Hello Year 1, it’s Monday again!
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend? I’ve spent a lot of time relaxing and reading in my garden, and, you guessed it, cycling. I really enjoyed our cooking week last week and have felt very inspired to try out some new recipes. As it’s my birthday tomorrow, I have made myself and Harry some “birthday” chocolate mousses and they seem to have turned out pretty well (we tried one, for quality control of course). If you want to have a go at making them at home, here is how you do it:
Ingredients
- 1 table spoon of sugar
- 25 grams of butter
- 100 grams of dark chocolate
- 3 eggs (with the yolks and whites separated)
You will also need: a cup, glass or other container to put your mouse into, a saucepan, a glass mixing bowl, scales a spoon and a whisk.
Method
- Break up the chocolate into small squares and put it into the mixing bowl with the 25g of butter.
- Add water into a saucepan and allow the water to simmer (not bubbly boiling, just small bubbles). Place the bowl of chocolate and butter on top of the water. Allow it to melt only stirring it a little.
- Once the chocolate and butter have melted together, carefully take the bowl out (adult job!) and place it on the side.
- Stir the 3 egg yolks into the chocolate.
- Now leave the chocolate because it’s time to whisk the egg whites! Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks (an electric whisk is best, we discovered that using a hand whisk is hard work!).
- Carefully, using a little at a time, fold the egg whites into the chocolate. Try not to mix much as you want lots of air in your mixture.
- Put your mouse mix into your serving dishes and put them in the fridge. It’s a good idea to leave them overnight to allow them to set.
- Once they are set, enjoy your homemade mouse!
SO onto this weeks theme! This week we shall be exploring science, thinking about mini beasts and where you might find them.
Some activities you might like to enjoy today:
Keep up your reading and Bug Club! If you have read last weeks book and completed you activities, new books will have been allocated for you.
Word exploring: what does the word habitat mean? How can you use it in a sentence? Can you share your sentence with 2 people or more?
What is a mini beast? Talk to the people in your home about what you think a mini beast might be.
Go on your own minibeast hunt. Use https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/04/minibeast-hunt/ to get some top minibeast tips. Use minibeast-hunt to see which minibeasts you find. If you find a minibeast that is not on the checklist, take a photo and be a detective to find out what it is.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/search.aspx?q=minibeast Have a go at one of the minibeast games on Top Marks.
Maths. Have a go at the Adding by counting on activity. If you can, use coins or other items from around the house to practice counting on.
I have taken up doing 10 minutes of yoga a day. If you would like to join in with some yoga, have a go at Cosmic Kids yoga at https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga or set yourself your own keep active challenge! Try to find an activity you can do for 10 minutes each day this week. If you can, send me a photo to show me what you have been doing. Can you keep it up until Friday?
As always, do the things that make you happy. You might want to do something kind for someone because when you make someone else happy, this can give you amazing feelings!
Best wishes
Miss Hall 🙂