The ‘Fish in School Hero’ programme aims to ensure that every child gets a chance to prepare, cook and eat fish before they leave school.
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We asked pupils if they’ve cooked with fish at school before.
76% said no. 🗨️🧑🎓👨🎓💬
Get #FishHeroes to support fish teaching, inc health & sustainability!
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Food teachers in Wales, join us for the last #CPD lesson!
We're in ⤵️
Pembrokeshire - 2 Dec, twilight session
✅ Learn new food skills & make connections!
✅ Cook great recipes.
✅ Learn about #FishHeroes resources.
✅ Small group learning.
Book your spot ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
For some pupils, the fish they cook at school may be the 1st fish they have ever had.
Food lessons can open the door to new ingredients, tastes, dishes and skills; experiences pupils may not get elsewhere.
Fish doesn’t have to be unfamiliar or intimidating.
Give pupils the opportunity to explore it.
Teach more fish. Build more skills.
#FishHeroes #FoodEducation #FoodSkills
Want to increase the challenge in a fish practical?
Instead of changing the whole dish, add another skill:
✔ prepare the fish
✔ make a sauce or pasta from scratch
✔ include a veg accompaniment
✔ practice portion control
✔ focus on presentation.
One practical can provide multiple opportunities for progression. 🧑🍳🔪🐟
Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes #FoodSkills #FoodTeaching
Want to show pupils how to fillet a fish?
Check out the #FishHeroes videos - supporting food skills in schools!
🔪 Filleting a mackerel youtube.com/watch?v=YTMxT0vi…
🔪 Filleting a plaice youtube.com/watch?v=Xj7dbb2j…
Help your pupils become #FishHeroes!
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Teaching fish doesn’t have to mean filleting a whole fish on day one.
Start simply:
✔ use canned fish or a fillet
✔ choose a familiar cooking method
✔ demonstrate one key skill
✔ keep the recipe achievable
✔ build challenge over time.
Confidence grows through successful experiences, for teachers and pupils.
Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
“But my pupils won’t eat fish…”
🫤 Sometimes pupils just haven’t had many opportunities to try fish.
🌮 Familiar flavours and dishes, like tacos, fishcakes, pasta dishes, curries & wraps, can provide a great starting point while introducing something new.
Exposure creates opportunity. 🐟👉😋
Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Coming soon to your school - #MightyMussels from #FishHeroes!
The brilliant @OffshoreShell are donating mussels to go straight into schools, helping food lessons and expanding pupils experiences.
Watch this space!
Find out more ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Food teachers in Wales, join us for the last #CPD lesson!
We're in ⤵️
Pembrokeshire - 2 Dec, twilight session
✅ Learn new food skills & make connections!
✅ Cook great recipes.
✅ Learn about #FishHeroes resources.
✅ Small group learning.
Book your spot ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
This #WorldFoodDay reminds us that the future of foods depends on the choices we make today.
Innovation is the tool that turns challenges into opportunities when it reaches everyone, everywhere.
Together, let's innovate today to nourish tomorrow.
#AgInnovation #4Betters
Try this with your class: Pick one fish & ask pupils to investigate its journey from sea to plate.
🌊 Where did it come from?
🎣 How was it caught or farmed?
🚚 How did it reach us?
🍽 How could it be prepared & cooked?
One ingredient. Lots of learning.
Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Food teachers, are you signed-up to #FishHeroes?
You get:
🖥️ online support & resources
🧑🍳 chance for FREE fish cooking CPD
🐟 offers to register for FREE fish!
Find out more & put fish in your teaching ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
#TeachFood #FoodEd
How many fish species could your pupils name? 🤔
Salmon and cod might be familiar, but what about hake, mackerel, pollock, coley or megrim? 🐟🦐🦈🐡
Exploring a wider variety of fish can build pupils’ food knowledge while encouraging curiosity about different tastes, textures and uses.
Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes
Find out more & put fish in your teaching ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Food teachers in Wales, join us for the last #CPD lesson!
We're in ⤵️
Pembrokeshire - 2 Dec, twilight session
✅ Learn new food skills & make connections!
✅ Cook great recipes.
✅ Learn about #FishHeroes resources.
✅ Small group learning.
Book your spot ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Can your pupils explain where their fish comes from?
A fish practical can be the starting point for exploring species, provenance, fishing & responsible sourcing.
Cooking is only one part of understanding our food.
Help pupils make the connection from sea to plate. 🐟
Teach more fish. Build more skills.
#FishHeroes #FoodProvenance #SustainableFood #FoodEducation
Want to increase the challenge in a fish practical?
Instead of changing the whole dish, add another skill:
✔ prepare the fish
✔ make a sauce or pasta from scratch
✔ include a veg accompaniment
✔ practice portion control
✔ focus on presentation.
One practical can provide multiple opportunities for progression. 🧑🍳🔪🐟
Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes #FoodSkills #FoodTeaching
📈 What does progression in fish skills look like?
It might start with ...
🥫 using canned or frozen fish in recipes
🐟 then preparing & cooking a fish fillet
🔪 before moving towards portioning & filleting
... as pupils become increasingly confident.
Don’t just repeat practicals, build on them.
🐟 Teach more fish. Build more skills.
#FishHeroes #KS3Food #GCSEFood #FoodTeachers
We had an amazing #FishHeroes day at @UWPGSEC, working with trainee teachers.
So much positive enthusiasm, learning new skills and teaching approaches for the classroom - KS3 and 4.
Find out more & put fish in your teaching ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Food teachers in Wales, join us for the last #CPD lesson!
We're in ⤵️
Pembrokeshire - 2 Dec, twilight session
✅ Learn new food skills & make connections!
✅ Cook great recipes.
✅ Learn about #FishHeroes resources.
✅ Small group learning.
Book your spot ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
Fish is about much more than making a fish dish.
It can develop knife control, accuracy, portioning, handling of raw ingredients, cooking skills & presentation.
The ingredient might be fish, but the learning is about transferable practical food skills.
🐟 Teach more fish. Build more skills. #FishHeroes #FoodSkills #FoodTeachers #GCSEFood
Find out more ⤵️
foodteacherscentre.co.uk/fis…
