Reception- Making ice cream

 Today, we made our own ice cream to help with the heat and as an end of year treat. 

We used our phonics skills to read the ingredients and instructions. 

We had to use double cream, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract. First we had to whisk the double cream until it made strong peaks. The children all showed each other what a peak looks like using their hands. 

“ It's making bubbles” Quinn

“ It looks like milk” Lydia

“It looks a little bit thicker” Jesse-Joy

Then we had to fold in the condensed milk, which bought up lots of discussion around what folding meant; we knew we couldn't fold like a blanket so how did we do it? 

Finally, we added the vanilla and poured the mixture into freezable containers. 3 containers were topped with oreo and 2 we left plain. 

“The vanilla will make it sweet” Valentina

“It looks beautiful and so fresh!” Takundanashe

“It’s starting to look like ice cream” Ivy

“You fold rather than mix as its keeps it solid” Nina

Fingers crossed they will be ready for Monday for us to have after our class assembly!