only 20p No.11 spring 2018 HailHail Mary!Mary!

TOO MANY GOOD COOKS: Kehinde and Elizabeth swap cooking tips with Mary

Pupils star in new BBC food show Cookery ‘Oscar’ for school cook book BRITISH Bakeoff star Mary with Kehinde and Irvin. The she’s know you.’ Berry was inspired by young chefs joined by Kehinde and Elizabeth Mary said: “Going to Charlton CHARLTON Manor has won who showed her how they whip in the teaching kitchen. Together, Manor Primary School is a an award in the ‘Oscars’ of the up tasty treats in our teaching they prepare a delicious stir fry, big highlight of this series, the food world for the book ‘Now kitchen. using veg and herbs from the children are delightful, such We’re Cooking!’ The whole thing was filmed for a Secret Garden, to serve for school beautiful manners. They are taught It’s set to receive a ‘Best new BBC cookery series which is lunch. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth outdoors a lot and have in the World’ award in the being aired this spring. said: “Not many people get to a garden where they grow all the Gourmand World Cookbook Mary came to Charlton Manor cook with a famous chef so it vegetables for their school dinners. Awards in China in May. to film the second episode of was nerve wracking but she was They have chickens, which The Gourmand Awards have Classic Mary Berry, a new six-part friendly and she said I was cutting they’ve named and they talk to been running for 23 years programme looking at classic well. She gave us tips like when and collect their eggs, they grow and previous winners include dishes simply prepared with no- you are using oil, put it in the pan herbs, they grow their own fruit. Michel Roux, Paul Hollywood fuss recipes. then heat up the pan with the oil Another thing I noted was the and Jamie Oliver who wrote The episode at Charlton Manor in it.” huge notice on the gate to the the foreword for ‘Now We’re called Light, Easy and Delicious After the screening, Kehinde parents saying ‘Greet your child Cooking.’ Bites was screened in March after tweeted: ‘It was brilliant working with a smile, not your mobile’, it The book was written by filming last term. with you guys #classicmaryberry was so special. I cook stir- headteacher Tim Baker with The 30-minute show features and starring in the episode. Mary’s Mary visiting the Secret Garden a lovely woman and it was great to n Turn to page 5 n Turn to page 5

ManorLifespring 18.indd 1 20/03/2018 22:31 Year 4 reporters Pratik, Maria, Arthur, Kristyna, Thomas

Riya Kharel Jessica Partridge Harsajan Kalle WELCOME to the spring But we need your help greenwich.sch.uk or just issue of Manor LIFE! to keep up to date on stop one of the team This term our news any news, so please when you see us. team of Year 5 and 6 get in touch and tell us Of course YOUR pupils are joined by what’s happening. contributions are also some Year 4 junior Pop in to see us in the welcome so do tell us reporters. SEN room every Friday your suggestions for Our aim is to cover from 10-2.30pm, send story ideas or even write issues and local an email to an article. happenings important to manorlife@ n Hilary Bryan Manor our school community. charltonmanor. Jack Vernon Honnah Sadiq LIFE! Editor Previous issues of Manor LIFE! are available to read at www.charltonmanorprimary.co.uk under Showcase Make it safe to cross Children lead road safety survey

