As the new Head of Food and Nutrition, Miss O’Rourke enjoys everything from cooking exciting dishes, to being able to inspire students with Food Science. When she was younger, she never thought she would become a teacher, she kind of just fell into it. However, there were definitely key factors that influenced her to follow this career path. Throughout education, Miss O’Rourke was inspired by many different types of teachers and educators. She was always impressed how certain teachers could engage you within a lesson by connecting the outside world to the subject content. At 18, she was torn between her love of fashion and food. She decided to go with fashion.While she loved her first choice and was enjoying life in the fashion industry, she states that it was not for her in the long run. She continued to develop her love of cooking, by travelling to learn different cuisines whenever she got a chance and working part-time in a bakery in London. Around this time, she started her teaching career and she knew she had made the right choice! Her favourite hobby is to sew and make her own clothes. She is also currently learning how to play golf which, she says, is a very frustrating hobby at times. 149
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