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It's harvest time
Do the children in your class know how crops are harvested and how the wheat is milled into flour to make the bread that they enjoy every day? Would they be able to name foods that are currently in season in Britain? |
Our latest blog links to harvest themed, curriculum linked classroom-based activities for all ages. After each lesson, children should have a greater understanding of where their food comes from. You could follow these lessons up with a practical cooking session - as apples are in season at the moment we recommend our delicious apple muffins. They are so tasty that younger children won't even realise they have wholemeal flour in them.
Be a grainchain.com star!
Has your class tried out any grainchain.com recipes that have produced some particularly good results? Do you have any ideas that you'd like to share with other teachers? Or do you have any embarrassing stories from your teaching career that you've now learnt from? (once bitten, twice shy and all that!) We'd love to hear from you so send us your photos, stories or ideas and you could become a grainchain.com star!
Grainchain.com in schools
We're not just a website. We have a number of pilot projects, which are being implemented in schools as we speak. Our Equipment for Schools pilot scheme is currently being trialled in school across London and the South East with a view to not only getting more children cooking in schools but also to help secondary / feeder primary school relationships. We've got 40 free boxes of baking equipment up for grabs for Food Technology teachers in secondary schools. The idea is that the secondary schools that have signed up to the scheme will loan their box of equipment free of charge to their feeder primary schools. The scheme has now closed but keep your eyes peeled for case studies coming up in a few months time. If the pilot is successful, We may look to run a similar scheme another region in 2011.
grainchain.com has been working with master bakers across the UK to train teachers who do not have a Food Technology or Home Economics background as part of Licence to Cook's Teach Food Technology project. As part of this scheme, we've trained over 100 teachers and given them the confidence to bake bread in the classroom. You can still sign up to the Teach Food Technology project through the licence to cook website. We'll keep you informed of developments in both projects through future editions of this newsletter.
 Recipe for this half term
We reckon that our recipe for herby veggie crumble is a perfect (and healthy) autumn comfort food option to teach your class. Just click on the photo to the left to find out more. Furthermore, children can watch a video or an expert chef making the recipe... then try it out for themselves! You could even use it to help teach children about food miles by choosing seasonal and local vegetables.
Get baking to raise funds for Children in Need!
Why not encourage children in your class to put what they have learnt in practical cooking sessions to good use and bake some cakes for an after school cake sale to raise money for this year’s Children in Need? Recipes and further information about fundraising can be found on the schools page on the Children in Need website. There's even a guide to holding your own bake sale!
Key dates – make sure you never miss an opportunity again!
18 – 24 October 2010 National Baking Week – the perfect opportunity to get your class baking!
22 – 24 October 2010 BBC Good Food Show Scotland - SECC Glasgow
18 - 20 November 2010 Design and Technology with ICT Education Show - NEC Birmingham
24 – 28 November 2010 BBC Good Food Show Winter- NEC Birmingham – Come and see 'The Taste Adventure' sponsored bygrainchain.com
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