to think that children shouldn't spend all day

[mum80]

baking to raise money for school. This is junior school children.

THAT IS THE MOST APPALLING THING I HAVE EVER EVER HEARD. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FOUR RS?

NO WONDER THIS GLORIOUS NATION IS GOING TO THE DOGS.

naughty Hully

Why not?

It's broken Britain.

So, maths, science, speaking and listening and probably literacy (if they had to write about it), isn't a good way to spend time?

measuring ingredients, timing the cooking, packaging and pricing the goods, working together with classmates in a co-ordinated way to achieve a goal........................ nope, nothing of educational value to small children there!

They will probably be taking about how much fun it was for days.

*Talking about it

but what does the lunchbox healthy eating policy say? were they allowed to even eat any of the produce or just put it in the bin?

what oldmum42 said.

why are you so botherd by it?

baking? hardly raises any money. Down the mines I say!

They're baking, not learning the best way to mainline heroin. What is the actual problem here?

That's next week bups

It's a short step, Buppy. Have you seen them kiddies go at the icing sugar?

we used to bake/cook in junior school.

in the classroom we had a cooker and everything.

yep, maths, science, safety in the home, etc

up the chimneys, they would be small enough if they didnt eat all the cakes

I remember doing all kinds of weird stuff at school, including at one point building a brick pizza oven. I've yet to have to lay a brick wall as an adult, but I wouldn't be too intimidated by the idea if I had to so don't feel like that was a wasted day.

Baking is a load more useful than some of the crap children have to sit through in the name of education and doesn't sound to me like a silly way to spend the day at all.

I think baking in schools is great and teaches the children loads.

On the plus side, I have just polished off some very tasty biscuits.

I may have sprayed a few crumbs out then, sorry.

It is not as if they are being taught to make a crack pipe with a Tennants Super can.

News: raising money for charity and thinking of others less fortunate is bad for children - what the fuck would they learn from that anyway??????

Saves the parents burning it at 1am, surely?

Never mind all this educational stuff - the real benefit of teaching children baking is that they can bake cakes for you! My daughter bakes lovely cakes now. :) I can't remember the last time I had to make a cake. And she prefers baking to going up the chimney.

YANBU. I think it is absolutely dreadful.
Don't the school realise it's lent. All the stuff needed to make baked goods should have gone into pancakes

The teacher should be sacked and put on a list!

I want a fairy cake now

In secondary school, we spent an ENTIRE AFTERNOON learning how to cook a jacket potato. A whole afternoon.

The next week we took a whole afternoon making a crumble.