Week ending 16th October

We've looked at fruit and vegetables in the context of the Seasons in Science and we've used seasonal fruits to cook with and help out Country Mouse, and on friday we looked at fruit and vegetables as a material to use for a work of art! We found out about the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo used  fruit and vegetables to make portraits of people! This was a new and exciting and funny concept for the children and they loved designing and then making their own faces or people from fruit and vegetables. They are now in the process of recreating their faces in pastels!

Below are photos of just a few examples. I can honestly say they were all fantastic!

Also by popular request, here is the recipe for Gruffalo Crumble:

You will need:
5 bananas
350g berries (fresh or frozen)
250g plain digestive biscuit crumbs
140g brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
140g melted butter.

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F
2. Slice bananas thickly.
3. Stir butter, brown sugar, cinnamon into buiscuits (crushed)
     until well coated.
4. Put bananas and berries of your choice into a shallow dish and top with the crumb mixture.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes until it starts to brown.
6. Stand for 10 minutes and serve with icecream.