As children we are taught not to play with our food but pupils from Hull Collegiate School were recently asked to ignore that advice on a recent school trip to support their learning experience of Modern Foreign Languages. Year 5 pupils from the school were shown how to make sushi at East Yorkshires only Japanese Restaurant Ogino. Owned by Rieko and Julian Ogino-Stamford, the couple welcomed the pupils into their restaurant to teach them how to prepare these artistic and very tasty creations. The head chef Toshimasa, who has cooked for many famous people said; “It was exciting teaching the children not only how to make the sushi, but showing them just how tasty and healthy it can be! The kids seemed to have really enjoyed making the sushi and then of course, eating what they had made. We do hope they have gone away knowing a little bit more about Japan’s cultural background and the type of food they eat.” Modern Foreign Languages is taught at Hull Collegiate School in a very unique and innovative way to other schools. It was found that pupils learning languages at the Senior school sometimes lacked motivation as they may have studied French,…
