School Lunches
SCHOOL MEALS MOVING FORWARD
Food For Life Partnership - Bronze Award
Northumberland County Council are committed to improving the quality of food and increasing the uptake of school lunches where Facilities Management Services provide the catering. We undertook a project to ensure that our food meets the Food For Life criteria.
There are 3 standards of attainment:
- Bronze Award
- Silver Award
- Gold Award
After a lot of hard work by the team and a rigorous inspection by the Food for Life Partnership, Facilities Management Services within Northumberland County Council were awarded the Bronze Award in Autumn 2010 for the second year running.
To find out more information about the Bronze and other awards please log on to www.northumberland.gov.uk and click on 'Fuel for Life'.
SCHOOL MEALS IN NORTHUMBERLAND HAVE HAD A MAKEOVER!
If it's been a while since you tried a school meal you'll be amazed at your school's new menus. Tomato & Basil Pasta, Homemade Chicken Pie and Roast Gammon are just a few of the delicious new meals you can find on the menu in your school.
All the meals are nutritionally balanced and meet the government's nutritional standards which provide just the right fuel to keep your body (and your mind) in tip top condition. So, the easy way to make sure you're eating well and keeping yourself in shape is to opt for a school meal every day.
(Extract taken from Northumberland County Council school meals website)
SCHOOL MEALS ON THE INCREASE
The number of children now eating healthy school meals in England has increased for the third year in a row - with more than 3 million children now having a school lunch every day. We are backing these 'six staples' of good food at schools across the country:
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Freshly cooked food
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Giving children eniough time for lunch
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Decent dining rooms
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Affordable prices
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'Stay on site' policies
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Cooking in the curriculum
(extract taken from the September 2011 edition of School Food Trust magazine)
Menu choices are available on a 3 week cycle and initial dates are provided up to and including w/c 30th 2012 April (menu week 2), after that they start again with week 3. Please click on links below to view weekly menus and the dates on which they will be served.
Menus - week 1 Menus - week 2 Menus - week 3
For more useful information on Healthy School Meals please click on the link below:
northumberland.gov.uk (then click on school meals)