Year 7, 8 and 9 students helped to bake and decorate 200 cupcakes for the Mela festival at Moor Park. Cakes were given out as a celebration of the event by staff who also ran a craft workshop.
Miss Scott
Food preparation and Nutrition
Bowland and Bay Artisan Foodie Tour
Year 9 and 10 students toured Lancashire to visit a range of businesses, including a micro class in precision Michelin plating at Northcote, along with visiting Breda Murphy where we met the team and collected a picnic lunch provided by the deli. On the tour, we visited Mrs Kirkham’s Cheese, and Walling’s ice cream, along with a Fairtrade chocolate workshop. Within this food tour, students could expand their food knowledge where activities have been developed around the school curriculum and gained a unique experience of a range of food, food styling and processing and careers within the food industry.
Miss Scott
Food Preparation and Nutrition
3D Printing Workshop
Technology News
Mrs Moss
Curriculum Co-ordinator for Technology
Design and Technology
Year 7
In Design and Technology, the key stage 3 classes have come to the end of the 3rd rotation this year. All classes have been busily completing practical work ready for pupils to take home and show off to their families.
In Year 7 Textiles, students have been hand embroidering stationary holders, incorporating glow-in -the-dark thread as they learn about smart materials.
In Product Design, students have been designing and making a marble run whilst learning about mechanisms.
In Food Technology, Year 7 students have made an number of dishes following the theme of ‘childhood adventures.’ This included cupcakes, scones, pizza toast and pasta salads.
Year 8
In Year 8 Textiles, the students have been designing and making bags based on the theme of ‘festivals’. This rotation, they have extended the project even further by adding a lining inside the bag to give it that professional finish.
In Food Technology, students have made an number of dishes following the Eat-Well Guide. This included bread rolls, burgers, ragu sauce and pizza.
Year 9
Year 9 Textiles were given the theme of ‘Eco-Warriors’. Students used decorative techniques, such as applique, to add detail to an upcycled shirt brought in from home.
Students in Product Design have been learning about metals and plastic. They have been using CAD skills to design and make a mould . They then poured melted pewter into this to create a key charm.
In Food Technology, Year 9 students have made an number of dishes following the theme of ‘Fairtrade’. This included Swiss rolls, soup, curry and smoothies.
Year 11 Food Preparation and Nutrition
Year 11s have completed their practical non-exam assessment, making 3 dishes in 3 hours. This was a very intense and hectic 3 hours but the final results were amazing and the students did themselves proud! Unfortunately, I cannot show photographs of their final dishes yet, so please take a look at last year’s.
Miss Scott
Lead Teacher of Food Preparation and Nutrition
STEM Festival Jam Tarts Competition
This week, Year 7 and Year 8 students entered Miss Scott’s STEM Festival Jam Tarts Competition. After learning about the science behind making the perfect shortcrust pastry, students were challenged to make 6 perfect jam tarts. The competition saw may students entering and the competition was very high. The judges were Mrs Hall, Miss Scott, Mrs Moss and Mrs Bennet. The quality of the jam tarts blew them away!
1st prize went to Evelyn B Y7
2nd prize went to Alice T Y7
3rd prize went to Evie S and Ella B Y7.
Prizes and certificates will he handed out in assembly next week.
Miss Scott
Lead Teacher of Food Preparation and Nutrition
Lancashire Farm Education Centre
This week, Year 9 and Year 10 students attended Lancashire Farm Education Centre in Croston to learn all about Intensive Farming.
PGHS students visited a working dairy farm and during the visit, students had the opportunity to expand their knowledge and understanding of food processing and production on an intensive dairy farm. The activities at the farm were developed around the school curriculum. There was a warm welcome at the farm from Farmer Elaine and her husband, Paul. Students had a tour of the farm, learning all about the cows, their diets, how they are looked after, how the farm is run and all the machinery they use, such as the milking robots and ‘Bob’ the silage feeder.
Students were then asked to go around the farm independently to answer all the questions on the quiz to see what they could remember. After lunch, students learnt about primary and secondary production and had a go at making their own butter – which was very yummy! Students also completed a ‘milking’ challenge, filling buckets with water from the rubber teats used to feed the calves. Elaine gave us a tour of the fields and students learnt about the importance of nature, soil and grass in food production.
All the students enjoyed themselves thoroughly, especially being able to stroke the calves! The trip was a great success, with everyone thoroughly involved in all aspects of the trip!
Miss Scott
Lead Teacher of Food Preparation and Nutrition
Faraday Challenge Day – February 21st 2024
Last week, all Year 8 students were involved in a fantastic STEM day, taking part in the IET Faraday Engineering Challenge. The challenge gave the students the opportunity to create a solution for a real-world challenge, based this year on designing an attraction for a UK theme park. The students worked in teams of 5 or 6 and each person in the group had a specific role, such as a project manager and an accountant, as well as a visual designer and a manufacturing engineer. They had to include electronics in their designs and even had to do an engineering apprenticeship in order to complete the day. All students participated really well, and the outcomes were very impressive. Year 8 can be credited on their positive attitudes and great behaviour on the day; there are definitely some potential engineers within the year group and it will be exciting to see where it takes them in the future.
Mrs M Moss
Curriculum Coordinator of Design & Technology
‘If you were an Engineer what would you do?’ Leaders Award Competition
During the STEM Festival, Year 9 will be taking part in the ‘If you were an Engineer what would you do?’ Leaders Award competition.
The competition will be challenging students from primary and secondary schools to identify a problem and design a creative solution to it and add a letter explaining why an engineer should choose to build it. As part of the competition, they are required to interview engineers to understand more about the problems they solve and the role they play in society.
Every student that enters will have their idea read and graded by an engineer. All our students will receive certificates and shortlisted entries will be put forward to a panel where the best ideas will be celebrated at an awards event and public exhibition in the summer term. Whilst this is a national exhibition, the awards and exhibitions are regional so you will be able to see the ideas from across the region. More can be found on the competition website www.leadersaward.com
One extraordinary part of the competition is that every year, university teams choose an idea from the shortlisted entries to build!
We entered the competition for the first time in 2022 and the school had great success having two highly commended entries and also the two winners for year 10 for Lancashire. A tough act to follow, but we know year 9 will be up for the challenge!
Mrs Goodwill
Science Department
