As I mentioned a few weeks ago September seems to be a month when everything happens all at once!  Are you wondering why we are letting you know about so many things that are not directly 'home ed related'?  The latest guidelines for many LA's when looking at home education include questions about how children are contributing to and getting involved in the local community.  Whilst many of us already are 'in' the community in all kinds of ways, hopefully some of the recent posts have provided some extra ideas for you.

The eighth British Food fortnight takes place from 19 September to 4 October 2009 during Harvest Festival, the traditional time for celebrating our food. 

Their 'blurb' says, "The event will celebrate the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces with promotions and tastings in shops, all-British menus in pubs and restaurants, food and cookery lessons in schools and glorious food festivals. Whether you are shopping in supermarkets or local shops, or eating in pubs or restaurants you will be able to enjoy the best of British food during the Fortnight."

There is a 'teacher zone' here which aims to use British Food Fortnight as an opportunity to teach young people about food and how to cook. There are downloadable pdfs of their resource packs and information about their ‘Cook for Life’ Challenge.  There is also a list of resources such as 'what's in season when', colouring in sheets for younger children and recipe cards.

They finish with the comment, "We hope that you enjoy putting the Ooo back into food during British Food Fortnight!"

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Sarah