It’s Cycling Day! Vincent and Micro are all ready to go, and comparing their machines.
Ah, here’s Nano. He says he couldn’t get a helmet small enough, so he has to ride a tricycle.
Right well, they’re all ready for the off, but is there a competitor missing?
Oh, hello Esther, are you competing as well? Where’s your bike?
Ah. Esther says she must have mis-read the schedule. She thought it was re-cycling day!
Winston, Esther and Gino are going to do some printing! They’ve got various things to make stamps from, and paint to print with.
Winston found a proper stamp and an inkpad, so he thought he’d see what it was. Oh! Well, that’s one way to get an S right!
Right, lets start printing some designs. Winston has carved a tree shape onto this potato half. That looks lovely in green!
I wonder what Esther is printing in red? Ah, it’s a ribbon or banner. Lovely decoration.
Gino found a piece of foam packaging to cut his shape into, a lovely star.
Hello, says Winston, what’s this pattern?
Gino! You’ve walked in the paint! You better go and wash your feet off!
Today, we’re on location in the kitchen. Ernest and Esther are going to make gingerbread biscuits! It’s a messy business, hence the aprons.
Arnold has come to monitor Health and Safety. He hasn’t got an apron, so he’s put his cagoule on.
First of all, they are sieving the flour and spices, and bicarb. Then they measure out the fat, sugar and syrup. Arnold is on hand in case of any sticky situations.
While Esther and Arnold supervise melting the fat and syrup. Ernest puts an egg in a jug. I think, Ernest, you have to take it out of the shell. That’s the way!
Once all the fat and syrup are melted, they get poured into the dry ingredients, with the egg and mixed to make a dough. The dough needs to chill, so it goes in the fridge.
While it chills, Arnold heats the oven. There, now it’s ready to roll out. This is even messier! Don’t get floury bottoms you two!
Arnold is cutting crinkly biscuits and Ernest is cutting round ones. But Esther is doing something a bit more complicated!
Now, into the oven the biscuits go, and we have to wait for 15 mins, while they start to smell nice! And here they are! Got to let them cool.
Once they are cool, you can add some icing if you like! There’s even one for Nano. But what about Esther’s biscuit?
Wow! What a colourful gingerbread vaark! That’s amazing Esther!
Hello Esther, says Nano, what are you doing? Esther says, she’s crocheting a lap blanket for Santa. It must get chilly in that sleigh.
There, says Esther, that’s done. What do you think Nano?
Nano says he thinks it’s very cosy! In fact it makes rather a good ruff for him!
There, says Esther, I’ll leave it by the fireplace, and he can collect it when it suits him.
Esther has been on a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It’s a lovely park full of sculptures, and some indoor galleries. First stop, of course, was the cafe for a light snack.
Esther had a day out today, visiting some antiquities! She went to Castell Henllys Iron Age fort, where once upon a time Mrs Human dug holes in the ground. There are reconstructed roundhouses to look into!
