Coming Soon - Fantastic Beasts event

Coming soon - Fantastic Beasts event

Next Wednesday we are holding a Fantastic Beasts event to mark the release of the second film the Crimes of Grindelwald. Various curriculm areas are joining us. The hospitality section are making and selling biscuits, the Raptor Foundation are bringing owls and the animal care section are showcasing some of their insects and reptiles. The youth centre are holding a craft stall and we will have a tombola to raise money for Wood Green Animal Shelter.

We are also giving everyone the opportunity to enter our pet photography competition (open for entries now - send your photos to the LRC) or even win a prize for dressing up in fancy dress for the day!

Fantastic Beasts resources and activities for you to try (with some Google tips) - 

To get you in the mood, we've put together some activities and online resources with a Fantastic Beasts theme. Some will help you learn how to find things on the internet, some will help you learn, some will make you think about the websites you view and some are just fun.

• Use Google's image search to find what a niffler looks like.

• Use Google maps to find out where the place Grindlewald is (slightly different spelling to the film character).

• Find a trailer of the Crimes of Grindelwald on Internet Movie Database. Just put the keywords - (fantastic beasts crimes Grindelwald) - in to your search. You don't need to use the "of" as this will be ignored anyway.                                                                                                          IMDB can also tell you who is in the film and by clicking on their name you can see what else they have been in. Who plays Leta Lestrange and in what other films/ tv dramas will you see her? Was she in the first film?

• Find out when Fantastic Beasts Crimes of Grindelwald is on at the cinema by typing movie: crimes grindelwald in to the search box in Google. It will usually default to your nearest location but if you want to know when it is on in Norwich for examples type movie: crimes grindelwald norwich. You can use this for any film and location.

• Find out how to make baked nifflers:

• Read the BBC's article Can exotic animals make good pets? How many licensed tigers were there in the UK in 2016? Why might you think twice about using this web article in an assignment?

• The RSPCA has advice about keeping exotic pets. Do you think keeping exotic pets such as snakes and reptiles is a good idea? Discuss with your friends the pros and cons or why not ask some of the animal care students at the event?

• Some of you may want to get some advice on taking photos of your pet for our competition (we already have a lot of entries which will be on display on Wednesday). Have a look at these 2 websites and decide who are they written for.Which would you use and why?https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/wildlife_photography/photographing-pets-pet-photography-tip-566                                                                              https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-advice/how-to-photograph-pets

• Have a look at some animal anatomy in our eBooks Introduction to veterinary anatomy and physiology textbook, Animal biology and care or  The complete textbook of animal health and welfare. You will need to use your network login and password.

• Finally for a bit of fun do the Beano's personality quiz - Which Fantastic Beast are you?

• The Independent also has a Which Fantastic Beast from Harry Potter are you? quiz but you will have to watch an advert first! They also have another more challenging quiz What mythical creature are you?

Easter baking and finding recipes that work!

Happy Easter!

Easter is one of those times of the year when people like to bake. It can be very relaxing and you know which ingredients have gone into your creations.

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Finding trustworthy recipes which work and have UK measurements

If you want to learn how to make some Easter cakes and bakes, how do you know which recipes to trust?

Instead of just searching using Google which will bring up all sorts of websites, try these tips:

• Search for a famous chef’s website and then search for a recipe (e.g. Nigella, Jamie Oliver)
• Most supermarket websites have recipe databases.
• Well-known magazines often have recipe sections where the recipes have been tried and tested (e.g. BBC Good Food, Good Housekeeping).
• Brands of ingredients (eg Stork, Allinsons, Whitworths, Philadelphia – other brands available) often provide a collection of recipes to promote their products.
• Some food items have associations or boards which support those who work within the industry but also help promote the products to the public. E.g www.seafish.org supports the fishing industry but also has its own recipe site for fish http://www.seafish.org/eating-seafood/fish-is-the-dish
• Instead of searching online, why not use a book. We have a collection of recipe books to support our Hospitality students in Library+ which anyone in College can borrow.

Limiting Google results to UK sites only

One problem with recipe sites is that if you find an American site, the measurements are in cups which is not useful for those of us in the UK. How do you make sure when you search for a recipe in Google, you only get UK results?

You need to put in your search site:.uk and this will restrict the search to UK sites.

So, in Google you might write “Easter biscuits” recipes site:.uk

(I have put speech marks round Easter biscuits to keep this as a phrase). Have a try!

To finish, here is a video recipe for Hot Cross Buns from Mary Berry (which because it is hers, we know we can trust it).