Food Smart

Our commitment to Food Smart is crucial to the education of all our students. We wanted to teach children about being healthy; allowing them to develop their cooking skills and give them the opportunity to grow their own fresh food. Through completing the Food Smart Bronze Award at Northborough Primary School, our school family – including

Completing Food Smart has challenged us to look at the things we already do in a different light. As a result of this we have introduced plant-based food options to our menus as well a more varied vegetarian selection. We have also been able to highlight the sustainability of the food we provide and display

We have introduced plant-based food option to our menus after engaging with students and listening to the request. We can highlight the sustainability of the food we provide and display this in our refectory.

With the introduction of this process, it has allowed us to showcase the excellent work the catering teams do on a daily basis to provide healthy nutritional food to our students as well as educating them around the healthy food & sustainability of food

The children have embraced the changes made during the process of introducing the healthier food and ideas around the menus. The workshops which we have carried out within the school have been enjoyed by all the children and the experience of learning about healthy food is reflected within the increase and uptake of school meals

The focus on promoting healthy food has increased the uptake of meals from the children. The delivery of meals has changed and this has positively impacted behaviour and learning. The children have enjoyed getting involved with the activities and having a say on the food which we have on our menus via student council. They

The accreditation process has identified areas for improvement and also showed us what we do well. Our school is very aware that the teaching of where our food comes from, being able to see it growing in our school planters and then being able to cook it and eat it, helps children to have a

We have developed our displays and website to be more informative to students, staff and parents.  The plan for a school allotment became more valid and has allowed volunteers to participate. We have been able to change caterers and we’re clearer about the requirements for healthy food.  We hope to not just plan for, but

Children in school are aware of how to keep healthy, both in terms of exercise and the importance of what they eat.  Children now know that not all food that is advertised as ‘healthy’ is.  They understand the links between too much sugar consumption and damage to their body, in particular, heart and teeth health.