Students at Point Cook Senior Secondary College are putting their cooking and coffee- making skills to the test by running a cafe for teachers.
The year 11 VCAL students opened the cafe yesterday, serving coffees, quiches, cookies and muffins to teachers during lunchtime.
Over the past five weeks, the students have completed Worksafe occupational health and safety, and food safety certificates, as well as completing barista courses to learn the fine art of good coffee-making.
One of the 12 students working in the cafe, Samuel, said the project was a great opportunity to learn in a practical way.
He said students had put a lot of work into planning their menu and preparing for the cafe’s opening.
“We are running our own cafe, so we will see what it is like to work in a fully functional cafe.”
Samuel said completing the barista certificate was one of the hardest parts of the project, and it highlighted just how difficult it is to make a good coffee.
Teacher Bryce Flannery said students would be asked to take on different roles in the cafe, such as manager, supervisor, chef and servers.
“The cafe is part of their personal development subject, which gets students ready for the workforce,” Mr Flannery said.