l by Jessica Partridge

PUPILS turned traffic wardens for a special road safety survey to see how safe we are getting to and from school. Charlton Manor’s team of Junior Travel Ambassadors carried out traffic surveys during a morning drop off then held a meeting to review findings. During the survey they stood outside two main gates - the black main gate in Indus Road and the green gate in the Key Stage 2 playground off Hornfair Road. They did a survey of cars outside PARK ELSEWHERE:the JTA team watch out for cars parking too near to the school entrance the school and made a tally chart of things that can endanger where people blocked driveways n Charlton Manor already has a children and possible solutions. or parked on yellow lines and zig Gold award from TfL’s STARS The JTAs include Year 5s: Tobi zags. programme for the projects and Fashola, Summer Harnett- Miss Coller is leading the survey activities it runs on road safety Mcglone, Danyal Asimi and Thea as part of the school’s efforts to and sustainable travel to school. Jagodic South plus Year 6s Muhsin keep children safe on the roads. The programme – Sustainable Kucuk, Khusi Chhachhi, Fatih She said: “The survey focussed Travel: Active, Responsible, Kucuk and the newsteam’s Jessica on the behaviour and attitudes Safe – inspires young people Partridge. of drivers, parents and pupils to travel to school sustainably, The JTAs were accompanied when arriving at school. It was actively, responsibly and safely by by John Butcher, a road safety great to see lots of children promoting walking, cycling and officer and Camilla Olofsson, walking and scooting to school, scooting to improve road safety school travel plan co-ordinator for which ties in with our aims to and air quality. Greenwich Council. encourage walking and cycling The JTA’s have already presented They looked at where people to school. In addition, we would an assembly and sold high vis parked their cars, how children like to encourage others to park strips, stickers, keyrings etc as crossed the road with their parents, away from the school and park part of a Be Bright Be Seen where children got out of cars and responsibly.” campaign.

ManorLifespring 18.indd 2 20/03/2018 22:31 l by Harsajan Kalle

YOUNGSTERS can enjoy all- day holiday fun for FREE at the Summer Boosters this year. The holiday playscheme is expanding which means it will now run from 9am to 5pm and is totally free. The holiday scheme was launched two years ago to ensure children wouldn’t miss out on a mid-day meal during the long summer break. Previously, parents had to pay a charge for half a day of activities, which included breakfast and lunch. The holiday club includes fun ways of improving children’s maths and English skills along with sports and games and a nutritious, delicious breakfast and lunch. This year, the school has linked up with Charlton Triangle SEE HOW THE GARDEN GROWS: pupils learning how to grow veg Homes, which will provide facilities for sports and games such as roller hockey, cricket and football. The club is open to children from Y2-Y5 and participants will also have fun Happy holidays activities in the Secret Garden, the teaching kitchen and at Woodlands Farm. Summer Boosters coordinator Free clubs boost summer learning Mrs Murray explained another difference is that pupils will MAGIC be mixing with children from INGREDIENTS: other schools. pupils cook a She said: “They’ll be learning healthy mea while playing and we hope the while others children will mix with other water the plants children from different age groups and cultures and try new foods.” n To find out more call 020 8856 6525 or visit www. charltonprimaryschool.co.uk

All present and correct Do the Maths ! Days off school = Days off learning

THREE staff members who a leaflet campaign

came top of the class for (pictured) reminding

attendance are hoping to be an parents and pupils inspiration to others. about the importance Mr Shelley, Mrs Paton and of attendance and 100% Attendance 0 weeks of missed learning 96% Attendance 1 week 3 days of missed learning

Mrs Noble never missed a “I want to hire punctuality. = The Best chance of Success WELL DONE employees day away from school last Mrs Coker explained who arrive year and were praised by the late.” that even a 96% 90% Attendance 3 weeks 4 days of missed learning governing body. Said no attendance rate means 85% Attendance 5 weeks 3 days of missed learning Mrs Coker, who is the school’s Boss ever! one week and three days = Poor Attendance, less chance of success WORRYING attendance officer, said: “It of missed learning and was brilliant, these staff did stressed: “It’s really not have one day off sick or important that children for any other reason so they attend regularly. If they 80% Attendance 7 weeks 3 days of missed learning 75% Attendance 9 weeks 1 day of missed learning were given one day off for don’t, they miss parts = Very Poor Attendance. High chance of court action. Christmas shopping.” of their education - they VERY CONCERNING Now 76 pupils are hoping can’t make up that time

to get a silver award – and and it’s very difficult to an Easter egg – for good In the last school year catch up. It’s also important attendance at the end of the (September 2016-July to get to school on time and to spring term after winning 2017) 37 pupils had 100% get to assembly as that’s when bronze attendance awards last attendance. you learn what’s going on for term. The school recently launched the week.”

