Welcome To
Oldcastle Primary School
Inspire Motivate Educate
Welcome To
Oldcastle Primary School
Inspire Motivate Educate
We invite parents and carers to make use of our community room and meet with other parents and carers to enjoy a cuppa and a chat.
Oldcastle Primary, in partnership with Baobab Bach, supporting the community with weekly groceries.
The school is very keen to act as a hub and provide reduced cost food to residents who may be struggling with the rising cost of food items. Baobab Bach is an established organisation working with local organisations and volunteers to build and help sustain community pantries that provide a helping hand to those that need it. The organisation aims to promote good mental health, support the environment and eradicate food poverty.
Baobab Bach provides surplus supermarket food and parents can pop into our community room and fill a bag with 15 items for £5.
To purchase a bag, participants should be a member of the Baobab Bach pantry scheme which costs £1 for life. Membership cards are available from Oldcastle Primary School.
We have been fortunate to receive further funding that allows us to top up our food pantry with fresh food on a weekly basis.
We launched a cooking session for parents and carers in June with the aim of introducing cheap, healthy eating options to families. Our volunteer, Lin, led the session, showing the group of parents and carers how to create simple meals from store-cupboard and fresh ingredients. We made a summer coleslaw, potato salad, and potato and broccoli gratin! We will run further sessions in the new school year. The sessions is provided thanks to grant funding from Rockwool UK.
Below are recipe cards for you to try at home.