I am a qualified Secondary Design and Technology teacher. I am based in Bristol and have taught at a variety of school settings including highly academic, private day school, multi-cultural, private boarding school and local, state Academy school.
Outside of teaching in schools I have also run workshops for children and adults on a range of craft and cooking based activites.
I am a qualified Secondary Design and Technology teacher. I am based in Bristol and have taught at a variety of school settings including highly academic, private day school, multi-cultural, private boarding school and local, state Academy school.
Outside of teaching in schools I have also run workshops for children and adults on a range of craft and cooking based activites.
Simple lemon and raspberry cheesecake recipe practical demonstration - perfect for teaching in a 1 hour lesson in school or for setting as home learning
Miss Hurst and Mrs Goodwin demonstrate how to make a lemon and raspberry cheesecake
Ingredients and process;
175g biscuits
60g butter
300g cream cheese
150ml double cream
1 lemon (unwaxed)
1 heaped tbsp caster sugar
100g raspberries (fresh or frozen)
Optional extras;
lemon juice
2 tbsps Icing sugar
Crush biscuits for the base. Wash your hands then break up into a mixing bowl, then place into a plastic bag and use a rolling pin or jar to crush inside the bag
Tip crushed biscuits back into the mixing bowl and finish off any large pieces with your rolling pin or jar
Melt butter in the microwave
Cover tin using cling film then push into the corners all around the inside of the tin
Tip liquid butter into crushed biscuits and mix thoroughly. Tip into the cling filmed tin and press down firmly with a spoon compact the mix and form the base
Place tin in the fridge to chill
Zest lemon into small bowl
Cut lemon in half and juice - place juice with the zest in the bowl (ensure any pips are removed)
Add a heaped tablespoon of caster sugar into lemon zest and juice
Tip double cream into a bowl and use a hand balloon whisk to whip slightly (just a little thicker)
Add all cream cheese to double cream and continue to mix with hand balloon whisk - will be tricky at first but will come together
Add lemon zest and juice to cream and cheese then whisk. Use a clean teaspoon to taste the mix and add more lemon juice if necessary
Add a couple of handfuls of raspberries (around 2 thirds leaving the rest to make raspberry coulis) to the bowl and mix carefully with a spoon
Take biscuit base from the fridge and tip creamy, raspberry cheese mixture on top. Smooth the top with a spoon or pallet knife
Place cheesecake back into the fridge to chill
For the coulis;
Place remaining raspberries into a sieve
Use the back of a spoon to crush the raspberries through the sieve and into a small bowl below
Add a couple of tablespoons of icing sugar and mix thoroughly
Once the cheesecake is fully chilled (after at least an hour, or overnight) remove from the fridge and use the cling film to lift out of the tin to serve with the raspberry coulis
Share this lemon and raspberry cheesecake video as a demonstration for your class;
https://youtu.be/3YlwETNnYqA
Simple bean burger recipe practical demonstration - perfect for teaching in a 1 hour lesson in school or for setting as home learning
Miss Hurst and Mrs Goodwin demonstrate how to make bean burgers
Quantity for 4 burgers
Ingredients and process;
1 small onion
1 tin butterbeans
100g cheese (any type)
1tbsp oil
1 egg
aprox. 100g plain flour
aprox. 100g breadcrumbs
herbs and spices
Preheat oven to 200°C
Crack egg onto plate or tray and whisk with a fork
Set up plates or trays in order; flour, egg, breadcrumbs
1tbsp oil in cold pan or wok
Very finely dice onion (Brunoise) using sharp knife and green chopping board. Remember bridge and claw!
Tip onion into cold pan of oil, turn hob onto medium/high heat and sauté (heat whilst stirring every so often until onion is soft)
Whilst onion is cooking, drain tin of butter beans
Mash butter beans with potato masher
Check onions - they should be finished
Add mashed butter beans, grated or crumbled cheese and herbs and spices to wok or saucepan with the sautéed onions
Mix thoroughly
Use a knife to split the mix into 4 equal parts
Wash hands then use to mould burgers and place on greaseproof paper
Oil a baking tray ready for the bean burgers
Panné - use the ‘dry hand/wet hand’ method. Take each burger and coat in first the flour, then the egg then the breadcrumbs and place onto the greased baking tray
Spray or brush a little oil over the top of the burgers then place in the middle of your preheated oven to cook for 20-25mins - check halfway through cooking to see if they need turning.
Share this bean burger video as a demonstration for your class;
https://youtu.be/l2xZDNQM-RU
Simple brownie recipe practical demonstration - perfect for teaching in a 1 hour lesson in school or for setting as home learning
Miss Hurst and Mrs Goodwin demonstrate how to make Chocolate brownies
Ingredients and process;
125g Butter
125g Plain flour
200g Caster Sugar
30g Cocoa powder
2 eggs
optional; 100g Chocolate chips or sultanas
Sprinkling of icing sugar
Preheat oven to 200°C and line tray with greaseproof paper
Pour all dry ingredients into a mixing bowl (including optional chocolate chips and/or sultanas)
Melt butter in the microwave
Tip liquid butter and 2 eggs into mixing bowl with dry ingredients
Mix to combine
Pour mixture into the centre of tin then ease to the edges with a spatula
Bake for 20minutes
Remove from the oven, leave to cool then cut into pieces
Dust with icing sugar to serve
Share this brownie video as a demonstration for your class;
https://youtu.be/9JPqogMzihs
Video and worksheet suitable for homework or digital home learning lesson.
Includes a video looking at the fibres used to make clothes and a worksheet to complete based on the video.
Suitable to set for a homework or digital learning.
Youtube video to watch and worksheet attached to fill in based on the information.
Covers textiles keywords related to natural fibres and spinning into yarn, also features Toby the angora rabbit and Yogi the puppy!
I am a PGCE student, any comments on the resources I have made (positive or negative) would be very helpful. If you choose to download -why? If not - why?Thank you :)
Students are sat in 'table teams' with each colour chopping board laid out in the middle of each table.
They are told to take note of the information displayed on the first slide.
The food cards are placed face down, slide 2 is shown.
The aim is for students to place the correct food item on the colour chopping board that should be used to prepare it.
When finished all members of the team must put their hands up. I take note on the order of finishing then check their teams answers in that order, correct answers are displayed on the board.
Powerpoint showing each of the fancy and bulked yarns to cover for GCSE and Alevel theory.
My lesson focus was on students being able to explain the process from fibre - yarn - fabric.
Students were given a variety of commercial fancy yarns to pull apart and find out how they thought they had been produced. The yarn investigation worksheet is where students recorded their findings by stapling the samples in the first column and explaining how they have been made.
Students to label diagrams ‘Weft’ and ‘Warp’ knitting.
Includes instructions for hand knitting, info on types of knitting included in the GCSE specification.
2 stars and a wish symbols at the bottom of the worksheet for a plenary.
I am a PGCE student, any comments on the resources I have made (positive or negative) would be very helpful. If you choose to download -why? If not - why? Thank you :)
For students to fill in the blanks
Bias, Warp, Weft and Selvedge
Also to label the weave diagrams Plain, Twill and Sateen.
The 2 questions I used as a homework task.