St Marys RC Primary, Littleborough

Thomas Rigg & Max Rigsby, Mrs Ruane, Head Teacher, Terry Mowe, The Village Bakery and Jenny Blake, Chairman of FPTA

St Marys RC Primary in Littleborough have recently held an exciting Bake Off event for children and parents.

Organised by the dedicated FPTA team, the day was enjoyed by all.

Terry Mowe from The Village Bakery was our judge, he said: “The competition had been difficult to judge due to the high standard of entries. It’s great to see children and parents enjoying baking together, we have a lot of Creative Bakers in the Borough!”

Head Teacher, Mrs Ruane said: “What a great response from all the Children. It has been a lovely day, thank you to our local employers for their support”.

The winners were:

Nursery - Anna Pilarska "such a lovely cake"
Reception - Abigail Sellers "great imagination"
Y1 - Evie Knagg "such wonderful cakes"
Y2 - Ruby Byrne "sponge was beautiful"
Y3 - Sara Pilarska "excellent cup-cakes"
Y4 - Sadie Gee "excellent sponge and beautifully decorated"
Y5 - Max Rigsby “lovely creative cakes"
Y6 - Thomas Rigg “nice soft sponge and great caramel drizzle"

Adult Categories

Scones - Mrs Jenny Blake "being the only entry but beautiful cakes"
Cupcakes - Mrs Amy Oldham “great flavour and great design"
Victoria Sandwich - Toby & Martha's Nana - Mary Heathcote "lovely homemade jam"
Tray Bake - Mrs Jeannie Garrett - "lovely drizzle design"

Thank you to The Village Bakery for their support in judging and also for treating each child that entered to some chocolate.

A big thank you to McCormick for their support with prizes and to Browns Cakes of Rochdale and Classy Cakes of Littleborough for their contribution of raffle prizes.

An even bigger thank you to staff, parents and children for making the event such a good success. The atmosphere was great and we raised £170 profit for FPTA projects.