Category: Education
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Create a stir with Maggi Liquid Concentrates and win £100 and feature in Stir it up
Stir it up magazine in partnership with Nestlé Professional UK have put together a fantastic opportunity for you, the Country Range Group wholesaler customers! Are you a creative chef who likes to wow your customers with exciting and innovative dishes, and are you keen to try new products? If so, we would like to offer…
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Big School Bake Off finalists revealed following thrilling live semi-final
Eight talented school caterers have made it through to the final round of the Big School Bake Off competition, following three unmissable live heats at this year’s LACA conference. The 18 semi-finalists held their nerve under pressure, preparing their bakes under the watchful eyes of the judging panel, including TV Bake Off winner Jo Wheatley,…
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STUDENTS CAN’T COOKclaims celebrity chef
Children should be taught six staple dishes at school to prepare them for student life and help tackle the obesity crisis, according to celebrity chef Paul Rankin. The Saturday Kitchen regular, who toured the food outlets at Birmingham City University as part of a healthy eating drive, said: “Most kids don’t know how to cook anything.…
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Children Still Missing Out On Five-a-day
A new survey by BBC programme Newsround has found many children still aren’t getting enough fruit and veg. >> The poll, of children in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, asked 7-12 year-olds questions about their daily diet and revealed:• 52 in every 100 kids don’t eat any vegetables• 44 in 100 consume no fruit…
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Ofsted commit to inspecting school food
Ofsted inspectors will look at school meals as part of their overall judgement of schools and other education establishments, according to a new announcement. >> The new Ofsted Common Inspection Framework will come into effect from September this year and will apply to all early years settings on the Early Years register, maintained schools and…
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Get involved in Healthy Eating Week!
>> Schools and nurseries are being encouraged to sign up and get involved in Healthy Eating Week. Run by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) from June 1-5, the awareness week aims to get education establishments across the UK to support the health and wellbeing of the children they teach. Last year 4,400 schools, representing 1.75…
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Championing Healthy Eating in Schools
>> Schools are being encouraged to recruit Youth Health Champions to promote healthy eating and lifestyles amongst their peers. This innovative new qualification is targeted at school students aged 14-18 and has been developed to enable young people to act as ‘health advisors’ to their classmates. The training, which takes less than 40 hours to…
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1.3 Million children eating a healthier lunch thanks to UIFSM
1.3 MILLION CHILDREN EATING A HEALTHIER LUNCH THANKS TO UIFSM The Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) programme has reached 85% of all infants in England, according to official Government figures. 1.3 million more children are now eating a healthy lunch since the UIFSM policy launched last September. In its first three months, a total…
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How can we be obese and undernourished?
Let food be thy medicine HOW CAN WE BE OBESE AND UNDERNOURISHED? By Dr Sally Norton, NHS weight loss surgeon and weight management expert. Founder of www.vavista.com and www.vavista-awards.com As a doctor it never fails to astonish me how little training we are given as junior doctors in good, sound nutrition, and how little emphasis…
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Free school meals for ALL primary pupils
Free school meals for ALL primary pupils Tower Hamlets Council has launched free school meals for all its primary school pupils, going beyond the Government’s Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme that started this term and offers free lunches for pupils aged 5-7 years old. At an estimated annual cost of £2.675million, the London borough…