Isla and Freya just can’t stop cooking. In their second appearance in beautiful work in the last couple of weeks Freya has also been cooking roast carrot and chickpea soup with flatbread and Isla has cooked up a treat with lentil bean pasta.

I hear they’ll be listed on JustEat very soon as a side hustle.

Great work girls!

Students have been working on their answers to the guiding question for our expedition Staying Alive where the GQ was: Is survival sufficient?

Here is an extract from Katie’s work which is brimming with scientific knowledge, strong writing, textual references but above all… compassion.

Beautiful work Katie! Simply stunning in fact.

“Our final case study was access to clean water. There were 2 different methods we looked at such as filtration and distillation. Filtration can separate an insoluble from a solid such as sand. The method for distillation is evaporating the water and then condensing it into a separate container and from this you can separate soluble solids like salt. We in the Uk are very lucky as almost all of us have access to clean filtered water straight from our tap. The reason why we were lucky is we read a text about 2 girls in Africa and how far they have to travel for water. One child had a water kiosk in their village, whilst the other had to walk miles everyday for water even if it wasn’t clean. The child that had access to the water kiosk was able to help out with family on the farm and grow their business, good health, wouldn’t miss out on education and able to spend time with friends. On the other hand the child who had to walk miles everyday would become very poorly as the water would be clean and not have a good education as they would be walking for miles. This links back to our immersion when we watched a video of a woman walking for hours to receive water and this just shows how much people around the world walk for water and aren’t able to get filtered water. In my opinion the countries that have access to clean water should help out with the other ones that don’t as it’s unfair how long they travel for and what they miss out on. And we all have to ensure everyone is lucky enough to have water that’s fresh. 

My answer to the guiding question is no. I don’t believe survival is sufficient. You also need to enjoy it as life is much more than surviving. Like the actors in station 11, I want everyone to make sure they explore the world and how beautiful the world is, new foods, different cultures, how the world works, good education and healthy growth. For our final product in science we had put together a food box from the cookbook Cooking on a bootstrap from Jack Munroe. Her cookbook includes healthy and cheap meals for you and your families to cook! These food boxes will be donated to a family through Edberts House, a charity in Gateshead. My part in the final product was Sunday night tea. I had made socca gluten free frying pan pizza base and cookies since I had some free time. These were delicious and I hope the families will appreciate this as it will definitely help out and give them a big smile on their faces!”

Sonny has also been cooking some of the recipes from Jack Munroe’s ‘Cooking on a Bootstrap‘.

Here is Sonny’s sausagne and not too chocolatey chocolate banana cake. These look like a treat for the taste buds!

Sonny also had a football tournament during the Easter Break. His team Gateshead Stripes won the Easter Plate. Here he is proud of his achievements with a certain Daniel, also a proud member of the winning team.

Great work!

Daniel has also been cooking some of the recipes from Jack Munroe’s ‘Cooking on a Bootstrap‘.

Here are his corn muffins from start to finish and they look absolutely delicious.

Great work Daniel!

A reminder that students have been trying out the recipes ahead of us putting together food boxes with food for a whole week’s worth of Jack Munroe’s recipes. These food boxes will be donated to families through our partners Edberts House.

Students have access to the a spreadsheet through Google Classroom with details of what they said that they could donate.

This is part of our STEAM learning expedition, Staying Alive.

Here is Oliver with his marmite mac and cheese. Normally Oliver does not like marmite but he loved this. Here we are at XPG, changing one life at a time. Great work Oliver!

Over the Easter Break Finley cooked tea for everyone in his house. His Mam said it was delicious – he has even agreed to cook at least once a week for his family from now on!

Finley finished it off with amazing Chocolate Guinness Brownies. We have noticed that he does look particularly pleased with those. Great work Finley!

Daria has also been cooking some of the recipes from Jack Munroe’s ‘Cooking on a Bootstrap‘.

Here is her pizza bread from start to finish and it looks absolutely yummy.

Great work Daria!

A reminder that students are trying out the recipes ahead of us putting together food boxes with food for a whole week’s worth of Jack Munroe’s recipes. These food boxes will be donated to families through our partners Edberts House.

Students have access to the a spreadsheet through Google Classroom with details of what they said that they could donate.

This is part of our STEAM learning expedition, Staying Alive.

Here is Corbyn with his spaghetti bolognese. He looks delighted with the outcome and his family have assured me it was delicious, and it definitely looks fantastic too!

Tyler has also been cooking some of the recipes from Jack Munroe’s ‘Cooking on a Bootstrap‘.

Here is his sausagne, which looks absolutely delicious – some lovely arty ‘in the oven shots’ here too and Tyler making absolutely sure that he is following the recipe.

Great work Tyler!

As you know, students have been using the Jack Munroe book ‘Cooking on a Bootstrap’ to plan and try out recipes.

Students have now collated all of their plans and we have put together the ingredients for a week’s worth of food using recipes from the book. Students have done such a great job on sharing their plans and making adjustments to ensure that there is a balance of healthy, tasty food across the box of food for the week.

Once put together, the two food boxes will be being donated to Edberts House, who will pass them on to two families in need; this is such important work that the students have done to have a positive impact on their community.

We are now asking for small donations for the non-perishable items to go into these food boxes. It would be fantastic to have all of the items needed by Monday of next week – 25th April.

In Google Classroom students have access to a spreadsheet where they have each indicated which ingredient/s they think that they can donate. Please have a conversation with your child about this. If there are any problems in sourcing the ingredients, please do ask you child to talk to their Crew Leader.

We will provide the additional perishable items so there is no need to provide anything beyond what your child has said they think they can contribute.

Please ask your child to give their donation to their Crew Leader and they will add to our food boxes. All donations will be gratefully received and put into the food boxes alongside the week’s worth of recipes from the book. Of course, most importantly, the food will go to families that need it the most. This is what we do at XP, our curriculum and your children’s work impacts positively on our community.

We are so proud of your children for their compassion and the work that they have done on these boxes, and of course, thanks to you for your continued support.