Pallet upcycling project
This semester’s 3D Product designers were asked to make bat boxes for several of the ESF primary schools and an art installation for IS using upcycled materials. Students learned and applied some traditional carpentry skills to produce their boxes and signs and reduced the need to “buy new” through their use of upcycled pallets.
FLG Italian menu challenge
Fantastic menus from different regions of Italy. All teams produced very good dishes which showcased their interpretation of Italian food. But in the end there could only be one winning team. Priya, Adelaide, Rachel and Jacklyn were crowned cooks of the week!
Cupcake Wars – Star Bakers (Georgia, Charlotte, Vanessa and Jorja)
Oh my, it was tense in Sweet Indulgence this week, as the cupcake wars competition was in full swing. The class was spit into 5 teams of 4 students and each group had to make 2 different fruity cupcakes, to demonstrate their skills they learnt in previous weeks. The staff-room was excited to sample many of these delightful cupcakes and then staff emailed all the students feedback. After looking at the feedback and how well each team had worked together, it was
that Georgia, Charlotte, Vanessa and Jorja were this weeks Star Bakers , for their apple and caramel and lime monster cupcakes, as they were best decorated and garnished and showed two different styles
Homemade pasta week – Chefs of the week (Aika, Vanessa and Agastya)
Homemade Pasta week is always a favourite with the students and this week was no exception. Student made their own dough and had a work outr whilst rolling out the pasta dough and deciding on whether to make spaghetti or tagliatelle or a shape of their own making. They then learnt sauce tomate and veloute, two more of the mother sauces and decided which to make for their dish. Well done to Aika and Vanessa , who made a perfect dish with great working practices and teamwork and to Agastya who made his own filling for ravioli , going the extra mile
2017 Elements Animators Get to Work with Ink and Brush
After significant disruption to the start of the Elements year thanks to 2 typhoons the Elements animators finally got a chance to work on their first creative project using Ink and Brush as the medium. This abstract exercise is there to practice easing – the slow in and slow out principle of animation that is a starting point for students to consider the nature of movement. This is very much a piece of free expression and at the end of the session all the students’ work is put together into a show reel which is below. Watch out for some beautiful flow at 14- 22 seconds and again at 30 seconds in. Enjoy!!
Year 12 DT students visit IFI(HK)
The Year 12 IB Design Technology class visited IFI(HK) to investigate the importance of innovation in toy design. Students had the opportunity to test and evaluate a range of toys and robots.
Complete Deelite Piping Skills workshop – Star bakers Olivia, Natalie, Vanessa
Today the Sweet Indulgence class visited Complete Deelite to do the advanced piping skill workshop The Wilton trained instructor demonstrated how they make their cakes and then wowed the student with the different piping techniques. Students then had an hour to practice the skills and then add a base layer of buttercream and then design the decorations. Well done to the the winning students who the instructor picked out. Olivia hoe a creative underwater theme, Vanessa for her concentration and working quickly and Natalie for her perfection of her large swirl technique
Week 6 (Mother Sauces) – Eggs Benedict Challenge. Chefs of the Week Piya and rachel
Thius week in Lord’s Kitchen we started to learn how to make the 5 mother sauces and we began by making a roux and adding milk to make it into a bechimel sauce to make macaroni cheese, which the students ate some for their lunch and the rest was kept to bake for the staff helping at Stra in Their Eyes tomorrow.
The second part of the lesson the students were challenged to copy Mr Lord’s demonstration of Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise sauce. Mr Pawlyn, who is a self proclaimed Eggs Benedict connoisseur, came to judge and Piya and Rachel were awarded Chef of the Week, for having the perfect consistency of the their Hollandaise and professional and trendy presentation
Week 4 Seafood (Paella)- Chefs of the Week (Kabir and Hamish)
Week 4 of Lord’s Kitchen saw the students tackle seafood. They had to scale and fillet fish, de-vein prawns, open scallop shells and clean squid. The students then learn how to use all their different types of seafood and make it into Spanish Paella, which they all took some home and then served some for the staff. Kabir and Hamish were awarded chef of the week, for there precise working practices and care and attention when preparing the fish and cooking the Paella.
Food Lover and Lord’s Kitchen Curries
Many thanks and big well doen to all the Food Lovers Guide and Lord’s Kitchen students who helped make all the curries and accompaniments for the Quiz and Curry night yesterday. The Lord’s Kitchen class made 4 different curries, lamb, fish, chicken and vegetable and the Food lovers made samosas, pakoras, bhaji, naan bread and chapatis. They served over 120 quizzers and the feedback was fantastic.
A big thanks goes out to the students that also came to help and especially to Mwenda and Esther from the Y13 BTEC Hospiality class who came to supervise the service
