Halloween Dress-Ups

 Look at the spooky visitors who came to our classroom on the last day before the Halloween break!

Halloween in First Class

 We played games for Halloween. Some 6th class boys and girls came to help us.

Conkers

 We had fun playing conkers at school. Thank you to Miss Wynne's Fourth class for lending us their conkers. 

We made apple tarts

Add plain flour and sugar

Mix well

Add the butter

Rub in the butter.

Knead the dough.

Roll the dough

Grease the plate

Slice the apples very thin and add 3 tbsp of sugar

Seal the edges

Bake for about 40 minutes at 190 degrees

Enjoy.

Apple Tart Recipe

 Here is the recipe for Apple Tarts  (makes 2 apple tarts)

454g plain flour

40g sugar

220g soft butter/ margarine

a little water

cooking apples

1. Rub the flour, sugar and butter together.

2. Add a little water to form a dough.

3. Knead and cut into 4 (to make 2 tarts)

4. Roll the dough.

4. Peel the apples and slice very thinly.

5. Arrange the apples on the dough and shake 3 tablespoons of sugar on top.

6. Put more pastry on top.

7. Trim the edges, seal with a fork and prick a few holes on top.

8. Bake in the oven at 190 degrees for 40 mins, or  until golden brown.

Traffic Survey

 We went outside and did a traffic survey. Different people counted different vehicles during a ten minute period. When we went back into the class, we made a bar graph to represent what we had counted.

We found there were a lot more cars than any other vehicles. 

Learning about SHAPES

 We are learning about SQUARES, RECTANGLES, TRIANGLES, CIRCLES and SEMI-CIRCLES. We made ourselves into the shapes using our bodies.

Square

Cirlce

Rectangle

Triangle

Semi circle