The pupils at St. Anthony’s celebrated International School Meals Day with an international menu, created by the Health Heroes in the school. What would your dream healthy eating menu look like?
Scotland has been a beacon of inspiration across the world for its work in encouraging our children and young people to make better food and drink choices. As we celebrate International School Meals Day 2018, I am delighted to see so many contributions from Scotland to this year’s international cookbook competition. I am proud that...
As part of International School Meals Day 2018 we were delighted to launch the My Food cookbook featuring twenty recipes from around the world, submitted by children and young people as part of the #ISMD2018 cookbook competition! #MyFood We hope children, young people, schools and families enjoy reading, sharing and making the recipes. Download the cookbook
Food, glorious food: Better eating can create better learning says Lorna Aitken, sharing some thoughts from Scotland on how and why good food is important as we head towards the fifth International School Meals Day. Lorna Aitken is the Food and Health Development Officer at Education Scotland Click here to read the article (reproduced with kind permission from Children...
By John Swinney, Deputy First Minister Education is the defining mission of this Government. We want to ensure every child – no matter where they are from or how well off their family is – has the same opportunities and an equal chance to succeed and we are taking forward a range of actions to...
What’s your strongest food memory? For some, it might be a fond recollection of cooking with a close family relative; enjoying the taste, smell and texture of home-made food made with loved ones. For others, it might be a trip to a restaurant, or a picnic on the beach. Maybe your favourite food memory is...
Kingswell Primary School in Aberdeen, Scotland shared pictures of the smoothies they had in celebration of ISMD2017!
Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP, Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s languages, talks about International School Meals Day 2016, on Thursday 3 March 2016. It has been a busy year since International School Meals Day 2015 when I visited Stornoway primary school to see the excitement of pupils getting ready for a skype call with Rosemary...
Dr Allan talks about the importance of school food and food education This Government wants all our children get the best start in life. To help achieve that, we need to do what we can to improve their health and wellbeing – what they eat while at school has a role to play. Almost 8...