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Teaching Healthy Cooking and Nutrition in Primary Schools, Book 1
Teaching Healthy Cooking and Nutrition in Primary Schools, Book 1 is one of a series of five books, providing a practical cooking programme for primary schools. This 2nd edition has been fully updated to make the books compatible with requirements in the National Curriculum for all primary school children to be taught to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. For each recipe there are essential cooking skills, theory and health and safety points, introduced progressively throughout the series. All these skills are a necessary part of cooking and, when mastered early, pupils will gain a positive experience of self-achievement and satisfaction and, yes, they will take great delight in trying the results for themselves!
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Tell no Lies
In this primary school assembly story dozy little Dormouse gets himself into bother when he tries to warn the other woodland animals of what he thinks is a spaceship in their field. This story about lying comes from More Brilliant Assembly Stories, written by Elizabeth Sach and published by Brilliant Publications. The animals are disgruntled at having been disrupted, and they are nothing but scathing and dismissive of Dormouse’s claims - particularly Dog Fox who threatens to eat Dormouse if he is found to be lying. To make peace amongst the animals gathered around due to the commotion, Owl decides to fly overhead and see what the fuss is about. He discovers that a danger has indeed been posed to him and those that share the habitat, only that it comes in the form of a combine harvester, not a spaceship as Dormouse had thought. All animals present are advised to flee the area to stay safe…but Dog Fox has other plans. Having stirred up quite the ruckus, Dormouse has attracted the attention of various animals from all across the food chain - posing a lot of confrontation, as at this time of night, predators are hungry. Dog Fox is especially ravenous, and his first dish of choice is Dormouse.
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Mum Knows Best
Ever-hungry Lal makes quite a big mess in this assembly story! After Lal’s mother refuses him an unhealthy treat and reprimands him for being greedy he turns down the apple she offers and decides to embark upon a path of rebellion: cake baking. Unsure of how to actually bake a cake but determined to ‘show’ his mother, Lal empties the kitchen cupboards of baking ingredients and sets about sloppily combining them in a bowl. This grows increasingly problematic when tap water splashes the questionable mixture onto the floor, but Lal is thus far unfazed. He mistakes a pot of rising agent for sprinkles, and white powder surrounds him and the kitchen and the cake mixture begins erupting. Now, Lal is alarmed. He recklessly shoves the tin into the oven and twiddles the dials randomly in an attempt to bake his cake. He is certain that cooking will fix the issues at hand. Abandoning the chaos that the kitchen has become, Lal goes to play with his friend Arthur, and forgets all about his cake…until his mother beckons him home. When home he is ordered to clean the kitchen immediately (avoiding the danger zone of the oven). He realises his wrongdoing and does so to the best of his ability, but when his mother suggests he eats his creation for dinner he feels rather ill. An apple doesn’t appear quite so unappealing to him now! This storyis taken from More Brilliant Assembly Stories for primary schools, written by Elizabeth Sach and published by Brilliant Publications.
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Wanted – a Friend
This assembly story contains strong references to Roman History as part of the History curriculum for primary schools. It is 55 BC and Janus (a Roman Officer’s son) has travelled to Britain during the Roman occupation. Battling the British winds in the great outdoors, he is hunting alone for bird’s eggs for sustenance when he encounters a Peregrine Falcon. As soon as the magnificent bird takes off (rabbit-for-dinner in tow), a somewhat bedazzled Janus decides to climb the crag in search of the falcon’s eyrie - he is of course, after her eggs. Unbeknownst to him young Princess Boudicca of the Iceni Tribe is also hiding in the brush on the crag, overlooking the nest to monitor the Peregrine chicks she had seen on a previous venture. The falcon mother has arrived at the nest and is feeding her chicks, leaving both Janus and Boudicca in awe, lying in wait on opposite sides of the crag. They are separately hoping for the mother to depart so that they can get closer to the eyrie.
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Shanaz Takes the Veil
This assembly story for primary schools teaches children about tolerance of different cultures and religions. It follows Shanaz back from a family trip in India, where she became of age to start wearing a hijab. She faces many social challenges after returning to school and decides to tackle them by writing a special assembly. This story focuses on changes and the bullying that may succumb from them, and is based on the theme of culture and religion. It comes from More Brilliant Assembly Stories, written by Elizabeth Sach and published by Brilliant Publications.
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Nisha and the Hare’s Fairy
This primary school assembly story touches on the pacifism as an intrinsic aspect of the Buddhist religion. Six-year old Nisha spies a hare caught in a wire trap and dashes over to try and help it. The anguished noises the hare is making attract the attention of a group of older boys. Their initial beguile becomes barbarous when one finds a stick and the gang begin taunting the poor hare. Summoning every ounce of courage she can find, Nisha steps between the creature and the boys and commands them to stop their brutish actions. She tries to make them see how cruel they are being but they treat this as a challenge and she grows more afraid. It is only when what she believes is a fly tickles her and she chooses not to swat it - maintaining loyalty to her belief in protecting all living beings, that she decides to tap into the groups’ moral compass and selfish concerns- asking them to put themselves in the hare’s shoes, so to speak, and imagining that they don’t matter enough to be helped. The very idea of being pained, tormented, and abandoned themselves forces the boys to change their tune. Shocked also by the effect a little girl has had on their resolves, the gang flees- leaving this ‘little girl’- the bravest of them all- to attempt to rescue the hare once again.
