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Michael Pham, 19, with Diane Knight |
Skill-swap sees silver surfers cooking
curry with ‘dragons’
Students at Haverstock School wrap up National Enterprise Week with culinary flair
STUDENTS at a Chalk Farm secondary school rounded off a week of big business discussions and networking in the time-honoured style of their adult role models – with a curry.
Sixth form and Year 7 pupils from Haverstock School, in Crogsland Road, were taught how to cook a traditional Indian meal by Chalk Farm resident Diane Knight as part of National Enterprise Week.
Ms Knight is one of the “silver surfers” whom students have been teaching to use the internet in recent weeks.
Ms Knight returned the favour with the cookery class – where children learned to make onion bhajis, chicken curry and mango lassi.
The Cookery for Fun class was the latest in a series of skill-swapping and entrepreneurial events at Haverstock, which specialises in business enterprise.
Top finance experts from the banking world mentored students for a Dragon’s Den challenge to design a new product.
Year 10 students explored their career options and honed their personal finance skills, while sixth form girls got a lesson from Body Shop executives about the values of fair trade and global exchange.
Karen Marriott, project manager, said the event improved relationships between groups that might not otherwise mix.
“Using people like Diane from the community is a great way to forge relationships between old folks and kids,” she said.
“Sixth formers and Year 7s don’t really have the opportunity to mix that often either.”
Aspiring chef Hadila Sharif, 12, added: “It’s very good because it teaches you to cook so when you grow up you can cook for your family.
“It’s also useful if you get divorced and you don’t always want to go to McDonald’s.” |
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