Achievements

THIS TERM: upto February 2011

Recyling:

We are working towards recycling paper as a whole school. Every class room will have a clearly marked box for, “PAPER ONLY” and a bin with a black sack for any other waste. 

• Tutors need to take the lead by decorating the box “PAPER ONLY”
• It will be up to each tutor to decide how you will organise who will empty the box. (perhaps a different pair of students each week, so that everyone gets used to being involved and taking ownership.)
• MUST CHECK THAT ONLY PAPER GOES INTO THE BOX, NO GLUE, STAPLES, SELOTAPE etc.

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Every tutor group will have their own “Recycling pass” which the students will take with them when recycling, giving them permission to be out of morning tutor time to recycle.  This activity should be done regularly and take no longer than 5/10 minutes.

Biodiversity:

We will be planting out x30 shrubs at the beginning of March, it is a suggestion that we might ask students/staff to sponsor a shrub for £1 to raise funds.

We will be holding a cake sale on the 11^th February to also raise funds to buy plants and flowers that will be planted around the school, providing not only a splash of colour, opportunities for students to get involved but important areas will attract natural wildlife.

If you are a gardener, and are thinking about splitting any of your plants then could you save us a piece!  If you have any spare gardening tools that you would like to donate, then they will be welcome.

Notice Board:  

We now have a notice board in the canteen where will keep the whole school updated on forthcoming events and will publicise what we are doing.

Logo:

This fantastic logo was thought about and designed by on of our team members

STUDENTS INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE GREEN PARTY GARDENING CLUB…. We meet every Wednesday lunch time in the drop in centre/science block……bring your lunch.

Fairy Cake Recipe

11^th February 2011

Fundraising for plants and flowers:


Thank you for helping to bake cakes for the cake sale:


The ingredients enclosed should make about x24 cup cakes or two 7" sponge cakes.
Ingredients
300g/12oz Self Raising Flour
300g/12oz Soft Margarine
300g/12oz Caster Sugar
2 eggs
4 tbsp milk
How to make Fairy Cakes:
Preheat the oven to 190C/35F/Gas mark 5.

• Place the paper cases in the holes of your cake tins
• In a mixing bowl beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. You can use an electric whisk or a wooden spoon.
• Beat the eggs together and add then to the butter/sugar mixture, a little at a time.
• You can add lemon juice, vanilla essence, cocoa powder, etc etc etc at this point if you want to:
• Sift in half of the flour and fold into the mixture.
• Add the milk and the rest of the flour and fold until well combined.
• Spoon into the tin and bake for 12 minutes or until risen and golden on top.
• Allow to cool for ten minutes on a rack before removing from the tin.
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Decorate in your own way, could be butter icing, coloured icing, sprinkles,,,, anything you like.

Cake Costings

11^th February 2011

Fundraising for plants and flowers:


Donations received from:
Co-op - £5.00
Sainsbury - £9.00
Tesco –


Costings:
Sprinkles            £1.00
Cupcake cases            £1.00
1.5kg Icing Sugar        £1.85
2kg Caster Sugar        £2.50
1.5kg Self raising flour        £1.00
1.5kg Stork margarine        £2.30
24 Free range eggs        £5.80
        TOTAL         £15.45 Making an average 100 cakes @ 15p each


How much do we want to sell each cake for?