Manorfield Teaching Kitchen

Hi I’m Edwina Chef in Residence and Nutritionist. Cooking with children is an opportunity to influence good nutrition, healthy eating and a valuable life skill.

[LKS2 at Manorfield @LKS2Manorfield]

A huge thank you to @TheDorchester for creating such a memorable experience for our Year 4&5 children, who were treated to a VIP tour and their famous afternoon tea, after winning their Jubilee competition! 🍰��‍🍳👨‍🍳

[Sport at Manorfield Primary @SportMPS]

Hasan stormed his way to @vphthac 150m sprint gold with one of the most impressive athletic performances this school has ever seen! Bravo young man!

[Sport at Manorfield Primary @SportMPS]

Two more great performances from the @vphthac athletics competition today, Ishaq and Oliver bringing home silver and bronze in the long jump!

[Sport at Manorfield Primary @SportMPS]

Congratulations to our @LKS2Manorfield boys who finished top of the table at the Marner football league! A huge well done to all the schools involved, it was great to see so much development across the term @marnerprimary @OldPalacePri @WellingtonLBTH @mbnm45 @TowerHamletsSSN

[Sport at Manorfield Primary @SportMPS]

A huge well done to our year 2 boys who narrowly missed out on a spot in the final of the @TowerHamletsSSN football tournament, losing in extra time to the brilliant @cwceastferry during their semi final match up. Well played gents!

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

They tried it some children didn’t like it but most of them did, I was really impressed well done year 2.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Taste testing gives the children an opportunity to try different foods without any pressure. Year 2 tried African vegetable stew. Ingredients were sweet potato, rice, tomatoes, chick peas, raisins, hot pepper sauce, black pepper and spinach which came from our school garden.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

In cooking club the children made a cheesy pasta with leeks, onion and garlic for added flavour.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

They gave them a good wash and some of the leeks were used later by the children in cooking club.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Today some of the children in year 2 harvested some leeks from our school garden

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

They enjoyed their rolls with either jam or butter.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Today our Nursery children made bread rolls, they were practicing their mixing skills. They put the flour and yeast in a bowl with some warm water, and then they rolled the dough into round balls.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Year 2 have been practicing their weighing skills, they weighed flour using grams and water using millilitres.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

They chopped pineapple, melon,grapes,strawberries clementines and banana. Delicious.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Nursery children have been practicing their chopping skills, they made a fruit salad.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

They tasted amazing. Our young chefs have done it again, well done.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

The children then filled them with Cajun shredded chicken, refried black beans, sweet potato and grated cheese.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Water is added and the dough is left to rest for 5 minutes, then formed into round flat cornmeal cakes. They are then shallow fried.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Today some of our children in year 6 made Arepas which is a dish eaten during Mardi Gras which is French for Fat Tuesday or as we know it Pancake day. They started by adding Harina Pan which is a pre cooked corn flour.

[Manorfield Teaching Kitchen @KitchenTeaching]

Today year 2 enjoyed a testing session and they tried Githeri which is a popular Kenyan dish that is made with beans and corn. They eat the githeri with some Moroccan bread which they made last week.