ManorLifespring 18.indd 3 20/03/2018 22:31 Making fans for Nigel Author tells tales of his school days

Year 6 classes. got published for the first When he was a young time. adult Nigel was a teacher Since then Nigel has and used to have fun written over 20 books reading books with his and short stories but pupils. his favourite books After being disappointed are Buddy and Beaver with a few books, they Towers. challenged him to come When he was little he up with an exciting used to like football, storyline for a book over going to the cinema and the half term holidays. reading books. A teacher There was great feedback said he could never be l by Harsajan from his students and an author but he has Kalle he started to write at the always been inspired by age of 33. Two years the success of others and AN author who visited later one of his stories proved them wrong. Miss Pease when she was “If someone has been at school came to talk very successful I look to her pupils after she towards it and think invited him to Charlton wow!” said Nigel. Manor. After his visit he Nigel Hinton talked said: “I left Charlton about his past and how Manor buzzing with he came up with ideas for positivity and optimism. his books. Inspiring adults and Before his visit Miss inspired children. Warm Pease showed her class smiles and friendliness the autograph she got everywhere - if only all from the author when he schools could be like visited her school. this.” During his visit Mr Hinton told stories at an n Find out more assembly with Years 3, 4 CAPTIVATED about Nigel and 5. He enjoyed a VIP AUDIENCE: Nigel Hinton at www. lunch in the dinner centre spins a yarn at nigelhintonauthor. and did workshops with assembly wordpress.com Why did the chicken cross the road?... to get an interview with the Manor LIFE! news team

WITH Easter in out thoughts, Year l Chickens are habitual and like 4 news team members thought routein they’d check on the chickens l Chicken poo is good for the in the Secret Garden to find out garden more about the eggs they produce. l Chickens will sit on any egg The garden is home to 16 hens l Chickens are very cautious who are fed a mixture of organic and easily upset. They’re afraid chicken feed, wheat, barley and of most things including the dark food waste from the kitchen prep. - that’s why we have the phrase Last year the chickens produced ‘chicken’ almost 2,000 eggs, which were l Chickens can run a mile an used by the teaching kitchen and hour the breakfast club or sold in the l There are lots of chickens in Saturday café. India that’s where they originate FEATHERED FRIEND: one from After talking to Mr Shelley, of our egg layers and their l There are more chickens in the they came up with some eggs- produce (left) world than people traordinary facts: l Chickens live an average of five l Chickens will eat everything to eight years but they only lay l Eggs take around 25 hours to including spiders, mice and meat eggs for about three years form fully before they are laid but they won’t eat things from the l Chickens are affected by l Chickens can be hybrids or onion family or anything citrus. daylight and will lay more eggs in pure breeds Their favourite snack is sweetcorn summer than winter.

ManorLifespring 18.indd 4 20/03/2018 22:31 Cook book Oscar l From page 1 nutritional therapist and author Katharine Tate, and teacher Marie Reynolds. It includes inspirational lesson plans, which help teachers to incorporate cooking and healthy living throughout the curriculum. Mr Baker said: “As a school we encourage children and families to think about what they eat and to embrace a healthy lifestyle. When writing Now We’re Cooking Hail we set out to use our expertise to support schools to put food at the top of their agendas. The impact Mary! of developing school food culture l From page 1 can have wide reaching benefits including greater engagement, fry with some of the improved long-term health and children which was lovely community inclusion. To get this and hugely rewarding.” level of recognition for this book is Deputy headteacher Mrs an amazing achievement.” Goold explained the school has links with the Royal n The book is available at school Horticultural Society, MAKING and on the school website at which recommended it to FRIENDS: www.charltonmanorprimary TV producers who were Mary school.sch.gov.uk school and looking for a school with a chats with Food Teacher events, and The garden. Kehinde Food Teacher website (www. Mrs Goold said: “Mary in the thefoodteacher.co.uk) and cooked a veg stir fry and Secret Amazon. served it to the children in Garden, the dinner centre. She was chef AWARD absolutely blown away Flavio and WINNER: with what we have and Mrs Goold the book what we are providing and is now said other schools should available be like it.” from Classic Mary Berry is school available on BBC iplayer.

