Year 11 Hospitality Events

As part of their GCSE in Hospitality thirty six Year 11 students have been working extremely hard to design and arrange a function.  They have been involved in the long process of designing and managing this event from start to finish.  It has given them a real insight into the world of event management and how to put on a function and the many tasks involved.  The students have developed their team building skills by working as part of a team of people to create and hold the event and evaluate it.  We have had six teams working on various events that will be taking place over the next two weeks

Watch this space for regular updates and photographs of what are definitely going to be successful events.

Monday 23^rd February – New Starters to Stockland Green.

To welcome our new staff to Stockland Green School Year 11 Hospitality students created a buffet lunch of various individual quiches, different topped mini pizza, chicken dippers, sweet potato and paprika flavoured potato wedges, pasta salad, rice salad and a green salad. 

 

The buffet finished with a selection of sweets, including white chocolate mint mousse, chocolate brownies with raspberries and lemon bakewell tarts. 

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Wednesday 25^th February – Leadership Group Meal

To showcase the Year 11 Hospitality students culinary skills members of our Leadership Group were treated to a two course meal of vegetable lasagne, with handmade lasagne sheets, homemade  garlic bread and sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce. 

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Thursday 26^th February – Year 8 Options Evening

As part of our Year 8 Options Evening for students and parents and to help with funds for the Year 11 Prom in June, our Hospitality students sold refreshments for parents which included a selection of baked treats.  Together with tea/coffee, scones with cream and jam, chocolate brownies, vanilla cupcakes, lemon drizzle cake and chocolate chip cookies were also available to purchase. 

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Monday 2^nd March – Afternoon Tea for Staff 

Year 11 students invited all our staff to Year 11 Hospitality enjoy an Afternoon tea at the end of the school day.  The tea included a selection of sandwiches, various mini quiches, cupcakes, scones with cream and jam and chocolate brownies.  It was a  fantastic opportunity for Year 11 Hospitality students to show their skills and impress all our staff.

 

 

Wednesday 4^th March – Come Dine With Me

 

Students within this group invited two guests to sample a menu of either homemade spaghetti with chicken, rocket and capers or spicy vegetable fajitas, followed by a choice of white chocolate mint mousse or black and white brownie.  What better way was it to impress their parents by preparing and making them a very special meal.

 

 

Thursday 5^th March – Afternoon Tea for Governors

 

Our School Governors were treated to an Afternoon Tea of bacon, mushroom and tomato quiches, pizza whirls, a selection of sandwiches.  Dessert included chocolate and prune cake and scones with jam and cream.  Year 11 Hospitality students were proud to share this event with our Governing body and show off their skills.

 

 

 

 

Thank you letters

The simple act of saying thank you is a polite demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that is appreciated. We say these polite ‘thank yous’ every day, for instance, a thank you to the person who held the door open for you this morning, or a thank you to the person who prepared your favourite meal to cheer you up after a bad day. These simple acts of kindness are always followed by a gracious thank you- yet, it’s not very often we remember to really thank the people around us, who shape, influence and better our lives every single day.

Stockland Green’s Year 7 and Year 8 students took the time-out to do just this during Birmingham City University’s ‘Thank You Letter Writing Competition’. Whether their letters were for their parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters or even teachers, each letter was truly heart-warming and inspiring to say the least. Out of the hundred applications, four students were shortlisted for their exceptional writing skills. Ketshia Munira, Rosie Fencott, Ahmana Farooq and Owen Turner were each awarded a very generous £20 Amazon gift voucher, as well as a formal invitation to the Thank You Letter Awards Celebration Award Ceremony, taking place at The University of Birmingham on the 10^th March, 11am-2pm.

During the ceremony, thank you letters will be displayed and contribute to the Gratitude Wall and winners of the national competition will be announced, with the prizes presented by a very special guest, to be revealed nearer the time.

We are sure our students will have a fabulous time and are very proud of their achievements- as we are too. Well done for your wonderful work and thank you for being outstanding assets to Stockland Green School.