Bangers back on the menu for schoolchildren
11:00am Wednesday 3rd November 2010 in News By Scott D'Arcy
Bangers back on the menu for schoolchildren
LUCKY schoolchildren found out there is little truth in the old adage ‘there’s no such thing as a free lunch’.
Around 35 pupils from Bishopstone Primary School got to sample the finest local pork as part of an educational trip for British Sausage Week.
The children, aged between four and 11, made the short trip across the road from the schoolhouse to the Royal Oak pub, where they were given a lesson in healthy eating and cooking from Jane Sixsmith from the Focus on Food campaign after getting a free taste of organic sausages and fresh vegetables from the nearby Eastbrook farm.
In fact the trip was so successful Royal Oak landlord and managing director of Helen Browning’s Organic, Tim Finney, said he wanted to make the lunches a more regular event.
“These things are always fun and I was talking to the headteacher and we are going to try and do it once a month if we can,” he said.
“It’s great for the children. They always have lunchboxes and we are only 50 yards from the school so we can bring them in with no charge to them.
“It’s very important for all sorts of reasons – there are a lot of people who put a lot into the community in village life and we try to do our bit.”
Headteacher Susan Walton said the children had a lot of fun while learning the importance of healthy eating at the same time.
“The children had a great time and really enjoyed themselves. It was good to see them eat all their food and it was all fresh produce.
“I think the key message was about healthy eating and a balanced diet, locally grown produce and learning to cook for themselves. It was a very educational lunchtime.”
Lucy Alston, 10, said she learned a lot about food production.
“I really enjoyed the food and going to the Royal Oak. I’ve learned where sausages come from and how important it is to eat different things. I do quite a lot of cooking at home and at school already.”
Kenna Hickton, 10, added: “It was really fun and the sausages were really tasty. I think it’s better to have ones locally than from afar.”
Comments(15)
Mr Blackwell
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12:09pm Wed 3 Nov 10
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Come on, Adver, surely there are some starving kids in Swindon's gutters that you should be reporting?
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No, of course not, they're actually out at high class country pubs enjoying free organic sausages!
itsamess
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1:50pm Wed 3 Nov 10
Pathetic
Mr Blackwell
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2:18pm Wed 3 Nov 10
SourBBB
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3:03pm Wed 3 Nov 10
itsamess wrote:That's rich coming from you.
Mr B
Pathetic
itsamess
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3:51pm Wed 3 Nov 10
Not my problem when you cant see a real insult to other kids--oh of course--sorry--you are so furkin perfick.
Mr Blackwell
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4:04pm Wed 3 Nov 10
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Who is supposed to have 'insulted other kids'?
itsamess
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4:32pm Wed 3 Nov 10
"Starving kids in Swindons gutters" Do tell us where?
Mr Blackwell
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6:05pm Wed 3 Nov 10
itsamess wrote:Er, re-read my original post, that was precisely the point I was trying to make.
Mr B "Starving kids in Swindons gutters" Do tell us where?
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There aren't any.
itsamess
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8:50pm Wed 3 Nov 10
Shows what a snidy little man you are having a comment removed.
Insinuating kids are in swindons gutters starving--you make my blood boil.
Mr Blackwell
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7:44am Thu 4 Nov 10
itsamess wrote:You should probably look into (a) learning how to read and (b) some mediction to calm you down a bit.
Dont insult Swindon kids--the kids in the article were not from swindon. Shows what a snidy little man you are having a comment removed. Insinuating kids are in swindons gutters starving--you make my blood boil.
Woken up and smelt the coffee
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9:13am Thu 4 Nov 10
Gooey
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10:51am Thu 4 Nov 10
I'm not exactly Mr Blackwells biggest fan but I could see what he meant.
itsamess
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3:07pm Thu 4 Nov 10
You never had the plot to lose--my plot is blooming well.
Mr B
I read what i see--a suggestion that swindon has kids in the gutters starving. In the light that the article that clearly states those kids being treated to bangers were from Bishopstone at a pub in the village some yards away--therefore there was no need at all to even suggest that any cuts would cause children of swindon to be in the gutters starving.
Mr Blackwell
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6:23am Sat 6 Nov 10
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You know, just as with the article about one source of Sports Partnerships funding being changed apparently meant that all children in Swindon will now automatically never play sport ever again, become sickly obese layabouts and die before the age of 35.
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The entire point was that there ARE no starving kids in Swindon... indeed, as this article shows, some of them are enjoying delicious, organic sausages during the school day. And good luck to them, I wouldn't have minded trying a few myself.
Itssomewheretowork says...
11:57am Wed 3 Nov 10
I think not.... it was part of national Sausage week. How many of the children went home and told their parents that they want to eat more sausages and we want the sausages from that nice farm up the road.
I don't object to such things and believe it is a good thing to do, but I don't think that children should hear, there is a an an old adage " that their is no such thing as a free lunch" and we are going to eat some nice free sausages, which proves the adage is wrong.
Call me cynical.....