Eco-friendly cooking? Our pupils get involved in everything…

Teaching staff at Rydal Penrhos are always keen to highlight awareness of climate change and the importance of caring for the environment.

Eco Committee run by Prep School teacher Julie Woodthorpe is one of the means to do this.  The group has gone from strength to strength since its inception, launching a series of initiatives across the site that not only promote the dangers of environmental change across the globe, but also making Rydal Penrhos a much greener place in the process.

One such example was the recent participation in a national awareness scheme implemented by The Pod entitled Waste Week, which aims to help schools, young people and their families reduce unnecessary food waste.

This is something the Eco Committee supported with their customary enthusiasm, encouraging pupils to think about food waste and eating all of their meals at home and during lunchtime on site.

Those involved were invited to take part in a recipe competition run by The Pod, which involved creating a meal using food that would otherwise have been thrown out or wasted.

Alexandra Lopez-Moreno, who is a Year 4 pupil at Rydal Penrhos, made a “delicious” impression with her chocolate baked bananas recipe that was modified from BBC’S Good Food website.

The pupil’s creation has now been selected to feature in the Great Busta Banana Bake Cookbook, which features the best recipes collected over the years that can be used using leftovers to reduce waste.