To celebrate International School Meals Day, the charity Chefs in Schools is sharing two school lunch recipes which are popular with pupils – Jollof Rice and Pav Bhaji. School chefs in London, Sheffield and Bournemouth will be cooking these. We hope you’ll try them at your schools. If you do, send us your photos and...
I am writing this blog to celebrate the 10th anniversary of International School Meals Day (ISMD) with you. The concept of ISMD first emerged when Scotland and the USA started to discuss the opportunities and challenges involved in providing school meals. Through a shared belief that school meals can play a vital role in the...
To celebrate ISMD2021, UNESCO has shared their resources on school health and nutrition. Click here to access
An initiative from two Winston Churchill Fellows, Lynne Hindmarch and Lindsay Graham has meant the launch of a new breakfast club model that is being rolled out across UK primary and secondary schools to provide a morning boost to schoolchildren. The Breakfast Club Cart is the first of its kind in the UK and has...
The charity Coeliac UK supports International School Meals Day 2021 with their top tips for creating affordable, nutritious gluten free lunches for children (and adults alike). Click here to learn more
Over the past 6 months, #HealthyHolidaysBradford funding enabled Community Organisations across Bradford to support 2,873 school-aged children and young people, with 34,390 portions of food provided alongside engaging activities. Click here to read more
There is lots of work happening in Russia to support the consumption of milk and Tetra Laval is doing work in schools there to improve children’s health. The challenge In Russia, the milk and dairy products consumption level is decreasing. In 1989, the milk consumption level was 396 kg/capita/year. By 2016 it had decreased to...
On March 11th, the anniversary of ten years since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, school lunch is a menu to support the recovery of the Tohoku region. It consists of senbei soup (local dish of Aomori), fried fish cake with sesame seeds (Miyagi), and furikake (sprinkled with bonito).
Healthy food can also be very tasty, Dolce Schools Catering remind us, as they share a firm favourite, voted by children across the schools they serve – Sweet Potato and Chickpea & Coconut Curry. Click here for the recipe
This year, with schools around the world largely shut due to Covid, pupils at Boclair Academy (@BoclairAcademy) in Scotland started a cosy ritual of hot chocolate and toast. This ritual brought pupils and staff together virtually providing an opportunity to connect and support one another through lockdown