Technology 

Year 7 Textiles

Students in Mrs Hawkins Textile class have been busy patterning, cutting, and sewing sock protectors.

In the past week, students have been learning about maintaining their sewing machines, changing, and filling bobbins, threading their machines, and building their hand and eye coordination with sewing templates. Mrs Tucker brought in some projects that she has been working on as an automotive and marine trimmer, to show the students that textiles is not just about making clothing that it is an industry with a diverse need. As an automotive and marine trimmer the course covers: removing and replacing vehicle interiors, sewing and trimming, fabricating components, carrying out repairs to automotive and marine trim. You’ll also gain essential skills in welding and soldering.

Sweet Desire Elective

Students have been busy developing skills in piping with choux pastry and chocolate filigrees to enhance their sweet dishes of eclairs, profiteroles, and mousse. The students made their own mousse dish using a water balloon dipped in chocolate to then remove the balloon leaving a shell of chocolate for their mousse presentation. Student experimented with making Raspberry Coulis, Caramel Sauce, Chantilly cream, and ganache, patisserie cream to use as filling and garnish their dishes. Theoretically students are designing a sweet dish for their final assessment.

Food Technology

Student have been developing their knowledge of Raising Agents and have been asked to compare a a calzone product made from Pastry and Yeast Dough. Students had to consider that with the increased concern about saturated fat intake, traditional pastry has become less popular.

If a company who traditionally made products with pastry convert to making yeast products and still maintain a satisfying product. Considering that the key ingredient in pastry is butter or margarine.

Discussion about other qualities butter and margarine bring to the pastry is keeping qualities, moisture to prevent drying out, improved mouthful and it ability to add flavour.

After consuming the two products with gusto, the comparison is still undecided. As both were double delicious. That they wanted to make them again to make sure. 😊

Mrs Donna Tucker