Working in English, the children can select vocabulary to use in special messages to decorate the cookies. The class could also make gift boxes from cuboid nets to store the finished cookies. The children can decorate the outside of the boxes to make a gift for someone on Valentine’s Day.

Valentine Gifts
Work with the class to explore some of the special gifts and cards that somebody might give someone special in their live to show their love. Get the children to identify some of the special vocabulary that has been used on the gifts and cards to wish love to someone. Tell the class to discuss the meaning of the identified vocabulary and make collections of synonyms for some of the words. The children can sort words into groups of matching synonyms so that they have a pool of words to use when making their Valentine biscuits.

Valentine Messages
Get the class to use an English lesson to devise some special messages to use as a decoration on the Valentine biscuits. The children can use some of the vocabulary that they have previously selected to create their Valentine messages. Encourage the class to think carefully about the recipient of their biscuits so that they can choose a suitable message. Tell the children to practise writing their selected messages in different fonts that might be suitable for a Valentine gift.

Biscuit Baking
Split the class into small groups and get them to follow a recipe to bake some biscuits. You can either provide the children with a recipe obtained from a cookery book or you can get them to compose their own instructions by adapting a published recipe. The class can explore making simple changes to the recipe such as adding crushed pieces of boiled sweets to the biscuit mixture instead of chocolate chips. You can provide the children with a heart shaped cookie cutter to shape their biscuits before baking.

Biscuit Decorations
Once the biscuits have cooled the children can add some decorations using the special messages that they selected during an English lesson. The class can add a layer of royal icing to the top of each biscuits before piping a pattern around the edge and adding the message to the centre. Encourage the children to test their ideas using colouring pens on some scrap paper before working with the icing bag and nozzle.

Gift Boxes
The class can design a gift box to store their completed biscuits by drawing and folding the net of a cuboid. The children can then decorate the outside of the box with some Valentine shapes before placing the biscuits inside the gift box on top of some tissue paper. Get the class to complete the gift boxes by tying a ribbon around the outside and adding a name tag.