Do you teach food, cooking and nutrition in a special school, PRU or to pupils with SEND? Or do you provide school catering?
Unique event for food teachers, support staff and school caterers
Monday 11th July, Milton Keynes
A unique face to face for food teachers, school caterers and senior leaders in Special Schools. The day aims to provide fresh thinking and solutions for food provision and food education in schools for pupils with special educational needs.
Why come?
- Develop food skills and healthy eating curriculum and adapt food teaching in special schools confidently,
- Create a whole school food culture and transforming food in your school
- Understand what is required under the new OFSTED framework (January 2016)- new wellbeing criteria to achieve good or outstanding
- Understand the implications of the School Food Standards (regulatory since 2015) for senior leaders, governors and teaching staff.
- Eating well – practical and nutritional guidelines for children with special educational needs
- Share inspiring examples of best practice and case studies in classroom practice and school food
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Book
https://foodisspecial.eventbrite.co.uk
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Our speakers include
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Setting the scene for Food in Schools: School Food plan, new Ofsted judgement, national curriculum and new examinations
Louise T Davies – Food Teachers Centre Founder, and author of ‘Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: D&T’, Series editor for KS3 books ‘Specials: Food/Food 2’. Lead Food Technology Consultant at DATA and programme director School Food Champions.
Food at Slated Row School and our partnership with BSH
Sarah Garratt, School Food Champion and Food Teacher, Slated Row School, Milton Keynes
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School Food: principles for transformation
Yinka Ewuola –Eagle Solutions Services
Partners of the School Food Champions programme. They are dedicated to empowering schools to take control of their catering services and to integrate food into the curriculum. They are passionate about food and believe food is as much a part of a child's education as reading, writing, computing skills and maths.
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Examples of best practice in school food and food education
School Food at Ravenscliffe High School
Tony Mulgrew (Catering Manager) Ravenscliffe High School, Calderdale
Tony joined the Ravenscliffe (SEN from severe autism to behaviour and learning problems) in 2012. Within the first year he had set up supplies from local organic farms and local fruit, vegetable and bread suppliers, gaining nominations for school caterer of the year. In March 2013 they became the first school in Calderdale and the first SEN school in the country to have a Gold Award. He has taken students in school to work with him in the main kitchen giving them valuable life skills, has been part of cooks networks and an ambassador for NHS Calderdale. He supports community cookery demos and other schools. Tony’s drive, passion and willingness to help others he has made such an impact in school food in Calderdale. In May 2014 Tony won BBC Radio 4 food and farming Awards cook/chef of the year. http://www.ravenscliffe.calderdale.sch.uk/
Helen Simpson, Specialist NHS Dietitian at Treloars school and college (for mentally and physically disabled children)Member of DISC – specialist group of British Dietetic Association.
Feeding the child with special needs: The hurdles and how to jump them.
Helen’s unique experience as both a food teacher and dietitian means she is well placed to present the Multidisciplinary work at Treloars which forms the basis of all student support. The multidisciplinary team will include clinical therapists, teachers and residential house staff. Keeping the students physically healthy enables them to access education and the opportunities available to them. Eating and drinking well and maintaining an adequate nutritional intake is fundamental to their health and well-being. They aim to make eating a social and fun experience whilst ensuring that individual needs are met. Working with students with special needs is hugely rewarding, the results are easy to see and is equipping them with an awareness of food and nutrition which they can take through life with them.
Claire Frogley, Greenfields Specialist School for Communication, Northamptonshire
Claire will share ideas on equipment and adaptions she uses in food lessons
Claire follows the Licence to Cook programme for students at KS3, with KS4 options in cooking, craft and other courses. At KS5 students are offered OCR accredited catering as an option as part of a consortium of activities at the school and a selection of other special schools.
Sarah Badzire, Clare Mount Specialist Sports College, Wirral (11 to 19 with moderate learning difficulties and additional needs such as autism), 304 students on roll.
The school has an outstanding reputation and every student is treated as an individual whilst being encouraged to be an active and positive member of the school community and a global citizen. Happy and motivated students will achieve and the safe, caring and supportive ethos enables them to succeed in their learning, regardless of their disabilities.
This ethos is embedded into the Food Studies department, where Sarah encourages pupils to take part in activities such as catering for the many visitors to the school, making lunches and celebratory treats for staff and pupils. This all helps to reinforce their practical skills, but most importantly, build their self confidence and self belief and foster a "can do" attitude with pupils and their parents alike.
All food lessons are structured to:
· Unlock barriers to learning
· Open up ways to communicate
· Develop social skills
· Encourage and support pupils and their families to make informed and positive food choices by understanding how food has a function and purpose as part of healthy life choices
Also with
Eleanor Constable, Westhaven Special school, North Somerset
Hannah Shaw, Ass Headteacher Key Stage 3 Aldermann Knight School
Hannah will share use of ICT for supporting special schools pupils in food lessons
This event is brought to you with the great support of Slated Row School, BSH Home Appliances Ltd, Eagle Solutions Services and the Food Teachers Centre Associates
https://foodisspecial.eventbrite.co.uk
This event is £245 +vat
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www.foodteacherscentre.co.uk
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Best wishes from the Food Teachers centre team
Do you know another food teacher?
Please also pass on this newsletter and encourage your colleagues to sign up for this monthly newsletter. Every term we will have a prize draw from our email list - one lucky subscriber will get a free place on a training event of their choice.
We look forward to seeing you at our next events
Best wishes
Louise T Davies, (Founder Food Teachers Centre)
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