Riddle corner

l Nine men go into has killed many victims how is this possible? a church. When they in the past. There are come out it is raining two pills and both of l What is stronger than but only eight of them them have to take one god, more evil than the get wet. How did the pill with water. Every devil, the poor have it, other one not get wet? time the serial killer the rich need it and if takes a pill he survives we eat it we die? l There are 10 fish and the victim dies, how in a tank stuck in an does the serial killer l You’re in a cave and abandoned house. always survive? there are five tunnels: Three swim away, one one is filled with gas drowns and four die. l There is a man and that will kill any animal How many fish are left? he jumps from the 50th that goes in, the floor through a second one is filled with l Imagine that you window but vampire bats who will are locked up in a when he eat you alive, the third is room that has no lands filled with different bugs windows and the there are that can kill you easily, door is locked and no injuries the fourth is filled with you are stuck with on him, fire, and the fifth one a murderer, who is filled with lava that is holding a will burn you instantly, knife. How do which one is safe? you escape? l There were 50 toys l A man is on a plane. One toy fell stuck in a down. How many toys room with were left in the plane? a serial killer, who n Answers on page 11

ManorLifespring 18.indd 5 20/03/2018 22:31 Re-cycling the curriculum THE council has recognised Charlton Manor’s innovative cycling programmes by awarding a £2,000 grant to help another school set up similar projects. With the support of Access Sport, Charlton Manor aims to increase the interest in cycling and the number of children cycling to Kidbrooke Park school. The school will also lead other initiatives to increase cycling outside the school gates through activities such as ‘cycle routes’ and cycling buses. Manor LIFE! learns how bikes and cycling are being used in all learning

LL pupils are It’s all part of the Cycle ball court on a Thursday getting on Starters project which lunchtime with around three their bikes and started last term. pupils a time. learning how to So far all children in Years Bikes and helmets are rideA as part of a drive to 2 and 6, who previously provided by the school and incorporate cycling across couldn’t ride, have been the cycling charity Access the curriculum. getting into the saddle. Sport. It means every single pupil Now Year 5s will be getting They’re encouraged by will be able to ride a bike the chance to put their mettle Mr Shelley, a keen cyclist unaided by the time they to the pedal. himself, who completed a leave school. Sessions take place in the cycle training course with British Cycling. He said: “Pupils might have a bike or ridden with stabilisers, some are a little cautious and just need a booster. We get them to a point where they can ride a bike with no aids and it takes an average of four weeks to get them from zero to riding around the ball court.” He explained the three-part process sees pupils learning to balance then push themselves along to build up their confidence. Then they might scoot along with one foot on the pedal before THUMBS UP: riders gliding along with both feet of all levels build up on the pedals. their confidence in the Finally, they get used to saddle braking and falling off. “But they also have to learn to be aware of what’s around them and an important part of this stage is learning to be aware of other riders,” explained Mr Shelley. “My experience of cycling is riding to school, especially in the summer but running the Cycle Starters has encouraged me to take up uni-cycling which is an interest I’ve been working on for ten years.”

l Pupils learned how to improve their bike control skills so they could ride safely on the roads during a week- long programme under Bikeability - a national scheme providing cycle training for riders of different ages and levels.

ManorLifespring 18.indd 6 20/03/2018 22:31 Re-cycling the curriculum HILDREN in the school’s Sarah stressed. BMX club are also doing Praising the school’s enthusiasm wheelie well! for cycling, Sarah said: “We They attend the Monday are pleased to be working with afterC school club where they Charlton Manor with a view practise special bike handling skills to creating a template that we to get them ready to ride on a BMX can use across the nation. It’s a track. really exciting time for cycling The club was launched with the generally and it’s great that the support of Access Sport, a national school embraces cycling activities sports charity. Its BMX legacy and is willing to help us develop delivery development manager is something that can be replicated in Sarah Toone, a former volunteer other schools.” and parent at Charlton Manor. Sarah said: “One of the biggest l School staff can get help to things I’ve noticed is an ride to school under the Cycle to improvement in the children’s bike Work scheme which offers bike control and bike handling skills. loans. Although BMX is an individual sport, they need to be able to work side by side in a group, socialise and support each other. It’s improved their focus, concentration and resilience.” Lighter evenings means training at the Hornfair Park BMX track. FAMILIES And children can take part in cleared out their other cycling projects around the old or outgrown bikes borough including Rock Up and and sold them at a pop Ride, a Thursday after school up bike market. The bikes session at Greenwich BMX and were repaired and sold by the freestyle BMX at the indoor skate Peddle My Wheels charity park in Sutcliffe Park. with support from “All the riding they do is a very Greenwich Council. Visit good basis for improving their www.peddlemy skills, control and observation BESPOKE TRAINING: wheels.com skills. It’s a good way of building BMX riders speed across up to become a commuter rider,” the playground

