Education Day 2010
Main sponsor 2009: Upton Farm Frozen Foods
We are already planning an exciting and fun programme of activities for Education Day 2010.
When?
24th September 2010 - the Friday of Festival weekend.
Where?
In the Festival Main Marquee.
Why?
The Festival is a community event for people of all ages.
Who?
About 100 Year 5/6 pupils from Narberth CP School and two other local primary schools.
(In 2009: Brynconin CP School and St Aidan’s VA School, Wiston)
What?
A programme of talks, demonstrations, tastings and hands-on activities.
Each year’s programme is different. This is what happened in 2009:
Theme: Taste not Waste
Morning activities:
Bees & honey – talk and taste
Bunting - design
Friends of the Earth
Glamorgan sausages – make, cook, eat!
Ice - cream & fruit
Kitchen safety - hand-washing test and basic first aid
Potato mice – make and eat
Sausage - making
Tasty bites (canapés)
Lunchtime:
Dishes - prepared and presented by international students from Pembrokeshire College
Soup-tasting & recipe - by Health Challenge Pembrokeshire’s Family Challenge Project
Music while you eat - Gaz & guitar
Afternoon sessions:
Cookery demonstration – by Young Chef of the Year from Ludlow (our twin town)
In the Victorian kitchen – talk (and sing-along!) with Mrs Beeton
Bunting-making – for decorating the Festival’s Talks Tent
The volunteer Festival Committee could not run Education Day without a great deal of help. Our thanks to:
Andrew Rees
Andrew Thomas (Ludlow Young Chef)
Friends of the Earth
Gaz Salmon (& his guitar)
Graham & Alex Perks (Skill Builders, Ludlow)
Janice Rees (hand-washing)
Jeanette Webb (bee-keeping)
Keith Adie, Richard Francis & Paula (Upton Farm Frozen Foods)
Mandy Harris (The Potato Van)
Mark James and students from Pembrokeshire College Hospitality and Catering Department
Pam Owen & Catherine Devonald (Health Challenge Pembrokeshire)
Pauline Griffiths (Narberth Museum)
Pip Lewis & Guy Norman of Spacetocreate
West Wales Training (First Aid)
Wisebuys (ingredients)
Yuriko Omae and the international students from Pembrokeshire College
Staff of Brynconin, Narberth & Wiston schools
All the pupils - for so obviously enjoying themselves.