dumpling making
Dumplings are one of the most important foods eaten during the Chinese New Year because of their shape. They are similar to ancient gold ingots, symbolising wealth and prosperity. Students will start off by getting their hands into making the dumpling dough from scratch! Make sure you have lots of energy to knead the dough.
While the dough is resting, students will look at different ingredients that make up dumpling fillings before they learn the secret to cooking the best pan fried dumplings. They even get to taste some delicious dumplings using their very own chopsticks! All this, before they head back to finish their dumpling using traditional rolling pins and techniques!
To conclude this experience, students will participate in the tradition of hiding a "gold coin" in a dumpling. The student who finds the coin is said to have good fortune for the entire year!
To authenticate the experience, each student will wear an apron and chefs hat.
*Please Note: Students will experience making the dumpling skins from scratch and using pretend filling. There will be no actual cooking or consumption of the dumplings made by students during the incursion as they will be consuming premade dumplings.
While the dough is resting, students will look at different ingredients that make up dumpling fillings before they learn the secret to cooking the best pan fried dumplings. They even get to taste some delicious dumplings using their very own chopsticks! All this, before they head back to finish their dumpling using traditional rolling pins and techniques!
To conclude this experience, students will participate in the tradition of hiding a "gold coin" in a dumpling. The student who finds the coin is said to have good fortune for the entire year!
To authenticate the experience, each student will wear an apron and chefs hat.
*Please Note: Students will experience making the dumpling skins from scratch and using pretend filling. There will be no actual cooking or consumption of the dumplings made by students during the incursion as they will be consuming premade dumplings.
australian curriculum focusTraditional gold ingot
ausvels curriculum focusHands On
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History
Year 3 - The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community (ACHHK062) Numeracy Year 3 - Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole (ACMNA058) -Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity (ACMMG061) Health and knowledge and promotion Working towards Level 4 -They identify healthy eating practices and explain some physiological, social, cultural and economic reasons for people’s food choices. Working towards Level 6 – They analyse and explain physiological, social, cultural and economic reasons for food choices and analyse and describe food selection models. They describe how to prepare and store food hygienically. Civics and Citizenship Level 2.5 -identification of similarities and differences among familiar groups; for example, in language, food and festivals. Level 3.0 -Understanding of cultural aspects of the lives of people in familiar groups; for example, religion, language, customs, family. |