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Learning & Teaching
Cookery Course at
Chantry High School
The course is now well underway.
When parents and students interviewed
each other, there were some really
positive answers!
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Do you feel that you will change
how you cook at home now?
Yes - I have involved my daughter in
cooking family meals much more.
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A
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A
Has it made you more health
conscious?
I already tried to cook in a healthy way
but I have become more confident
and got some better ideas.
Has there been anything you
didn’t enjoy?
Yes - chopping onions and doing I.T.
work, as we want to cook every week!
Other comments were:
Healthy Eating at Chantry High School
On 28 and 29 February, we set up a health promotion stall as a part of our Health and
Social A Level coursework.
Our aim was to promote healthy eating to the students at our school. We decided to
set up a stall in the canteen for two lunchtimes, giving all students an opportunity to
try new fruit and vegetables.
The stall offered a huge variety of fruit, including many exotic types such as
Dragonfruit and Ugli fruit. The response was outstanding with over 100 children
trying something new each day.
The stall was a huge success with many students taking away hands full of fresh fruit
and asking if we would be there everyday.
Nicki Gibbs, Rachel Keely and Hannah Smith.
I am enjoying learning new skills and
making things I have not made before.
I like trying new ingredients for different
recipes.
I have enjoyed meeting new people and
exchanging tips.
We have enjoyed making things together.
It has been good to use healthy
ingredients.
Working as a team has been good.
Learning new tips to help with cooking is
good.
I have enjoyed having quality time with
my child.
I have bought products I wouldn’t
normally buy.
It has made me think about recipes and
how to make them healthy.
I have liked learning about fat content
and salt.
I enjoyed making smoothies and muffins -
good healthy snacks and it’s good to use
up old left over fruit.
I liked it when we made the low fat pizza
and the pasta.
Ms Thorne
Healthy Families at Chantry High School
If you visit the food technology block on Thursday, 3.00 - 4.30pm - you won’t be able
to miss the buzz of excitement, as well as the smells of fantastic healthy cooking!
Ten year seven students, along with parents, grandparents, friends and relatives are
taking part in a course for adults and children, aimed at cooking in a healthy way - as
well as taking advantage of some quality time spent together.
Under the guidance of Karmen Connelly and John Payne, food technology teachers at
school, they have been cooking healthy muffins, pizzas, crumbles, making smoothies
- and also developing their ICT skills.
All students will gain an ESAT
accreditation for the course - and
make new friends in the process. ‘It
has been great,’ said Mrs Connolly. ‘It’s
lovely to see everyone working
together - and where children and
parents meet on equal footing.’
Ms Thorne