Recipe for success at school

Marshfield School teacher Alison Cavanagh with pupils Maya Claydon and Louis Heppell looking at the healthy eating display which helped them win an award recently. EMN-160913-182300009

A Peterborough special school cooked up a recipe for success during a healthy eating week.

Marshfields Special School held the event last term - and were rewarded with a £1,000 prize from the British Nutrition Foundation for their efforts.

Food teacher Alison Cavanagh, pictured with Maya Claydon and Louis Heppell, said: “We did lots of work with our students on healthy eating and living - we managed to raise £500 for the British Heart Foundation with some of our activities, and also did art, zumba and science classes, as well as a Ready Steady Cook event, which saw teachers paired with pupils.

“We were inspired by the British Nutrition Foundation, and submitted a report to them. We won one of ten prizes available across the country.”