Learning to cook

Celebrate and share week allowed pupils across the school to show off their new cooking and growing skills as parents taste their dishes

Children applied for jobs in their school café that ran for a week.  Their hard work and enterprise skills came off when the BBC film crew tuned up.

A strong partnership between school and caterer helped this school bag a series award 

We have found cooking and growing events a brilliant way to engage parents  and the wider community. This has helped us find volunteers...

Surrey Square holds a community evening each term, where children cook for their parents, over 300 people attend to celebrate achievements...

One of 6 short 'skills snippet films' from the Focus on Food Camapign on teaching basic cooking techniques to all age groups 

Recipe ideas for non-cook/take home food to make in school with minimum specialist equipment - you don't need a food room!

Simple recipes like this Italian Tomato Salad from The Purple Kitchen company don’t need fully fitted cooking rooms. 

Woodcote High School show how they went from non-practical design-led DT to practical cooking skills and progression. 

Introducing cooking as an option during 'golden' reward time at the end of the week. We've been amazed at how successful the learning has...