This week, we’ve had the great opportunity of being able to make our own potions from a wide variety of ingredients. There were some truly hideous looking concoctions out there and I can safely say I would have been happy to consume absolutely NONE of them! However, the children showed a brilliant awareness of joining up all their work on Instruction Writing in English with a keen scientific mind. Some even took inspiration from some of the historic potion recipes we have read and researched about.

Here is a class favourite for all of you from Bald’s Leechbook written during the 9th century! (Anglo-Saxon)

INFECTIONS POTION.

Ingredients - Leek, Garlic, Wine, Cow Bile

Mash up equal quantities of leek and garlic. Mix together with wine and cow bile and leave to stand in a brass bowl for nine days. Smear on the infected area.

YUM! Who needs a trained doctor eh…?!