Introductions
Helen McLeod –Registered Dietitian, Schools Food Advisor.
[email protected] 07958186156
Siobhan O’Mahony, Registered Public Health Nutritionist, School Food Advisor
Siobhan.O’[email protected] 07891275296
Introductions from delegates ….
House keeping
• Toilets• Fire procedures• Mobile phones• Ask questions throughout• Confidentiality• Delegate packs• Course resources available online at:
http://www.schoolwellbeing.co.uk/pages/school-food-all-you-need-to-know-7th-october
Plan of the day• School Food Plan• Improving School Meals & Increasing Uptake• School Food Standards• BREAK• Engaging & Motivating pupils and parents • Curriculum• Work well with catering staff• Case studies• LUNCH• Policies• Monitoring all aspects of school food culture• Identify resources• Summary and finish – 3.30pm• Implementing Universal Free School Meals
The Healthy Schools and Wellbeing Team
• Resource and information website: www.schoolwellbeing.co.uk
• Each school has unique log in details• Must have basic or full SLA to access resources• Book on to training
Aim of the session
What does the group want to get out of the day?
What are you needs?
You said … “School Food Plan, curriculum, policy, statutory requirements, school food standards, motivating and engaging pupils”
The School Food Planmain outcomes
Cooking in the Curriculum
Universal Infant Free School Meals
New School Food Standards
www.schoolfoodplan.com
Headteacher checklist
• The plan gives head teachers a list of actions and focus areas
• This may give you more support and time from senior leadership
• The can be used as a starting point to ensure you are working towards the School Food Plan
Activity 1
Headteacher Checklist
• Has your Headteacher seen this?
– What are you currently doing well
– What could you be doing better
– What are you not doing
ACTIVITY 1
Ofsted
New subsidiary guidance :
Inspectors should consider the food on offer at the school and atmosphere of the school canteen. They should:
•consider how lunch time and the dining space contribute to good behaviour and the culture in the school, including by spending time in the lunch hall, and
•ask school leaders how they help to ensure a healthy lifestyle for their children and, specifically, whether their dietary needs have been considered.
National Monitoring
What gets monitored gets done:– Take-up of school meals – Nutritional quality of the food (number of schools meeting the new
standards) – Proportion of sixteen year olds who can cook a repertoire of savoury
dishes – Morale of the workforce – Proportion of schools with a quality award (for example the Food for Life
Partnership award or the Children’s Food Trust award)
•Healthy Schools Programme: will also ask schools for evidence of compliance
School Meal Uptake in Leeds Primary Schools 2012-2013
□Average Primary School Meal Uptake
Baseline Data
• School Food Plan Action- Statutory requirement from September 2014
• School Meal Tracker• What does the future hold?
• Little London video
UIFSM
• Packed Lunches • Parent taster and trust • Food, play, learning delivered and supported
from the top• Continued food education and cooking in the
curriculum• Continued school caterer support
Long term success
Getting Started•How do I know what needs to be improved?
• Surveys, questionnaires, information gathering, head teachers checklist. school food ambassadors
•Have we agreed what ‘good’ looks like and how we will achieve this together?
• Hear from other schools, arrange visits
Strategies and resources to improve school meals and increase uptake
1. Clear expectations on all
stakeholders.
2. Clear performance
measures.
3. Review mechanism
Contract Management• Leadership Team
• Catering Provider
• Pupils
• Lunchtime Staff
• Meal take up
• Availability of choice
• Pupil satisfaction
• Delivery of Training
• Senior member
• Who will review?
• How?
• When?
Strategies to improve school meals
1. Engaging Pupils
2. Lunch time supervisory staff
3. Engaging Parents
4. Whole School Culture
5. Ongoing Messages & Marketing
ACTIVITY 3
The NEW food standards
• Will be compulsory for all schools – including most academies*
• More streamline and clear • No nutrient standards• Allow more flexibility & creativity for caters/cooks• What will they look like … see poster • Available NOW– compulsory from January 2015
• Poster• Checklist• Guidance booklet• Portion guidance• Photos, recipes and menus• … and much more
Available at: www.schoolfoodplan.com/standards/
Resources available:
• “Lower fat milk or lactose-reduced milk must be available for drinking at least once per day, during school hours for pupils who want to purchase it.”
