Blog by Tag: Cooking

4M have been cooking up treats in the PCA kitchen. Today we made tomato soup & toasties, which was throughly enjoyed by all. 

Cooking is a valuable skill that increases independence, creativity & builds personal confidence. This half term 4M will be focusing on simple lunches that they can choose to make, this week we started with Mac & Cheese. 

This morning, 5M have been busy chefs cooking up a storm for The Oracle. They first carefully chopped up the fruit and combined it all together to create a healthy fruit salad. they then topped that with Greek yogurt, homemade oaty granola and garnished with a mint leaf. 
 

5M also created a…

4M have made their own breakfast in cooking as a treat. It was a mixture of fun & responsibility as they recalled cooking instructions & skills from previous lessons. 

This morning, 5I opened up their maths cafe during their maths lesson! This week they swapped roles so everyone had the chance to be either a server or a customer!
 

Customers worked hard to work out what money to give to their servers, and servers used their cooking skills to serve healthy…

‘The best omelette ever!’ Scott 4M, October 2024

Fantastic culinary skills today from 4M, making the perfect cheese omelette.

Working in small groups pupils watched a video then completed the task with minimum staff input, showing their increasing confidence and independence - PFA

The skills we used today were - teamwork, problem solving,…

4M chose to make scotch pancakes during cooking. Whilst staff were on hand to advise & over look, students took the reins & worked within small groups to achieve their goal. 

Louise made the most perfect poached egg on her first try! 

We continued our theme of cooking with eggs, this week we have made eggy bread & poached egg. 
Eggy bread was a clear winner! 

Today was all about cooking with eggs. 
4M investigated how many breakfast items could be made with eggs. 

We had a ‘battle of the scrambled eggs’ 

The class split into 2 groups, one made scrambled in a pan & the others in the microwave, we then all tasted the…

Today 4M enjoyed their first BTEC cooking lesson. Not only did they complete theory behind cooking & hygiene, but they also made a yummy apple crumble.