A WEYMOUTH school was sizzling as pupils learnt how one of their favourite foods is made.

Children at Holy Trinity Primary School in Cross Road got a visit from Weymouth’s best-known sausage maker, Dennis Spurr.

Mr Spurr, of the Fantastic Sausage Factory, supplies sausages for school dinners and showed pupils what goes in to what’s on their plates.

And he even devised a special recipe Holy Trinity sausage which the children got to take home for tea.

Mr Spurr said: “We are making sausages which no-one has ever had – it’s a special recipe for Holy Trinity School. They’ve got a couple of sausages each to take home at the end of the day, too.

“The kids are so cute. When they saw me they said ‘there’s the sausage man.’”

Mr Spurr and his wife Maria set up a portable machine in the school hall to show the children how they work in the shop.

Mr Spurr said: “We couldn’t bring all of the equipment, so today we’re just using a portable machine to show the children how the sausages are made and what goes in to them.

“We actually supply the school with sausages for school dinners, and with the emphasis on knowing what’s in your food today, we thought it was a nice opportunity to educate the kids about what they’re eating.

“We’re a local business and we’re well known in the community, so it’s nice to give something back.

“This has only been a couple of hours, the kids have loved it and we’d love to do it again.

“If schools would like us to come in, we will. It’s no trouble to do at all.”

 

School founded in 1853

HOLY Trinity School was founded in 1853 and has been on its present site as separate infant and junior schools since 1953.

In 2007, a new Holy Trinity Primary School replaced both schools. Holy Trinity is a Church of England school and approaches education with a Christian ethos.

On its present site, the school has 23 classrooms, a large and small hall, library, mobile ICT suites, an art room, community room, hard play area, separate playground for younger children, a garden and playing field.