Food Net Cook and Taste

This week Chris from Food Net made a delicious pasta bake with the Cook and Taste group, the POD was filled with the delicious aroma of cheese, tomatoes and lots of delicious vegetables, next week the group are making home made pizza – yum yum!

FiN Trip to the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

We had a fantastic trip to the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter this morning, the weather was wonderful and we learnt all about the history of the jewellery quarter which is so close to Nechells. We would like to thank Oliver Buckley and his team for the brilliant tour of the Smith and Pepper factory…

Aston University Experience 2013

Some pupils from year 5 in our Nechells EAZ schools: Cromwell, Nechells, St Clement’s, St Joseph’s and St Vincent’s all went to Aston University today for a day of fun, experiments, experiences and inspiration for their future careers. The young people learnt all about team work, had a tour of the campus and then became…

Food Net Cook and Taste course finishes

The last Cook and Taste session took place today, the group made home made pizza and bread and butter pudding. Everyone has really enjoyed learning how to make heatlhy nutritious meals from scratch and the sampling the delicious food. We hope to runs another Food Net Course at the POD Starting in September 2013. Other…

End of Term Coffee Morning

We are at the end of another busy half term here at the POD, where does the time go? The Friends in Nechells Group met up for a coffee and a chat and we took the opportunity to look at the POD web site to see the blogs and photos of all the great things…

Pirate Numeracy Challenge 2013

The Spring Term Numeracy project concluded today with a Pirate Challenge for year four pupils from St Clement’s, St Joseph’s St Vincents’s and Cromwell primary schools. The event was hosted by Heartlands Academy, year 10 students ran the challenges which were designed by our Numeracy Consultant Ian Teffer. The Numeracy Programme was run in conjunction…

Cook and Taste Group 2 complete the programme

The second Cook and Taste course held at the POD finished today, Chris Walker from Food Net did another fantastic course with our parents, teaching them how to make heathy and nutrituous food from scratch, the sessions have included dishes like fish pie, jerk chicken, pizza and curry along with wonderful deserts like carrot cake,…