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| wildgarlic |
Sounds like a great idea....... BUThttp://www.foodforlife.org.uk/It's England only 
Anything similar planned for Scotland I wonder? Who would we talk to to get something like it? |
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| JoH |
There is already something similar though ours covers more than food.
http://www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/page.asp?pg=100 IIRC I read Scottish school meals were far, far healthier than English/Welsh schools in the first place and the whole Foodforlife thing is a plan to raise those standards to meet ours... I know Keig were planting their own veg etc and eating it and healthy breakfasts were supplied and basically the whole village got off its arse and chipped in making the garden and keeping it going as well as participating in other eco-projects. |
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| baldowrie |
Then South of the imaginary boarder school meals must be worse than the slope the pigs used to get because my daughter will only eat the rolls at her school because the main meals are all chips, burger and pizzas, despite the 'menu' or which none of the options are ever available. Even a simple apple is not offered. |
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| Esther.R |
I think it varies by area, the school my husband was teaching in up here (he has just changed jobs and is in the education dept now, incidentally he is now the co-ordinator of eco-schools on Shetland as part of his new job) serves lovely food, traditional things like fish pie and scotch broth and the kids have to eat it as there is only two menus, vegetarian and non-vegetarian! Mind you this is primary school. | ||
| baldowrie |
Primary meals appear to better than secondary school meals | ||
| Esther.R |
Its also a very tiny primary school (5 pupils and meals are sent over from neighbouring village primary) which makes a difference too. I would agree that primary food tends to be better than secondary wherever you are. | ||
| wildgarlic |
J's primary school has the typical choice of menu given by Aberdeenshire Council - I think it gives too much choice for them and would much rather have the option that you've described above Esther!
Some of the meals are good - stovies, mince and tatties etc but others such as golden whales or hotdog in a bun are not so good. Certainly at J's school he would come home and said that he didn't eat anything - apart from pudding of course. There doesn't appear to be any encouragement from anyone for the kids to eat - those that eat quickly are fine, but the slower and pickier eaters like J are just left to get on with it. It would be great if our local village would get together with the school to grow stuff - fab idea. Packed lunches are best for J - even then there is no guarantee that he will eat it all, but at least I can see what he's had (and he can eat it when he gets home if hungry) |
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| jaydee67 |
You might like to see this too: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/healthpromotingschools/ | ||
| MJ |
Louise would love to hear he liked her cooking. Used to try and persuade the bairn that people used to pay a lot of money to eat anne's cooking, but she did start eating more when louise took over. Take it it's your OH that's left the bairn with one teacher for rest of term. It is so less confusing. |
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| cmiddleton |
I agree with wildgarlic
We have to give our oldest packed lunches 4 days a week, because when he does get school dinners he always chooses 'the others' such as golden whales or hotdog in a bun. Why keep them on the menu at all. In my opinion it would be better for the 50% of kids that are obese to skip lunch than eat a golden whale or a hot dog! |
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| angiecadie |
I dread the thought of Maggie eating crap at school and Murray for that matter, I worry about what they give her at snack time when she goes to playgroup - never mind the food issues when she starts school, I'll just have to drill it into her head to avoid the junk!!! | ||
| animalcrackers |
i worried what my children would choose to eat when they went to secondary - they are in s1 and s3 now. they seem to make sensible choices you just have to trust them. they also always get a decent breakfast and dinner at night. up until they went to secondary they always chose to take a packed lunch but now want to fit in with their peers |