One of our Year 4 pupil’s has been putting his culinary skills to the test at home using one of the recipes he and his classmates learned during the cookery demonstration run by Christchurch Food Festival Trust.
That Pork Stir Fry certainly does look tasty. Well done!
Below is a recount of the Cookery workshops run by Christchurch Food Festival Trust written by two of our Year 4 pupils:
On Tuesday and Thursday Christchurch Food Festival came to teach Year 4 how to cook. We made trout tagine, pork and vegetable stir fry and a Spanish omelette with chorizo. At the beginning, they showed us how to make healthy oat cookies and lamb Palau. Our favourite meals that we made were the pork and vegetable stir fry and the Spanish omelette. The oat cookies were amazing and we are sure that everyone else will love them too. At the end, they spoke about the foods that are healthy and unhealthy. They said that at home you should eat lots of fruit and vegetables to keep you fit. Everyone that was there, enjoyed their time making and tasting the food. They are putting on stalls and cookery workshops at the food festival this year in May. If you make any of these delicious meals, be sure to try them because you might like them. We loved all of the tasty food. It was excellent!
Report by Olive and Poppy in 4AA.
Year 4 were busy in the kitchen last week cooking up a veritable feast of dishes thanks to Mary Reader and her team from Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust.
Chefs gave demonstrations to the children on how to prepare mouth-wateringly healthy meals of Turkey Pilau, Trout tagine, Stir fried pork and a Spanish Omelette with a Tomato and pomegranate salad.
The children were even treated to a sugar free cookie for dessert whilst learning about healthier options that they could choose.
Click here for a copy of the recipes our Year 4’s cooked and for more information on the Christchurch Food Festival trust please click here
As part of their DT learning, Year 4 children have created the most incredible 3D snowflakes. We all had a lot of fun doing this and learned a lot of new skills.
A huge thank you to those pupils who have become experts in their own classes and helped other classes with their constructions.
Year 4 had a wonderful time at their Christmas party playing traditional games such as pass the parcel. We were all so impressed with their beautifully decorated festive tables. Thank you very much for the Christmas party food and decorations that the children all so enjoyed sharing and setting up.
Year 4 visited St George’s Church to think about what Christmas meant to them. They travelled back in time to learn about the Christmas story told by a variety of storytellers. Each class created a beautiful Christmas card collage that was displayed in the Church. They also made a Christmas decoration of the baby Jesus that they brought home to decorate their own trees. They were also very lucky to each receive a beautifully illustrated book of the Nativity that they brought home to keep.
Take a look at these amazing Stone Age model houses Year 3 have made for their home learning.
What a fantastic residential with Year 6: beautiful weather, adventurous activities and huge amounts of teamwork. The children were a credit to our school as well as their families. They showed excellent bravery and confidence when faced with challenging activities. As well as this, we were so impressed with the kindness and friendship the children showed one another. Well done Year 6!
Year 3 have been off exploring the Stone Age at the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranbourne recently.
The children learnt some new house building skills and a spot of baking amongst other things.
Click to read one pupil’s fabulous recount of the trip.
The fun and learning carried on at home too. What superb creations!
Last month CJS celebrated the creativity of it’s staff and pupils for an entire week with it’s much anticipated annual Arts Week.
Below is a recount from one of our Year 6 pupils:
Over the course of Tuesday and Thursday, 12 Year 6 children – chosen by their teacher to work with the Jurassic coast resident artist– created 3 wall hangings themed around the song ‘What a wonderful World.’
Each of the groups planned their design onto fabric based on the lyrics ‘I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you.’ The second group worked with the chorus ‘What a wonderful world!’ and the third group focused on ‘I see skies of blue, the bright of day and the sacred night.’ The children then stitched their design. The hangings have turned out incredibly.
The children worked with fabrics, materials, buttons and thread to make the designs look the best they possibly could. The materials were provided by the artist who they worked with over the 2 days. All of the children worked their socks off and are very proud of their work.
All of the designs will be hung up at the Priory.
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