Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Room 18 has just finished reading the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which we absolutely loved!  One of the rooms in

Willy Wonka's chocolate factory was the marshmallow room so we decided to have a go at making our own marshmallow.  What a success!!  It was a delicious treat!

Food for Thought Programme - Shared Lunch

Today Room 18 worked co-operatively to make their shared lunch following our learning about healthy food choices as part of the Food for Thought programme.  It was a tasty experience!

Belfast's Got Talent!

Yesterday we had the finals of the Belfast's Got Talent show.  It was awesome to see the students in our school displaying their talents and entertaining their peers.  We were so proud of them for taking on this challenge and admire the time and effort they put into practising and perfecting their performances.

Room 18 had several students performing in the finals.  Hunter & Ben ("The Golden Boys") did a great musical performance, with Hunter playing the guitar and Ben singing "Heart of Gold".  They came 3rd!!  Brooke was part of the dance group "Mini Divas" who performed an amazing dance routine and came 2nd!!  We are so proud of their efforts!

Food for Thought Programme

As part of the Food For Thought programme, Room 18 had a visit to New World in Belfast where the students did some investigating of food packaging to determine what foods are suitable as everyday foods or occasional foods.  They worked well in groups and have developed a good understanding of how to make healthier food choices. We were also given a New World voucher to purchase ingredients to make a healthy lunch which we will be doing on Monday.  Watch this space to see our scrumptious lunch!

Smudge Recipe

Fudgy chocolate and Marie Biscuit squares

Recipe from: - 13 November 2014

Ingredients

250g butter

250g icing sugar

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 egg, slightly beaten

1tsp vanilla essence

1 packet Marie biscuits broken into pieces (bash in a packet or use a food processor)

Method

 Melt the butter in a large pot until melted. Remove from the heat and add the icing sugar and cocoa. Mix well until well combined and there are no dry bits.

Stir in the beaten egg and vanilla and mix until smooth.

Add the broken biscuit bits and stir until well combined and evenly coated with chocolate.

Spoon the mixture into a greased 24 x 24 cm and smooth out with a spatula.

Once cooled and firm (pop into the fridge to speed up the process), cut into 16 squares and keep in an airtight container.

Cooking with the Class

As part of our playground token system, the students at Belfast School voted for "Cooking with the Class" as their prize.

Room 18 decided to make "Smudge", which is a South African recipe recommended by Dylan in our class.  It is similar to fudge cake and was absolutely delicious!!!

Baby Lambs Visited Room 18!

Today Room 18 was lucky to get a surprise visit from Riley's baby lambs.  We loved having them come to visit - they were so cute and affectionate!!

Osmo

Riley and Connor have been enjoying using Osmo during our maths sessions.  They particularly like doing the Tangrams and the Coding apps.  It is great to see them working co-operatively together in their learning!

Book Week - Paul Jennings

Room 18's focus for Book Week was exploring stories written by Paul Jennings.  One of the stories we read was "Smart Icecream" which was a story that we really enjoyed!!  As a follow-up to reading this story, we made our own "Smart Icecream" with marshmallows and chocolate chips which was so scrumptious!

Teach Me Tuesday - Paper Planes

Last week, for Teach Me Tuesday, Amani taught Roomm 18 how to make paper plans.  We then had a competition to see who's paper plane could fly the longest distance.  This activity was a lot of fun!