ManorLifespring 18.indd 7 20/03/2018 22:31 Character building

l by Jessica Partridge

YEAR 5 pupils in the theatre group are always allowed to act up! It’s all part of the fun as the group works towards an end of term performance for other pupils. Greenwich Theatre’s artistic and executive director James Haddrell is the leader of the theatre group and is currently working with his third set of budding actors. “For this performance, the group are coming up with a story about a group of children who visit a library and get magically transported into a forest. We learn a lot about different genres (different types of story) and this will have a lot of the things you’d find in a fairy tale,” he said. The pupils usually come up with the characters first and James asks the children to imagine someone that they know and to act like them. And then as a team they try to figure out how to make those characters meet. “We do a lot of improvisation, which means the children pretend to be those characters and we put them in different situations,” said James who runs the group with STAGE STRUCK: group members perform and, below, visit Greenwich Theatre

actress Serin Ibrahim. skills; some of them learn to be The group of up to eight Year 5s more confident. A lot of them meet for ten weeks working on a cannot imagine performing in front whole range of performance skills of the school, but they always including improvisation, mime, manage it and do very well. It vocal techniques, script writing also helps them be imaginative and directing. The last group had and they learn what it means to a trip to Greenwich Theatre to see act professionally and to work a performance of Cinderella while as a team. We also have written the current group visited a clown exercises where they try out school to learn some clowning different story ideas or learn about techniques. different types of character. James Haddrell said: “There are They also have a chance to visit lots of benefits for the children the theatre, meet the staff and learn in the theatre group. Some of the about all the jobs that you can do in children improve their speaking theatre.” Voices of youth OUR school choir sang long time and they Paton. Some famous with thousands of other worked extremely hard. singers/ bands came to children in a mega The January concert sing with us and join school concert at the was a showcase for us. They were The O2 arena. popular and classic Magnets, an acapella Mr Davies, the school songs. There were group and singers music teacher, had around seven thousand Natalie Williams entered our school children who were and Alfie Sheard. choir into the Young singing, from around Also, some amazing Voices concert, an 100 schools and loads and talented dancers annual project for of parents. The school and street dancers school choirs. choir was joined performed and the The 19-strong choir with some kind and children and adults had been practising supportive teachers joined in. and preparing for the like Mrs Murray, UP IN THE GALLERY:Charlton Manor choir members prepare Young Voices for a Mrs Friday and Mrs n Riya Kharel for a performance of a lifetime

ManorLifespring 18.indd 8 20/03/2018 22:31 Members of our school community talk about their lives at Charlton Manor and why it’s such an inspirational place to work and learn My Manor

