Jamie Oliver surprises Walsall teacher live as the winner of the 'This Morning Lifetime Achievement Award'

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Today (Thursday, June 26) on This Morning, Jamie Oliver surprised Colleen Green from Walsall’s Beacon Primary School in Willenhall, live on the show with the inaugural ‘This Morning Lifetime Achievement Award’ as part of this year’s Jamie Oliver’s Good School Food Awards.   Credit: This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player

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00:00This is the Lifetime Achievement Award.

00:02This is someone that has not just done a great job for one or two years.

00:05This is an amazing woman that not only went to this school as a child,

00:09but has done decades working there.

00:11So she actually, it's a beautiful story.

00:13She actually went from the dinner lady to assistant head teacher.

00:17Wow.

00:18So, you know, often you think about jobs.

00:19So she's had job progression and she's always used that food to teach the syllabus.

00:24Yeah.

00:24Science, history, geography.

00:26So she just knows, you know, she's got 50% free school lunches in her school,

00:30which represents a certain amount of poverty that we need to respect.

00:33And those kids are our most vulnerable.

00:35So she's not just feeding them in the tummy, she's feeding them in the mind.

00:39Love it.

00:39She's going above and beyond.

00:41Well, you're going to meet her in a minute.

00:42Yes.

00:43Her energy is profound.

00:44Yes.

00:44Right, let's go and find out how Jamie's getting on.

00:46He's about to surprise Mrs Green.

00:49I'd tell her she's won the This Morning Lifetime Achievement Award.

00:51You ready, Jay?

00:52Yeah, here he goes.

00:52Here he goes.

00:54He's off.

00:56It's like Challenge Annika.

00:59Oh, dear.

01:01Oh, my God.

01:01How are you?

01:03I mean, how do you know?

01:04How are you?

01:06Do you know you're nominated for this award?

01:09You won it!

01:10You won the award!

01:11You've won the Lifetime Achievement Award.

01:19You're live on ITV right now.

01:22Everyone, your school, the parents, all your colleagues, we are so proud of you.

01:27What you've done is amazing, inspiring the next generation through food.

01:31How are you feeling?

01:33I don't know.

01:33Shrek!

01:35Would you like to come in and see Kat and Ben?

01:37They're really cuddly, honestly.

01:38They're really nice.

01:39I don't think I'm sitting up with you.

01:41Shall we have a quick hug?

01:42Come on.

01:43Well done, you.

01:45Jamie, while you guys hug it out, can you bring her back to the studio for us?

01:50We're going to hug it.

01:50Let's go.

01:51We might have one or two.

01:52How does it feel to us for Killeen?

01:5425 years.

01:55Surreal.

01:56Really?

01:57Mm-hmm.

01:57I mean, you've not done it for the awards.

01:59No.

02:00Clearly, that's why you are such a special and valued member of the school.

02:04You've done it because you just have a passion to help the children.

02:06We heard all the kids talking about how much they love your classes,

02:10how much they love being around you,

02:11and how much they've taken from all the things you've taught them.

02:14What is it about helping them understand about the importance of food and nutrition

02:17that you've really enjoyed?

02:18I think it's a life skill.

02:22If they can feed themselves, they've got the world.

02:27The world's the Royster.

02:29You know, they can travel the world with their taste buds.

02:32Mm-hmm.

02:32So...

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