Sensory Cookery and Exploration supports students to:

• Explore and play with ingredients

• Develop the use of their senses through smelling, touching, tasting (where appropriate)

• Use their hands to manipulate ingredients and use tools to help them

• Use interactive technology such as switches

• Communicate preferences, choices and interact with others

• Explore sensory maths such as size and amount

• Take part in simple instructions and routines

• Develop eating and drinking skills.

Throughout the year, students are involved in six cookery topics that are related to our broader seasonal themes:

• Autumn Soups (Harvest Vegetables)

• Christmas Cakes (Fruit and Spices)

• Winter Pies (Fruit Pies, Vegetable pies, Pasties, Pastries)

• Easter Chocolate (Chocolate spread, fondue, Easter eggs / Easter cakes)

• Summer (Fruit Salads / Trifles)

• Summer Drinks (Fruit Smoothies, Mocktails, Slush Puppies, Ice Cream Milkshakes)

Students are really enjoying these experiences, as you will see from the photographs attached.