Primary School Cookery Skills Programme

Kater4Kidz Cookery and Nutrition Academy has been in operation since 2010 and has worked with thousands of children in their training school, and in Primary schools all over the country. Their mission is to educate and empower children so they have the capacity to cook for themselves. The habits and skills children develop in childhood stay with them throughout their lives and are an investment in their future health.

The aim of this Summer Course is to facilitate teachers in delivering meaningful cookery lessons in classroom situations, and to thereby allow children to not only develop life skills but also experience practical applications of Maths, Science and SPHE. This is a hands-on Summer Course, with practical cookery and baking (15 recipes including novelty recipes for Christmas, Easter and Halloween) and modules on 'Health and Safety' and 'Building a Cookery Kit from Scratch'. There are also modules providing an overview on how food impacts the brain, the immune system and bone health.

On completing this Summer Course, participants will have the experience, resources and material to set up a cookery programme in their class/es or school/s – whether it is a random session or a planned programme for a school year.

Mary Harte

Mary Harte,  MEngSc, has been delivering programmes for teachers for two years. Kater4Kidz Cookery and Nutrition Academy has been in operation for 10 years, delivering courses in Primary schools locally for eight years and nationally for six years.