WHAT DO WE LOVE?

When The Boulevard Academy Newshounds sat around a table in the library and started thinking about “Things I love”, it didn’t take long until we realised the discussion was mostly going in one direction and one direction only: Food.

We are lucky enough to have lots of students and teachers from all over the world at Boulevard and as we continued talking, we started hearing about fascinating dishes that people were nominating as their favourites. It soon became clear that food represents so much more than the taste: beloved family memories were discussed, tales of togetherness emerged and the pure joy of sitting round a table – or eating fish and chips in the rain – put smiles on all our faces. We decided that we would get a snapshot of everyone’s favourite food at The Boulevard Academy. And these are the results of our work.

Italy

I was born in Italy in a city called Vicenza. It is in the north of italy. I love that people who come in bring bits of their culture to the city so if you go to the city centre sometimes you might see shops selling things from other countries. When I used to live in a town in Italy called Pollege I lived in a very calm and quiet neighbourhood, if you couldn't afford getting a meal for the month this person would kind of be assigned to you and she would give a bag of food. My school was a primary and secondary school and it was in an area where there was a local park and nursery next to it. Every year on Christmas my whole year would learn a song and on Christmas day we would all wear matching red jumper or shirt with Christmas hats then with a big crowd in church after the performance we would take pictures and drink hot chocolate. Daniele (Yr. 8)

Jollof Rice

My Favourite food is Jollof Rice,it tastes so good. I eat Jollof Rice during special occasions like Christmas, Easter and during birthdays. The delicious, mouthwatering taste of Jollof Rice is the best food I have ever had and I can never be tired of eating it. I like to eat it with chicken because it is delectable, scrumptious and yummy. I prefer my Mum's jollof rice better because it tastes so awesome.

Mofiyin (Yr.8)

Burgers

I love my Grandmother burgers because they are full of flavour so I look forward to going there on the weekends and I eat them with ketchup. I love to eat them and that's all I eat on the weekend so that's what I eat all the time but I eat them straight away. How long they take and the recipe is secret, but she includes Bread Buns, Ketchup, Onions, Lettuce and Sausage(to make the burger). Then the rest is a secret but I know the secret but i will not tell you.

Macaulay-Kai (Yr.8)

The Planets

I love the planets in our solar system and this is because there is so many which we can not go to due to their different temperatures. For example Venus is the hottest planet and we are unable to go and the coldest planet is Uranus, which is a growing gas planet which is slowly getting bigger. The planets are examples of how everyone is different and really interesting and they all have different reasons we can't go on the visit. Kelsi (Yr.8)

Poland

The thing I love the most is Poland because I was born there and most of my family live there. Poland also was where I spent a few years. Even though cigarettes aren't healthy, the smell of them reminds me of Poland since all my relatives smoke and it always smells like them there. Poland is also filled with forests and fields. For example, my grandma owns a field where she grows food like vegetables. As well as cigarettes, fresh air almost reminds me of Poland because of the fields and because I lived in a place where my house was surrounded with a forest except for a front garden. When my family lived in that house we would go to the forest and collect berries, but there were Wolves and Bears so we never went far into the forest. However we would make tea out of them. It was also where my sister was born. Unfortunately my family moved a lot, I think it's because we were very poor and we didn't live in good conditions.

Julia (Yr.8)