UK: Stoke-on-Trent school with allotment to work with Jamie Oliver
A school in Stoke-on-Trent where pupils grow their own food has been selected as one of 10 across the UK to work with chef Jamie Oliver.
By Liz Ellis & Susie Rack
BBC News, West Midlands
July 19, 2023
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Thistley Hough Academy, in Penkhull, will link up with Oliver’s Ministry of Food initiative.
The chef is to provide personalised videos, recipe sheets and lesson plans for staff and students from September.
Food studies teacher Julia Mottershead said pupils were surprised and delighted to be chosen.
“Although he can’t be in the classroom, at least he can be there to support along the way… I’m excited,” she said.
The school provides home-grown produce from an on-site allotment, orchard and herb garden for local fine-dining establishment Feasted.
In return, the restaurant provides work experience opportunities for students and donates to school funds.
Expanding food studies opportunities at the school helps students interested in food industry careers aim “as high as possible,” Ms Mottershead said.
“The students are trying so hard and they’re really buying in to the ideas,” she added.
“The allotment alone has helped with behaviour within the school. And students who wouldn’t normally talk, I’ve noticed their talking; they’re laughing together.”Read the complete article here.
