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St Joseph’s Primary, Milngavie February 2014 P7 to Cluster Seafood Event

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Sacred Heart Teachers go back to School!

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The staff of Sacred Heart Primary took part in training with Dorothy Ann Ardrey from ‘Focus on Food Scotland’. They increased their knowledge of safe preparation of foods and techniques to share with the children.

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Something Fishy!

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PM Packaging (Parkers Packaging) event on 10^th February @ St Mary’s Primary School for P6 – 38 children in two sessions

AM Packaging (Parkers Packaging) event on 10^th February @ Holy Cross Primary School for P2 – 50 children in two sessions

SeaFood Event arranged by Marie Clare – with support from Waitrose and FishistheDish – @St Thomas of Aquin’s covering St Thomas of Aquin’s, Holy Cross, St Marys, St Marks, St Peters Primary. Children tasted different types of fish, learned more about the benefits of eating fish, saw fresh crabs and other seafood and saw a live cookery demonstration.

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Growing Global Food Citizens

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A 5-day exploration of sustainable food in Scotland – Click here to see the fantastic programme the cluster will experience – growingglobalfoodcitizens
Growing Global Food Citizens is a 5-day continuing professional development course for teachers.
Edinburgh City Council and Eco-Schools Scotland, together with Whitmuir Organics and six Edinburgh primary schools – Craigour Park, Carrick Knowe, St John’s, Davidson Mains, Gracemount and Murrayburn – successfully submitted a collaborative bid to the Food for Thought Education Fund 2013-14.
The Food for Thought funding award enables:
• Eco-Schools Scotland to facilitate the development of a professional learning community to share good practice and collaborative learning.
• Whitmuir Organics, a working organic farm with on-site butchery, kitchen, restaurant and shop, to design, write and deliver a 5-day course to 12 teachers (2 from each school) to increase their knowledge and confidence in identifying and understanding sustainable food systems.
• Each of the 6 schools to undertake practical projects in their own schools.
The first 5-day course is scheduled to run on: 12 November and 3 December 2013, 14 January, 11 February and 18 March 2014.
Whitmuir Organics
EH46 7BB
www.whitmuirtheorganicplace.co.uk
01968 661908
info@whitmuirtheorganicplace.co.uk