TRAINING
fit2cook runs a Practical Food Skills Course for teachers, teaching assistants, school cooks or interested parents. This course aims to increase skills and confidence in running a practical cookery lesson or after school cooking club.
We have also run this course for youth and community workers.
Benefits of the course:
This course will enable you to get children/young people cooking and understanding what is meant by healthy eating. It aims to promote cooking and eating well as a fun, rewarding life-skill.
The course can be used as evidence when working towards Healthy School Status (HE2 and HE9), which all schools are being encouraged to do by 2008/9. It will enable a school to deliver a sustained "hands-on" healthy eating programme which could become an important part of a whole school food policy and Ofsted self-evaluation form (see Learning outcomes).
"The fit2cook course changed the way I teach cookery and inspired me to bring it into Golden Time with mixed age- groups. Healthy eating is now a fun and creative activity."- Diana Mugridge, Hart Plain Infant School, Waterlooville. - Winner of the award for Healthy Schools in the South of England
What is covered in the course:
- Promoting healthy eating – key messages and how to explore them in a fun way using sensory exploration, tastings and food games.
- Cooking using minimal equipment – many of our healthy recipes are designed to be used in a classroom with no cooking facilities.
- Making simple recipes – all participants will make one of recipes and learn how to lead a group of children through a recipe.
- Following key food safety and hygiene procedures.
- Teaching key food skills including knife safety.
- Exploring the wider issues of where food comes from, seasonality, recycling etc.
- Overcoming the hurdles of setting up a session – buying equipment, insurance, allergies and risk assessment.
- Every participant will go home with the extensive fit2cook Resource Pack full of simple healthy recipes, lesson plans, talking points and multi-sensory food games.
Venue and duration:
This is a 2 hour course for up to 12 people. It’s usually run as a one off twilight session in a school hall or food tech area.
Tutors:
The course is run by food writer and founder of fit2cook Min Raisman and Davina Tibbetts. Davina has had years of experience running cooking workshops for children in schools and at the Waitrose Demonstration Cookery Studio in Salisbury.
COST
The Course costs £120 per person which includes all ingredients and the Resource Pack. Ideas for funding are available.
We offer substantial discounts to schools who offer to host this course.