On Tuesday 28th February, Mr. Brown and Mrs. Sturrock took Mason, Molly, Lente and Holly to London for the Educate and Celebrate Bake-Off Final.
We’ve been working with Educate and Celebrate to move forward with breaking down the barriers to LGBT+Inclusion. Ramshaw’s Parent Teacher Association, led by Paula Anderson, raised the money to finance the trip down to the capital and to the event at Clapton Girl’s Academy.
Liz Garrett, one of our Parent Governors had previously organised a Cel-a-bake initiative and this had gone down so well, that we were chosen as finalists for the Great Rainbow Bake-Off Final.
Ten schools from all parts of the country took part and watched by London Live, were given three hours to bake and decorate the perfect cake, following the theme of PSHE, LGBT and the Law.
The finalists worked furiously, watched by celebrity judge Alicya Eyo from Bad Girls and Emmerdale.
The design of our cake was inspired by one of our mums, Charlotte Tudor, who is a professional cake designer who coached the children in producing the perfect rainbow cake mix.
She produced the beautifully intricate PSHE centrepiece for the cake made entirely of sugar.
And we were delighted, in our first year of taking part, to be judged runners-up. The children received certificates, spatulas and a baking bag full of goodies. Local metalsmith Ben Johnson also produced a special commemorative bake off spoon for each of the finalists, to mark their first success in the competition.
It was an incredibly worthwhile and positive experience for the children. They got to mix with such a variety of pupils from different backgrounds and cultures, got to produce a little masterpiece of a cake under strict time limits and ultimately, did their own little bit to make a positive change.
Please enjoy the photos of our day underneath. We’ve included the cakes of the other finalists below, (but we do think that ours stands out a bit…).
Thanks to Liz, Charlotte, Paula and everyone involved for a brilliant day.
