Exeter Steiner School

Written by Bridget Rendall on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 02:23PM
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A Day to Remember

Maxine Spurr Preparing Lunch

An historical day, which will be remembered for generations to come, took place on Wednesday, 5th November 2008. On this day Barack Obama was the first African American to be elected President of the United States. Bonfire night was celebrated in the usual way with spectacular firework displays and the Steiner School launched the beginning of organic lunches at its Exeter School.

I was honoured to join the staff and children for lunch to mark this special occasion. Maxine Spurr cooked up a delicious mixed squash soup with homemade rolls, a bean and onion dish, mixed salad leaves and a beetroot & carrot salad. As the children tucked in I could not help but think how wonderful it was to see them enjoying fresh, local organic produce, much of which was supplied by us at Shillingford Organics. We would like to take this opportunity to wish Maxine great success with her new venture and I am sure Jamie Oliver would be suitably impressed.

More photographs from the launch day.

Steiner Launch Lunch   
 

   

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  1. Grateful thanks for publicising the Exeter Steiner school and also for your continuing supple of delicious vegetables. With your support we are able to offer something really special to our children and their families. I think in time, Max, our kitchen queen, would like to offer her wondrous meals to a wider community so watch this space. Please urge people to support our school in whatever way they can. We are in dire need of financial help right now. We have undergone a difficult time since we relocated in 2006 and are still feeling the financial burden of the move and the upgrading of the site to meet Ofsted standards. I believe passionately in our little school. Over the past 11 years we have achieved so much with so little outside help. Children and parents work tirelessly to build, garden and recycle and have created the most beautiful oasis in the middle of a housing estate. It would be tragic if all this was lost.

    Written on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 17:00hrs by Helen Wilkins