Senior School Shrove Tuesday - Perfect Pancakes
Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before Ash Wednesday which marks the start of Lent.
The six weeks of Lent, remind us of the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert, and is traditionally used as a time to give up certain foods. In the past people gave up items such as eggs and dairy and pancakes quickly became associated
with Shrove Tuesday as they were the perfect way to use up these perishable ingredients.
Our avid young bakers at Queen's College have been impressing us with their pancake - flipping skills this week passing with 'frying' colours! Pupils have made both sweet thin English - style pancakes and American - style, fluffy pancakes as well as savoury buckwheat French Ham, Egg, and Gruyère Galette Complète pancakes.
If you're planning to whisk up a pancake treat with the perfect blend of crispiness and fluffiness, and not drop them on the floor when you flip them. Mr. Mann, Head of Food and Nutrition has a few tasty teaching tips for you.
To find out more click here.
Year 8 Art
Music Feature: Flute
With so many styles of music, it can be quite bewildering to even start a playlist or library. However the internet has certainly made listening to music far easier than any time in history and I certainly enjoy exploring lots of different styles of music, as well as returning to old stomping grounds. When choosing an instrument to learn, what you listen to can often be a major factor but it is worth remembering that even instruments considered ‘ classical ’ can be found in all sorts of styles, such as EDM, hip hop and jazz. This week ’ s focus instrument is an excellent example of this. The flute has an ancient lineage, going back 35,000 years and developing in a wide variety of separate cultures, but is still in wide use in contemporary music styles, as well as classical music. And here with more information about the instrument that Leonardo de Vinci and George Washington enjoyed playing is our flute teacher, Mrs Sally Hedges. Click here to watch the video.
Year 8 have done a wonderful job with their patterned animals.
They worked as a group learning about the artist Clare Youngs and also about how to work well with each other. Mr Noad came to judge the final animal outcomes and the Giraffe won. Certificates were awarded to the group. Mrs Cade is very proud of all the year 8 pupils.
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