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Art, Design and Technology
This page outlines the topics we've covered, as well as the resources and external courses that we've used.
Trips & Workshops
Cookery School
The girls loved doing a six-week block of cookery lessons for home educated children at Saddleworth Cookery School. The girls went fortnightly for 2.25 hours a time and of course came home with plenty of food as they each cooked separately. Over the course they have made buns, pastries, fajitas, bread, sloppy-joes, breaded chicken, cakes ... Read more
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Art by Peggy!
Here is a selection of Peggy’s recent doodlings. She’s always drawing something! Some of these were drawn following Draw With Rob videos – and then that style influenced some of her own unique creations.
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park Visit
We had a great afternoon at YSP. We’ve been coming here since the girls were in pushchairs and it’s always an enjoyable day out. We particularly enjoyed seeing the Damien Hirst sculptures; they certainly generated lots of discussions. The girls came home itching to get drawing in their sketch books.
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Art, Design and Technology | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Unicorn poop meringues
Peggy loved making these meringues so wanted to share the recipe with you all. Ingredients 100g of sugar (granulated) 2 large eggs Method Crack eggs and separate out the yolks and the whites. Whisk the egg whites and gradually add the sugar until it makes stiff peaks. Time for the test. Tip the bowl on ... Read more
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Tiling lessons!
Peggy wanted to do some DIY and so I managed to find a tiling course for children (yes, I was surprised too!). Thanks to the Home Ed Institute in Hebden Bridge (now called Plumb Learning), Peggy was able to do a four-week course in tiling. It turns out she’s quite the natural! Peggy loved going ... Read more
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Anglo-Saxon runes
We decided to use some giant goose feathers we found on a day out in Buxton to have a go at making feather quills. We used a crafting knife to create a nib at the end of the feather and used poster paint for ink (a lot less messy than real ink). We had a ... Read more
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