Education
Girls find recipe for success with Leiths commendation The girls in the Upper Sixth at Bruton School have been cooking up a storm, having achieved the highest number of distinctions in the prestigious Professional Certificate in Food and Wine course awarded in the past 11 years. The girls’ outstanding results also included the highest number of merit grades and a commendation certificate from the Leiths School of Food and Wine for their professionalism in delivering canapés for a sixth form wine tasting event, and all within the guidelines of covid-19 restrictions. Individual boxes were served, with 12 different canapés, showing a wide range of skills. They also achieved Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety
SOMETHING’S COOKING: Pupils show off their Leiths certificates
certification, and they await the Level 2 catering qualification results which they completed concurrently with the Leiths Certificate, to be published in the summer along with
A-level results. Headmistress Jane Evans said: “I am immensely proud of the girls for achieving such incredible results, let alone during the year we all faced a
pandemic! I know that the skills they have all learnt throughout the course will stand them in good stead for life after they leave BSG. “Well done, girls.”
Tree-mendous effort at village school Children at Stower Provost Primary School in Gillingham have dug in and planted their very own tree in one more step towards their mission to become carbon neutral. According to scientists, planting billions of trees is one of the biggest and cheapest ways of taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. And following a successful bid by the Parent Teacher and Friends Association (PTFA) to the Woodland Trust, some 345 mixed trees and hedgerow plants were donated to every pupil in the school. Weekend working parties and planting during school lunchtimes were organised so every child could take part in Stower Provost’s latest eco42
THE FORK THAT COUNTS: Children at Stower Provost Primary School plant their tree
project. With almost all of the school’s energy coming from renewable sources, including heating the swimming pool, this is another step in the
school’s goal to become carbon neutral. Headteacher James Stanford said: “The children are thrilled to have the
responsibility of ensuring their trees thrive and the school’s motto, ‘Together We Grow’ has never been more accurate!”
