The Woodlands Secondary School Cafe is open!

The Community Cafe at Woodlands is awesome. This is a fact. The cafe is part funded by the Duke of Edinburgh Award and is run by a dedicated team of staff at school. The cafe lead is employed full time to run and teach in the cafe and is supported by a colleague with catering experience. The cafe is staffed by the students; all of whom have SEND and are aged 14-18 years.

I know I’m biased, but it really is an awesome little oasis tucked away in Luton. Yesterday was my first day back in school and I made sure I booked my lunch in the cafe. I had a tuna salad bowl with a Diet Coke. The salad is made by the students following the TEACCH principles; working left to right and adding a handful of each salad item to the bowl. This is such an accessible way of promoting independence and employability skills for students with additional needs and/or autism.

The prices are so accessible too as the cafe is not-for-profit and it is a training cafe, for want of a better word, so my lunch plus a cappuccino only came to £4.40. Brilliant! Plus, the new mugs match the colour of the walls = winning at co-ordination. Ha ha ha

I’m back there today……..lunch already ordered ;-)

Take care