SNACK-TEMBER

01 October 2025

During the month of September we took part in The British Nutrition Foundation’s month-long initiative to improve the snack habits of our young people.

In Year 7 we made pizza toast using a wide range of colourful and nutritious vegetables, thinking about and discussing how the snack fitted well with the requirements of the Eatwell guide we had looked at within lessons. Students identified a source of calcium from the cheese, fibre and vitamins from the vegetables and carbohydrate from the bread base. Some excellent and tasty results were achieved! This also was a great introduction to the food room and developed students’ knife skills as well as food preparation skills such as slicing, dicing and de-seeding.

In Year 8 students made orange baked oat bites. We discussed that this made an ideal lunchbox snack or a quick and filling breakfast that could be brought into school due to the slow-release carbohydrates from the oats.

Year 9 students made pizza muffins which will certainly be added to Ivanhoe’s repertoire of recipes after such great feedback from students and families. This was a chance for students to build upon their prior knowledge of breadmaking from year 8. Our discussions focused on how these savoury muffins could be adapted to include a range of variety of ingredients.

Taking Ivanhoe into the community

It was great to see that some of our Ivanhoe students were involved in a community litter pick and tidy up of our local area last weekend as part of a community initiative. These students were excellent ambassadors for Ivanhoe and we are very proud of their efforts in giving up their free time to do something so rewarding for the benefit of the community. This comes after assemblies in school last week about taking Ivanhoe into the community and was great to see. They were recognized for their achievements with an Ivanhoe Superstar award. Well done to Zara and Amelia in Year 7 and Ariella Year 8!

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