Aylward Academy young designers

I attended Aylward Academy in Edmonton North London as a supply teacher. I was asked to cover a Design & Technology class.

The pupils did not want to do the work set by their teacher and wanted to just have a free lesson. So I suggested to them and said Can you help me to design a website logo about anti-food waste? I showed them your old website Home Page with one Big Green Circle....booooring!!! :) I said : Can you make me some great designs about not wasting food? I explained the Best Before does not mean Use By. I asked them to draw anything of interest. They said ok: They were Yr. 8 pupils between 12-13 years of age. You can see from their designs how they understood perfectly that Best Before does not mean Use By.

I asked them to check the Best Before date on any cans they had at home in their cupboard and not to throw it out if its just passed the date, but open and smell or taste it, to check their quality! Yes, Miss they said.

Cheers, Angela

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