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Fairtrade Bistro

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Posted on: Monday, 22nd October, 2007
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A group of Year 9 and 10 students are cooking healthy dishes twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday lunchtimes, in the food technology classroom. The bistro, which opened for the first time on Friday, October 5, is proving popular with students and staff.

The first two sessions made £90 profit in aid of Makaa Primary School in Tanzania. The school, with which has school has links, has no electricity and no water.

Sarah Armstrong, food technology teacher at Bishop Barrington School, said:

We thought, as we are selling food, raising funds for a dining hall would be quite fitting. We have also tried to use as many Fairtrade goods, as possible, in our ingredients.
We hope to have enough money raised by Christmas to fund the dining hall and our long term aim is to raise more money so the school can get its own electricity system.

Children at Makaa School have to eat their lunch outside and in the rainy season they get soaked. The dining hall will cost an estimated 12 million Tanzanian shillings, the equivalent of £4,803 in our money.

St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, in Crook, is also raising funds and children at Makaa School have made jewellery and other crafts to sell to raise cash for the project.

Bishop Barrington decided to open a Fairtrade bistro, as an enterprise initiative, after students expressed an interest in forming a cookery club. Students are involved in all aspects of the venture, including the preparation and cooking of food, serving customers, and handling money. They are developing business as well as cookery skills.

The menu is in line with Government guidelines on healthy food served in schools. Dishes include a special dish of the day, such as a roast chicken served with fresh vegetables, mashed potatoes, and Yorkshire puddings. Students can also choose from homemade soup, healthy snacks, toasties, pizza, fresh fruit, homemade cakes and cookies and fruit smoothies.

The number of diners is restricted to 22 per session. Students must obtain a dining card in advance and orders can also be placed in advance, to help with the smooth running of the bistro.

Makaa primary school first teamed up with St Cuthbert's RC Primary School in Crook in 2004, through a scheme funded by the British Council to forge links between the two countries.

Bishop Barrington became involved with raising funds for Makaa primary school after learning about the partnership from clerical assistant, Jackie Williams, whose daughter, Lorna, is a pupil at St Cuthbert's.

Last year Bishop Barrington raised £545.61, with a non uniform day, for the school, and in June the head of Makaa School, Beatha Urawsa visited our school, whilst on an exchange visit to St Cuthbert's School, to thank students and staff.

Student cooks serve up homemade iced buns.

Making a healthy fresh fruit banana smoothie.

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