Martha Payne and the debate about school lunches

The conversation topic of today's class was school lunches around the world.

We also discussed how traditions in Spain have changed for younger generations, specifically talking about how, in Spain, the norm used to be that the majority of all primary and secondary school students used to go home every day for a lunch prepared by their moms.

We did a listening comprehension activity with this video of an inspiring Scotish girl called Martha Payne. Martha has changed the way we see and talk about school lunches and succeeded in an admirable charity endeavor. Very brave for a shy 10 year old!

Next, students read this article from a British newspaper about how Jamie Oliver gave Martha a very prestigious award. Students had to identify new vocabulary they found in the article and try to come up with a definition as a group. Here are the words, phrasal verbs, and idioms they identified:

burst in

top bird

to rub shoulders with someone

turn (something) round

mind-boggling

sum

to go without

awesome

leftovers

rolled in

What are your thoughts on the topic? Feel free to leave your comments below.