Sainsbury's!!!

First of all apologies it's been a bit late in coming!!!

Two weeks ago we all went Sainsbury's on our wildly exciting trip. Inside the bakery we met a man called Roy who showed us how all the expensive machines worked and told us how much they cost. We got to work on baking our sun. With industrial amounts of flour, butter, eggs and sugar. We put all of the ingredients inside an industrial mixer and left them for several minutes to mix. Then we had to wait for the mixture to come together. After we had done this we attempted to pat down the mixture so that it measured 77cm in diameter or roughly 242cm in circumference. Selected students got given a ball of the dough to make the planets. The planets were minute compared to the sun. Mercury and Pluto were almost non-existent. Jupiter was only just about the size of the palm of a hand. Then came the fun part, the customizing. We were all given a plain dough and a chocolate flavoured dough to make our own cookies. The dough tasted really nice when it was cooked. We were shown the special ovens which rotated around to make the cookies bake faster. It warmed up quickly. It took just a few seconds to go to full speed. Whilst the cookies were baking Roy went and got us some orange juice so that we could have a drink in the cafateria set aside for the workers. The Sun tasted really nice in the end. Although it did taste like shortbread! It was a great trip and it gave us all a real insight into what happens behiund the counter.


(Apologies that I don't have any photos so if anyone wants to add some from their phones or cameras then feel free to edit the post)

Bakery Trip and information

Hello all

Newsletter - For members who are currently unable to attend there is a letter avilable for you with important club information - please get one from JWE in S24. In addition, there is a trip this Thursday which you are welcome to attend - the letter has the details. Finally, if you have ordered a Hoodie (which can be used next year also) you need to collect it and pay the £8 you owe.

Bakery Trip - Just a quick reminder of a few arangements for Thursday. You all need to meet in my room at 1:20pm. We are due at the Bakery at 1:45pm, so there isn't much time to spare. You will need to bring a packed lunch (or get sandwiches at Break) so we can eat them before we get there. Leave room in your stomache for the odd cookie! Please speak to P5 teacher to gfind out what work you will miss and how you will catch up. All members are welcome to come on the trip but don't forget to wear your hoody!

If you have not returned your reply slip you cannot come!!

See you Thursday

Mr Wayman (or 'STAFF' as you now know me!)

Planets Scaling

Sorry it's a bit late!!!
Last week we worked out how big the diametre of all the planets would be if we scaled them down. We also found out how far they would be from the sun if Pluto was 250 metres from the Sun. To do this, we worked what the scale was from
7,379,000,000 km (approx) from the Sun to 250 metres from the sun. Then, we used this scale to figure out how far all the other planets would be. We did the same with the diametre using the same scale. It was quite hard but once we got used to it, it was not as hard (granted we did get a lot of help from Excel and the teachers! Well some of us did!).

It was another great STEM club.
Can't wait to go to Sainsbury's!!!