This month's inspiring school is Alexandra School in South Harrow. Each class had to choose and mark a region or area on the British Isles map; research the local produce for the chosen area; make a poster to be displayed during the harvest festival assembley; find a traditional recipe from the chosen region and use regional produce to cook it; and arrange a visit to a local shop or market.  The children invited a friend into the school to taste what they had cooked

Nursery chose Kent and made a variety of sandwiches for a teddy bear’s picnic as there is a place called Sandwich in Kent! Class 1 made Raspberry Jam Tarts to link in with lessons on changing of state in Science.  The children went to a farm in Sarrat in Hertfordshire to pick the raspberries.  They made the pastry and then the jam tarts and shared them with Class 2, who made the traditional dish Toad in the Hole. Class 3 learnt about Scotland’s produce and wrote a shopping list to buy the ingredients for oatcakes, which they sold in a shop they set up. Classes 4 & 6 learned about Welsh produce and made Welsh Rarebit. Class 4 played a game in PE where they needed to name fruits and Class 6 made faces from vegetables. Class 5 chose Northern Ireland.  They started by reading the stories from the region and decided to make Rock Cakes, representing the steps of the Giant’s Causeway, and cooked traditional Irish soda bread. Class 7 chose Cornwall and made Cornish Pasties. Classes 8 & 9 concentrated on the South East and the fruits of Kent.  They sampled different types of apples and talked about balanced diets.  They cooked delicious Apple Crumbles. Class 10 also studied Cornwall and started by reading the Mousehole Cat to link in with Literacy. They made scones and then created a Cornish Tea Room. Guests were invited for afternoon tea with scones, clotted cream and delicious strawberry jam.