Quality Eats café on Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, welcomes Year 1 children from Sebert Wood Community Primary School

A Bury St Edmunds café owner has said it was an ‘absolute joy’ to welcome schoolchildren who put their learning about money into practice.

Quality Eats, in Lawson Place, on the Moreton Hall estate, hosted the Year 1 children from nearby Sebert Wood Community Primary School on Tuesday.

Owner of the café, Danie Curd, even produced a menu for the little ones, aged five and six, featuring the school logo for them to choose their tasty treat: a sausage roll, cookie or rocky road.

The children were able to practise their coin-counting skills in a fun and practical way as they paid for their snack.

Danie, who opened Quality Eats on Moreton Hall in 2023, said the café ‘had the absolute joy’ of welcoming the Year 1s from Sebert Wood Primary.

“It was a brilliant opportunity for them to learn through real-life experience, and we loved being part of it,” she said.

Teacher Kerry Howell said: “As school staff, we were very impressed with their [pupils’] courage and manners and it really reinforced the work that they have been doing on coins and their values.

“Some of the five and six year olds were even able to tell Danie how much change they would need. It really showed the children the importance of understanding the value of coins.”

Danie said one child said ‘excuse me Miss, that was the best cookie I have eaten in my life’ and another said they wanted to be a chef when they’re older.

Danie added: “It was really fulfilling seeing how excited they were.”

This is the second year Quality Eats has welcomed the school’s Year 1 classes to support their maths learning.