After having a lovely time celebrating Pancake Day the children thought we should have a new celebration, ‘Pizza Day!’
We had an easy peasy recipe for making pizza dough – 1 cup of self-raising flour and 1 cup of yoghurt. We mixed them together then chopped up vegetables for the topping.
We walked around school and took orders from the grown-ups in school.
Then we cooked our pizza thinking about how to keep ourselves safe.
In the classroom we made pizzas in the workshop.
Then we sold the pizzas in our pizza restaurant. Pizza cost 1 penny a slice so we counted how much money we had and how much pizza we could buy.
Then we ate our pizza in the restaurant!
What were we learning about?
We learnt how to be safe using knives to cut and cooking in the oven.
We were learning to talk to less familiar adults and to ask questions.
We learnt about changes and what happens when we mix ingredients together and cook things.
We learnt the names of vegetables and to try new things.
In our restaurant we learnt to count out amounts. We learnt about numbers as we exchanged 1 penny for 1 piece of pizza.
We all took different roles with children making the pizza, selling the pizza, waiting on the tables and being the customers.
How can you continue learning at home?
Why not have a go at making pizza at home? Just mix one cup of self-raising flour with one cup of yoghurt. Top tip for a crispy base let a tray get hot in the oven first and then put your dough on.
We were a bit unsure about some vegetable names especially onions, mushrooms and peppers. Try pointing out vegetable names when cooking or shopping.
We had lots of fun buying and selling pizza. Why not make your own shop at home? You can use pennies and toys or even things from your kitchen cupboards to buy and sell.