Hornsby Advocate

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Jamie Oliver’s food revolution day comes to Hornsby Heights Public school

Ruby Roll, Jacob Neve and Scarlet Burge, all five years old, eat pesto pasta they made. Picture: ADAM WARD Source: News Limited

 

LESSONS were not only fun but full of flavour for the children at Hornsby Heights Public School on Friday.

Three classes participated in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolultion Day, a global day of action to make cooking fun and encourage healthy food choices.
Using ingredients from the school’s eco-food garden and cooking in the new outdoor kitchen, the year 3 children made scones with lilly pilly jam and the kindergarten class created pesto pasta.
“One of the things he (Jamie Oliver) really encouraged was using an ingredient you haven’t tried before and a lot of the children may never have tried lilly pilly or pesto,” eco-food garden team co-ordinator Rhonda French said.

Ryan Browne 9, Jasmine Kelly 8, Franscesco Torrisi 9 and Jessica Whyburn 8, enjoy scones. Picture: ADAM WARD Source: News Limited

 

Cooking is an activity all the children get to try throughout the year.
“Certainly the parents tell me that kids have requested to make them (the recipes) at home,” Ms French said. “To me that makes it worth it. I love that they get to see the whole cycle — to plant it, water it, pick it and cook it.”