Wicor Primary School in Portchester holds Festival of Food to encourage the children to get outside
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The school, which has a large focus on horticulture and nature, invited a number of producers including Lyburn Cheese, New Forest Fruits, Naked Jam, Hill Farm Juice and Garson’s.
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Hide AdThe day saw each year group get involved in activities including jam making, making apple juice and cooking apple turnovers.
Liz French, a Year 6 teacher who helped organise the day, said: ‘It is about the children learning about where food has come from and the seasonality, obviously this is a really important time of year with harvest.
‘It is about getting real people who work in the industry so we have got people with experience talking to the children.’
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Hide AdAlicia Dafiaga, seven, said: ‘My favourite thing to do today has been the cooking when you cook you use your hands get dirty and you get to make a mess which makes it more fun.’
The school relies heavily on grants and funding to ensure that their students have access to the outdoor facilities that they possess and they have started making money to put back into the school by selling their own apple juice which is made by My Apple Juice.
Headteacher Mark Wildman said: ‘It is always a bit of a miracle because it takes all year to organise and when it comes together, it feels like the missing jigsaw piece.
‘We have been running this for seven years and some people have come back for the seventh time around which is really nice for us and the students.’
The school have also partnered up with Asda to help disadvantaged families cook healthy meals while saving money.