Pop in for a coffee and grab a jar of the students home made piccalilli

Fabulous home-made piccalilli for sale in Paddock School Café. A lot of the vegetables were produced on the school allotment - organic and totally delicious.

This half term the café is open from 10 - noon on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The café is set in the grounds of Paddock School on Priory Lane, and includes a secluded outside seating area for those brighter days ahead of us - it was opened in September 2013. Paddock School is a special school in Roehampton for students aged 11-19 with severe learning difficulties.

Anne Frier, the teacher in with responsibility for the cafe told me:
"The café has two aims; firstly to provide work experience for older students - something that is very difficult to do outside the protective environment of school. Our students are taught the many skills of working in a café: to carry a tray, work the till, clear tables, take orders to customers, wash up and make the food that is sold in the café."

Anne continued:
" Secondly, and just as importantly, the café showcases the abilities of young people with learning difficulties. At Paddock School Café you will witness what our students can do, see their numerous abilities rather than focus on their disabilities. In the café are students are actively providing a service for the local community."

September 28, 2017