Teaching chef I have worked with have also been inspiring Joe Grollman Q: What is your job in the Q:What words of inspiration do school? you have to encourage others? A: My job is a teaching chef, A: We should all be good to each it involves working with the other - it will get you far. teachers to try to find ways of including the kitchen and cooking n Interview by in the wider curriculum I teach Jack Vernon the children how to cook different recipes and I work with classes all Langhorne around the school. house captain Q: What do you enjoy about your role? Lucie Ferris A: Working with children across Q: What is your role? the whole school and coming up A: I am a green house captain and with sessions that are linked to the I have been doing it since the start topic they are studying in class of October. it can be anything from a basic recipe inspired by a story in the Q: What do you enjoy about nursery to a Y5 science project. your role? I enjoy the fact that there’s a lot A: I like being a captain of a team of variety in the job – you’re not and helping with teamwork and doing the same thing day in day helping other pupils persevere. out. I like working with all the different aged children. school with lots of different Q: How long have you been in nationalities. I think the school’s this school? Q: How long have you been attitude to hands-on learning is A: I have been in this school here? very important, it’s not just about since crèche. A: I have been working at reading from a book but about Charlton Manor for around getting involved doing practical Q: What is the best thing about four years before that I worked lessons. this school? in kitchens for about 13 years A: I like how the school works in restaurants and for catering Q:What inspired you to become together like we are a big family. companies. a chef? A: I used to watch a lot of TV Q: Who is your inspiration? Q:What is the best thing about shows about cooking with people A: Usain Bolt because he is this school? like Jamie Oliver and they were sporty and I like sports. A: The children! They are so well very inspiring but I mostly like behaved and love cooking. I like eating so wanted to learn how to n Interview by the fact we have a very diverse cook. Some of the previous chefs Jessica Partridge

Inclusion manager this job? A: The best thing about this Miss Johannesen A: I had a change of career and school is that it is so different as soon as I started working in from all the other schools. It Q: What is your job at the a school I realized how happy has wonderful facilities like school? it made me and how rewarding our kitchen, our garden and our A: I am called the inclusion it is working with children. I sensory room and our children manager and I make sure didn’t plan to do this job, I fell get to do exciting things like all the children get the same into it but as soon as I started travel abroad. opportunities especially children working at Charlton Manor who find things difficult. If school I realised this was what I Q: What words of inspiration they need extra help my job is wanted to do. do you have to encourage to make sure they get the right others? resources or people to help them Q: How long have you been at A: You can do anything you the school? want to do. Don’t think that Q: What do you enjoy about A: I’ve been at Charlton Manor you can’t do something, there’ll you role? for 15 years - my first job was always be a way that you can do A: Every day is different, every working 1:1 with a little boy what you want to do if you work child is different so I’m never with special needs. hard enough. bored. Q: What is the best thing n Interview Q: What inspired you to do about this school? by Arthur Potter Pics by Honnah Sadiq

ManorLifespring 18.indd 9 20/03/2018 22:32 Better than take-away CHILDREN and staff took part in a chopsticks challenge as they tucked in to a delicious Chinese meal for the school’s Chinese new year celebrations. Award-winning school chef Flavio and his team prepared a colourful spread of Chinese dishes for a special lunchtime treat to help mark the year of the dog. Here are his recipes for two all- time favourites for you to try at home

