Home Economics – Orchard Brae School

Looking Back And Moving Forward With Room 8

By Amy Dunnett 2nd July 2019 2nd July 2019 Core Curriculum, Expressive Arts, Health and Well Being, Home Economics, Inter Disciplinary Learning, Literacy and Communication, Numeracy, Outdoor Learning, P.E., Primary, Room 8, Specialist Areas, Technology

The beginning of summer is upon us! As we head into the final stretches of the school year, everyone should take time to reflect on the highs and lows of the year. What worked? What flopped? How can you improve for next year? What from your old job will you bring to your new one? What must you definitely leave behind?

However, when we take time to reflect on our year and take stock of how we’ve grown and changed, we are more able to acknowledge the gifts of this passage and harvest our own learning for the future.

Let’s find out together our best moments.

Baking With Room 4

By Amy Dunnett 4th June 2019 4th June 2019 Health and Well Being, Home Economics, News, Primary, Room 4

The children in Room 4 have been very busy making fruit scones in home economics.

They were supported to measure out the different ingredients using the scales and we all enjoyed taking turns at mixing the ingredients with a spoon.

We Are Keeping Healthy In Room 11

By Amy Dunnett 30th April 2019 30th April 2019 Health and Well Being, Healthy Schools, Home Economics, News, P.E., Room 11

The children in Room 11 have been participating in a range of fun activities and learning how to keep healthy. They have been having fun at swimming, cooking and taking part in PE lessons. Some of them have been showing how competitive they are when playing curling.

All of them have been showing their responses to different smells and some of them have been very clear of what they like (mint, onion).

They have been having great fun exploring how their bodies work and what they can do when they really want and try.

Rainbow Fruit Kebabs In Room 5

By Amy Dunnett 5th February 2019 15th February 2019 Health and Well Being, Healthy Schools, Home Economics, Primary, Room 5

Room 5 are reading The Rainbow Fish. One of our class celebrated a birthday. We enjoyed birthday cake and rainbow fruit kebabs for snack. We had red strawberries, green grapes and yellow banana on our kebabs.

Room 8 Meet Jack Frost

By Amy Dunnett 1st February 2019 15th February 2019 Expressive Arts, Home Economics, Outdoor Learning, Primary, Room 8

Room 8 have been enjoying this winter weather, inside and outside the classroom. We ventured out into the playground, well wrapped up, to experience how cold and frosty it has been. We brought snow back in with us to feel how cold it was and we watched as it melted during the day.

We dressed up in winter clothes during our winter singing and looked at ourselves in the mirror, just to see how good we looked!

During our art sessions we made ‘cold weather’ pictures using ‘cold’ colours. We used purple, white and blue balloons to print with. We also used the salad spinners to make colourful pictures which were cut into cosy socks, hats, gloves and scarves.

This week we made Jack Frost pictures. We had lots of different collage materials in white and silver to stick on and, of course, no Jack Frost is complete without plenty of glitter!

We all love a baking session in room 8 so this week we made ‘frosty’ cakes. We put in rice crispies and ‘snowball’ marshmallows, stirred it round and then added white chocolate. We then decorated the top with some edible ‘silver’ paper. Lots of tasting, smelling, and touching went on. We kept some for snack in school and took some home for our families to enjoy too.

Making Pizzas with Room 13

By Niki Anderson 22nd January 2019 15th February 2019 Health and Well Being, Home Economics, Room 13, Secondary Department

The boys in room 13 have been working on their food preparation skills, making cheese and tomato pizza’s. They practiced their spreading skills and both made tasty pizzas. It was very difficult to not have a wee taste of the cheese before the pizzas were cooked.

SQA Home Economics with room 17 and 18

By Niki Anderson 21st January 2019 15th February 2019 Healthy Schools, Home Economics, Qualifications and Awards, Room 17, Room 18, Secondary Department, Senior phase

Some of the pupils in room 17 and 18 have been working on a variety of HE units. They have been focusing on cleaning skills and food preparation tasks. We are planning to post some of the recipes that are being used in HE so that they can be used at home.

Home Economics with Howes Hoose

By Niki Anderson 21st January 2019 15th February 2019 Health and Well Being, Healthy Schools, Home Economics, Howes House, Qualifications and Awards, Senior phase

Howes Hoose have been working on increasing their independence in the kitchen, working on food preparation skills and using electrical equipment safely. They have been using these skills to run their soup making business, with the profits going towards the residential and Duke of Edinburgh trips that they will be attending in the Summer term.