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Daniel and Koshi
Bereavement is always an extremely difficult experience to go through, especially for young children. This makes it a very hard subject to tackle too. Children need to feel that they are being supported and that they can discuss it if they want or need to do so. This assembly story is a great way to approach the topic gently and to remind children listening that there is hope to overcome grief and there are things that they can hold on to in order to make it a little easier. Following Daniel’s Grandpa passing away, he struggles to go about his everyday life normally. Everything reminds him of his Grandpa at this time – but he doesn’t feel able to confront or accept the loss and he is therefore trapped in a cycle of sadness. On a school trip to a Buddhist temple, Daniel and his peers learn that the following day – July 13th- marks the onset of the Feast of Obon. All Daniel can think about though, is that July 13th would have been his Grandpa’s birthday. Drifting in and out of listening to the Buddhist monk’s teachings, Daniel is distracted from his doleful thoughts by the sight of a lady he recognises as the mother of Koshi – who had been his best friend when he was at playgroup. When he catches up to her she welcomes him to join Koshi, herself and others at a party they will be hosting to celebrate Obon the following day. Daniel discloses that it would have been his Grandpa’s Birthday and Koshi’s mother explains that Obon is a commemoration of ancestors- so Daniel and his family would be free to honour his Grandpa as part of the Feast.
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Fire in the Forest
When Vole awakes to see a fire strike the forest, she hurriedly informs all the other animals. Terrified, they all run frantically to safety…all that is, except for Fat-Buck-Rabbit who is certain that Vole is mistaken and instead ridicules her. When Hedgehog awakes he is alarmed to note that he is relatively alone- except for Fat-Buck-Rabbit and his concerned family. Hedgehog asks after the rest of his forest friends and is informed by a derisive and incredulous Fat-Buck-Rabbit that they have fled because of the fire. Fat-Buck-Rabbit’s laughter dies down quite quickly when he sees flames moving towards him and his family at a mighty pace. Before long the Rabbits and Hedgehog have rejoined their fellow creatures- safe and sound. It is now up to Fat-Buck-Rabbit to apologise for his mockery- he put his family in serious danger because of his arrogance. Fat-Buck-Rabbit cannot pluck up the courage to verbally admit his wrongdoing. Shocked, sheepish, and having learned his lesson, he settles for a pat on Vole’s back to seek forgiveness for his unkindness. Fat-Buck-Rabbit realises that he put his ego before his family and this makes him feel stupid. This assembly story is taken from the book More Brilliant Assembly Stories for primary schools, written by Elizabeth Sach and published by Brilliant Publications.
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I Want! Won’t Get
In this assembly story for primary school children, Peter is struggling to get along with new boy Alexi who doesn’t yet speak English. When Alexi sits down in what Peter thinks of as ‘his’ seat, a battle of wills ensues and the boys begin a physical scrap that involves the entire class. Circle time has well and truly gone wrong! After intervention from Mrs Taylor, the boys learn that by being patient and considerate towards each other’s wants and needs, they can both be happy. They form a truce, and all is well. Mrs Taylor also shows the class how they can interact with Alexi even though he is not English-speaking. This requires some effort from the children, and from Alexi, who learns how important it is to stay calm. This story is taken from the book More Brilliant Stories for Assemblies for primary schools written by Elizabeth sach and published by Brilliant Publications.
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Ratty and Rabbit (AKA Stop and Think)
A rat and a rabbit become unlikely friends in this assembly story for primary schools. Sly Ratty gets into a spot of bother one night when he gets caught in a trap. Rabbit is just minding his own business when he hears the whining of an animal in pain, and is alarmed to discover the source of the cry: the devious Ratty. Much to Ratty’s surprise, Rabbit offers his own assistance but quickly realises he may not be of much use so he goes to fetch some of his friends. When Rabbit returns alone, and disheartened, Ratty is in despair. He also becomes guilty and regretful when he learns that Rabbit’s friends are refusing to help because Ratty upset each of them at some time-by being a greedy thief! He realises that if he carries on being wicked then he will never have any friends. After vowing not to be sly or greedy any more, Rabbit’s friends arrive trusting Ratty to stick to his word, and to ‘stop and think’ before stealing their food again. They combine forces to free Ratty, and before long – all is well. This primary school assembly story about giving people a second chance is taken from More Brilliant Assembly Stories written by Elizabth Sach and published by Brilliant Publications.
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