Welcome back to The Summer Holiday Scheme, where the topic today was Food.

The day started with a bit of harmless fun - restaurant menu designs - for the over-nine-year-olds. We saw some original names for restaurants and unusual choices of food. Equally, some familiar names, like Marco’s or The Globe, where dishes and ingredients from around the world made an appearance, including, you may be surprised to hear, caviar. And some children even managed to create mango biscuits as well as mango ice-cream!

Meanwhile, the younger age group had a sugar shock, which the older kids would experience later on. The aim of the activity was to estimate how much added sugar there is in some popular foodstuffs. It was amazing to see the in actual spoonfools the amount that household name drinks and snacks contain. Water, not at all shockingly, came on top with nil sugar in.

The afternoon continued to be themed around healthy eating, with a perfect meal on a paper plate, as well as real fruit animals, created by the children. There was more, of course, that we managed to fit into the day, but you may find out if you join us next time.

With best wishes,

The Holiday Scheme Team