On this page you will find the following subjects:
- Alfie timetable
- Breakfast
- Cooking at school
- Curriculum
- Dining room
- Eatwell guides
- Healthy lunchtime toolkit
- Health fair
- Packed lunches
- Parents
- School food policies
Aflie timetable
Alfie is a free healthy lifestyle programme for children aged 5 to 13 years who are above a healthy weight (overweight). Supporting families to be healthier and fitter through nutrition and physical activity. Sessions include healthy eating workshops and physical activities and for the whole family. For more information, see the Aflie timetable
Breakfast
Magic breakfast website
Magic breakfast provide funding to schools who have 35% or more free school meals and currently do not have a breakfast club.
Breakfast clubs toolkit (pdf)
A very comprehensive booklet to help schools set up a breakfast club with sample letters, checklists, questionnaires and more.
Cooking at school
Cooking - Food A Fact Of Life
The food a fact of life’s cooking and food skills module for KS1 and KS2 pupils. Here you will find schemes of work for cooking in the DT curriculum for KS1 to KS3.
Change4Life recipes
The Change4Life website has a wide range of healthy recipes that are easy, quick and tasty. Access recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and desserts free from the website. Schools can also download recipe card printouts and the Classroom Cooking Toolkit from the Public Health England campaign resources website.
Curriculum
Food a fact of life website
Food a fact of life lessons teach children about food and nutrition. The activities and resources provided are in line with the PSHE curriculum. Here you will also find the DT cooking and nutrition SOW.
Our Healthy Year | Resources | PHE School Zone
Public Health England has developed the school zone resource for primary teachers to provide curriculum-linked materials about healthy eating and being active. There are lesson ideas for KS1 and KS2 pupils.
Eat Like A Champ website
Eat Like A Champ (ELAC) is a free six-week healthy eating programme for year five pupils. Year five teachers can sign up to receive their free resource pack on the ELAC website.
Dining room
Dining room toolkit (pdf)
Improving the dining experience in schools guidance booklet brings together ideas and suggestions for your school to help improve the experience pupils have at lunch time.
Eatwell guides
The Eatwell guide makes healthy eating easier to understand by giving a visual representation of the types of foods and drinks we should consume and in what proportions to have a healthy, balanced diet.
Healthy lunchtime toolkit
The healthy lunchtime toolkit is a step-by-step guide to help school introduce a successful packed lunch policy, a token reward system and changes to school lunches.
This toolkit includes information, solutions, ideas and resources to help schools successfully introduce healthy changes at lunchtime.
The resources section (page 20) includes:
- A sample baseline survey
- Parent questionnaire
- Packed lunch policy
- Dining room posters
- Helpful information for parents
- Pupil job application and competition form.
Inside schools can read helpful guidance gained from experience working with Ealing schools and good practice gathered from schools around the country.
Healthy lunchtime toolkit (pdf)
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Health fair
Health fair toolkit (pdf)
Tools and information you need to plan a successful health fair in your school. Download a copy of the toolkit and health fair contact list (pdf)
Are you sugar savvy? (pdf)
Play Are you sugar savvy with parents and children at health fairs. Players may be surprised to learn how much sugar some drinks contain.
Packed lunches
- Packed lunch policy template (word)
- Packed lunch policy token poster
- Packed lunch policy letter to parents (word)
- Whole school food policy letter to parents (word)
- Snacks to pass and fail poster
- Healthy meal drawing competition (pub)
- Pupil packed lunch assembly
- Packed lunch pupil audit and consultation example
- Packed lunch drawing competition (pub) - note large file size
Parents
- Newsletter snippets (pdf)
Over 50 newsletter snippets on healthy eating for your parent newsletter with images. - Healthy eating workshop for parents
- Sample session plan (word)
- Parent lunchbox workshop book (word)
- Food budgeting games
- Food and fat match
- Eatwell guide cards
- Eatwell guide blank poster
School food policies
Healthy lunchtime toolkit (pdf)
Explains how schools can successfully introduce a packed lunch policy and reward system in school. The toolkit includes policies, posters, letters, assemblies and surveys that you can adapt.
Food a fact of life website
The food a fact of life’s cooking and food skills module for KS1 and KS2 pupils. Here you will find schemes of work for cooking in the DT curriculum for KS1 to KS3.
Establishing a whole school food policy (Public Health website)outlines the steps needed to develop a whole school food policy, includes a sample policy and whole school food audit. Or use the model policy (word).
Contacts
If you require any advice or support with nutrition in schools, contact Nicole McGregor: McGregorN@ealing.gov.uk.