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A progressive food curriculum for primary pupils

What if every child left school at age 11 able to follow almost any recipe in any cookbook? Headteacher Hilary Priest explains why and how she has designed a progressive food curriculum for her primary school
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In the autumn edition of Headteacher Update, you may have read my article describing the school food journey that has revolutionised the quality of meals and so much more at The Grove Primary School.

In education, when you start a journey such as this you aim for an initial destination, but usually find that this becomes nothing more than a staging post on a longer journey with multiple benefits!

As described in my article, we work with the Chefs in Schools initiative and have our own chef, Marco Pilloni. Together we have transformed our lunchtime experience and the children’s relationship with food in school.

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