TASTY AND HEALTHY: a delicious and colourful plate

Spring roll opaque, add the garlic followed by unroll the pastry sheets before Vegetable oil 50ml peppers, carrots and bean sprouts, cutting in half lengthways then cut Onions 680g Ingredients thawed peas and the well-drained each length in half widthways. Ginger 20g Filo pastry 500g beans. 7. Place one square of pastry onto Carrots 450g Egg noodles 200g 4. Drain well the noodles and add the clean dry workbench, then Peppers mixed 450g Spring onions 60g to the vegetables before adding the using the oil as glue place another Cabbage white 450g Vegetable oil 40ml soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce square on top of the first with an Bean shoots 900g Garlic 5g and finely sliced spring onion. overlap in the centre of 2cm. Soy sauce 20ml Five bean salad 300g 5. Adjust seasoning if required 8. Carefully place the cooled Water 1140ml Onion red 120g before transferring mixture to a vegetable mixture onto the pastry Ground Black Pepper 3g Pepper red 120g shallow tray and set aside to cool in a sausage shape towards the top Organic Egg Noodles 1kg Beanshoots (loose) 200g completely. of the pastry sheet - fold the short Celery 450g Carrots 60g 6. To assemble the rolls - carefully edge over the vegetable mix. Choice garden peas 80g 9. Turn the long edges over and Method Soy sauce 20ml inwards and lightly oil before 1. Heat oil in a large roasting tin Sweet chilli dipping sauce 30ml rolling the short edge (with veg add grated ginger and chicken mixture) down the length of the pieces and stir fry over a high heat Method pastry. for 5 minutes 1. Defrost filo pastry in fridge 10. Transfer rolls to baking tray, 2. Add the sliced onions, carrots overnight. brush with a tiny amount of oil and celery and stir fry for further For the filling rehydrate the and bake in a preheated oven at 3 minutes noodles in a little warm water, 180 C until golden brown and core 3. Stir in the peppers and continue crush the garlic cloves to a paste, temperature is achieved. frying for a further 2 minutes remove the pith from the pepper 11. Transfer to suitable sized 4. Add the cabbage and been and slice into matchsticks. serving platter and serve sprouts. Cook for 2 minutes 2. Peel and cut onion into fine immediately. 5. Add stock, soy sauce 7 pepper half-moons and bring to the boil and cook for ad peel and cut carrots into fine 1 minute. Set aside matchsticks. Chicken 6. Prepare noodles according to 3.Carefully heat a little of the instructions on packet oil in a suitable sized pan (wok chow mein 7. Once noodles rehydrated, or frying pan would be ideal) add to meat and vegetable mix then working quickly, add the STICK TO IT: pupils enjoyed Ingredients and serve immediately from a onion to the pan and cook until the chopstick challenge Chicken fillet diced large bowl.

ManorLifespring 18.indd 10 20/03/2018 22:32 Hospice appeals for mini marathon runners l by Jack Vernon & Harsajan Kalle

EVERYONE’S a winner in a London marafun event for children. The Mini Marathon for kids takes place on April 29 – just days after the London Marathon on April 22. And AND THEY’RE OFF: young runners still have time young runners set off to enter and help raise money for the Greenwich and needing end-of-life care. Belxey Community Hospice. But it costs £8m a year to The Mini Marathon is the run and the hospice has to biggest fundraising event for raise £5m each year. Last RECIPES FOR HEALTHY LIVING: the news team meets Fay Williams the hospice in Abbey Wood. year there were around 1400 It started five years ago and young runners who raised is open to children aged five more than £70,000 for the to 16 who can run, jog or hospice. Free cookery clubs walk the 2.62-mile route. Augusta urged young runners The race starts at 10am in to enter this year’s race Greenwich Park saying: “A lot of people do for grown-ups where the London Marathon it as a personal challenge but starts each year. getting sponsorship means Hospice fundraiser August you are also helping people l by Harsajan Kalle try to dispel that myth – it’s how and Adu said: “It’s a great event, in your community.” where you shop and how you use we have music, there are Entry is £7.50 per GROWN-UPS can learn how to cook fruit and veg. It’s all about changing activities and people dress child, enter at www. healthier meals at a series of free our behaviour around food and we’ve up. Everyone gets a medal communityhospice.org.uk cookery clubs across the borough. had some really positive outcomes.” and a goody bag and if you n TEACHING assistant The Taste of Health Cookery Clubs She explained that in the last year 520 raise more than £50 you’re Mr Greenaway is running run for five weeks at community people attended cookery classes, and entered into a drawer to win the London Marathon centres and help adults to make after a survey: big prizes.” and hopes to raise £2,500 friends by planning, cooking and l 44% are eating more fruit and veg She explained the hospice for Headway brain injury eating a meal together. l 60% now measure their oil when has 17 beds and a day centre charity. Support him at Classes last for 2 1/2 hours and cooking and as well as providing care uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ include 4 practical cookery sessions, l up to 70% have reduced their salt at home for 2500 people leonardgreenaway delivering healthy eating messages intake and a final class on food growing. She added: “Participants get an Participants prepare about 3-4 meals opportunity to try new foods and they each session and have a chat over are often quite surprised that they Girls’ footie team a healthy meal. At the end of the enjoy it without the salt ect. l From page 12 in sport and their confidence. course they get a cookery book with “There are a lot of people who are We hope to show that around 70 recipes and information on socially isolated and the clubs mean Charlton Triangle Homes in football is not just for boys health and healthy eating as well as a they are able to make friends and partnership with the and we want to get more certificate. share a meal with someone. As a Meridian Sports Club so that positive role models in Subjects covered include having a result quite often they form a coffee more girls can play football. schools and sports clubs.” balanced diet, reducing the amount of group or they come back.” The team was chosen after The girls team also went salt, sugar and fat, measuring oil and And she praised Charlton Manor’s trials last October and the to a football tournament using herbs, lemon and garlic instead approach to teaching children about girls’ team practises on at Woolwich Polytechnic of salt. food and healthy eating. Wednesdays after school. where they came third after Other topics include meal planning, “Charlton Manor has some really Miss Coller said: losing 1-0 in the semi finals. cooking on a budget, reading labels good initiatives and it’s a great “Traditionally football’s Twelve schools participated and understanding nutritional example of what other schools should been considered a boys’ and each match was 12 information and growing your own be doing. It really does start from sport but actually the ladies minutes long. Miss Coller food. an early age and if we can educate England football team have said: “They played very The clubs are run by Greenwich Co- children, they’re more likely to get been more successful. This well and got more and more operative Development Agency and on board with the healthy eating move is about trying to confident as they played each funded by Greenwich Council, which message.” improve girls’ participation match.” is concerned that a third of adults in The next series of cookery clubs the borough are overweight or obese in Charlton take place at Mascalls Fay Williams is the community Meeting Room in Mascalls Court, Riddle corner answers healthy eating co-ordinator, who Victoria Way on April 23 from 11am co-ordinates the cookery clubs and – 1.30pm; but clubs take place at 1) The last man was in 4) The water is poisoned manages the cookery tutors. There is venues across Greenwich and there a coffin 5) The man is a window free training available in the borough are also family cooking sessions for 2) All of them - if they’re cleaner for those wanting to become cookery parents, carers and children in school in a tank they can’t swim 6) Nothing tutors. holidays. away, fish can’t drown and 7) The first option because She said: “The clubs are about giving if they die they’ll float and the gas only kills animals information so people can make n To find out more or book a place they’ll still be in the tank 8) 50 - the toys just fell better informed choices. People think call 0800 470 4831 or visit www. 3) Stop imagining onto the floor of the plane it’s expensive to eat healthily but we gcda.coop/cookery-clubs

