Visit to the Sciencentre

Woo hoo! Sciencentre trip!

 

It had been long time since I'd been to the Sciencentre. BC I used to volunteer when it was still in George Street. I'd not been over since it had moved to be part of the museum building proper at Southbank.

 

It was lots of fun, and Chubs just loved it.

 

Making whirlpools

 

It's a lovely trip for the day. We get the train in because it's convenient and Chubs loves the trip. The Sciencentre is part of the Museum, but has a separate entry fee (the rest of the Museum is free). Annual memberships are available, which are less than the costof three visits. 



Orbiting fun

 

We normally take a packed lunch which can be eaten in the dinosaur garden, and there's several cafes around too. You can leave and reenter at any time, so no need to worry about wasting the fee on a meltdown.

Musical science

It did get a bit busy later in the day, and lots of older kids and teenagers moving around was a bit overwhelming. At two years, Chubs is definitely at the very bottom of the target range and a lot was above her, but there was still plenty to keep her interested. Highly recommended!

Wholemeal cheesy dinosaur scones

I've been making these for lunch boxes and they are YUM! Chubs isn't as excited as me about them, but I'm sold, and they freeze well too.

Ingredients (this is for half a normal quantity)
- 1 cup self raising wholemeal flour
- 45 g butter (I used olive non dairy spread)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 cup grated cheese

Method
- Preheat the oven to 210 degrees Celsius. For some reason I really struggle with this step.
- Cut the butter into small pieces and rub it into the flour until it goes breadcrumb-y.
- Add the milk and the cheese. It should look like this

- Roll the mixture out and cut it into whatever shapes you want. I chose dinosaurs, and then I did stars and cars later.

- Put baking paper on a tray and then put the shapes on that. (For the record, I think the roll of baking paper that I'm using is one that I bought when I moved into this place seven years ago.)

- Sprinkle cheese on top

- Stick them in the oven that you remembered to preheat

- These took about 25 minutes, but my oven is a bit cool (I think) and the dinosaurs were skinny.

- Eat and enjoy