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n by Harsajan Kalle the borough of Greenwich at your opponent anywhere and Jack Vernon Plumstead Manor School. below their head. If you hit Miss Coller led the team, them, they have to sit down CHARLTON Manor came which included Year 6 pupils until one of their teammates top in the borough’s first Ryan, Ellie and Ben and Year catches a ball from the dodgeball tournament after 5s Jadon, Mason, Hollie. opposing team. winning seven games in a The school has been running a Miss Coller said: “I’m really row. dodgeball club for three years proud of them all, they put Our team of six pupils were and they meet for practice on all the skills they have been presented with certificates Tuesdays from 3.30-4.30pm. learning into practice straight in a school assembly in If you do not know what away. You could tell they recognition of their hard work dodgeball is, it is a game have been doing the club and achievement. where you split into two compared to other schools. The dodgeball tournament teams and throw soft balls But they were quite gracious SIDEWARD DODGE: took place for the first time in at each other, trying to hit and showed good spirits.” players swing in to action

New girls football team

n by Honnah Sadiq with each game and getting more and more confident. Although some OUR all girls football team faced its never played before, they’ve got first match in a new all girls league quite a nice team spirit about them,” last month. said Miss Coller. The team of 16 Year 5 and 6 girls The school is one of only eight in have so far played four matches at the borough that are submitting the Meridian Sports and Social Club teams to the new all girls football with two 0-0 draws, a one-all draw league, which was organised by TEAM SPIRIT: Aaliyah, Mobolaji, Ameera, Kehinde, and a 3-0 win. Elizabeth, Tiana, Hollie and Ashleigh “They did really well improving n Turn to page 11

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