School Milk
What other resources are available for improving school meals?
• www.schoolwellbeing.co.uk • “ A Guide to Making the Best of School Meal Provision”• School Food Ambassador Training• Free School Meals- Frontline practitioner• Free School Meal Toolkit• Surveys and Questionnaires
– “School Food Survey”
• Governors information from DfE
Case study of improving meals…
• Harehills Primary Video• BEFORE:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPpvBWCQ7zM&feature=youtu.be
• AFTER:– https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=DzPhgTmaWGw&feature=youtu.be
Revolutionising the way pupils order their school meals •Developed a pre-ordering system to be used on smart phones, PC’s the evening or morning before school•Staff and pupil online whole school food survey•New team of 16 School Food Ambassadors to provide ongoing monitoring and feedback
Abbey Grange
This section focusses on engaging and motivating to create lasting healthy relationships with food and stimulate behaviour change.
Whole School Approach
Engage and Motivate: Healthy Eating
Engage and Motivate: Healthy Eating
• Current issues of lack of motivation & engagement in schools
• Do your pupils want to eat healthy food
• Do they understand why?
The challenges to healthy eating
Taste preferences
Fast food advertising
Age, gender,
food allergies
Family traditions, peer pressure
Engage and Motivate: Healthy Eating
• Examples of how to engage– Lessons, assemblies– Games– Mentoring/role modelling– Rewards– Ownership
Marketing and promoting healthy choices school meals
• Assemblies• Newsletters• Digital PR = Twitter• Notice boards• School website• Posters
• Dining Environmeny• Menu boards outside
dining room • Communication• Write to parent about
changes • Inform children centre
Working with Caterers to support a whole school approach
• What is ‘good’ … contract management• Can deliver aspects of the curriculum• Valued member of the school• Interact with pupils• Engaging in school meals & cooking• Leeds Catering wiling to support• Cooks attended cooking course.
Working with Caterers
• Examples of how it works.• Bush tucker trials• Parents evenings• School council meetings• Staff social occasions • Staff meetings• Language barriers?
Action Plan
• Use your school food action plan!• Action plan for improving meals and increasing
motivation• A signed and agreed action plan ensure things
happen! • Motivates long and short term change
3 key areas …
1.Healthy eating
2.Cooking
3.Where food comes from
The curriculum and the school food plan
• What are the new statutory requirements?– National Curriculum– Core Competencies– Progression
• How should this be monitored
Health, Nutrition & Cooking
Subject Key stage 1 Key stage 2 Key Stage 3
D&T- Cooking & Nutrition
Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes Understand and apply the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet
Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and health Cook a repertoire of predominantly savoury dishes so that they are able to feed themselves and others a healthy and varied diet Become competent in a range of cooking techniques [for example, selecting and preparing ingredients; using utensils and electrical equipment; applying heat in different ways; using awareness of taste, texture and smell to decide how to season dishes and combine ingredients; adapting and using their own recipes]
Understand the source, seasonality and characteristics of a broad range of ingredients
Science Year 2Find out about the basic needs of animals including humans for survival (water, food and air) Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of foods and hygiene.
Year 3Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from whatever they eat Year 4Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humansIdentify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Year 6Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies functionDescribe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals including humans.
Nutrition and digestion content of a healthy human diet: carbohydrates, lipids (fats and oils), proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and water, and why each is needed Calculations of energy requirements in a healthy daily diet The consequences of imbalances in the diet, including obesity, starvation and deficiency diseases
PSHE (non-statutory guidance)
What constitutes a healthy lifestyle including the benefits of physical activity, rest, healthy eating and dental health
To recognise opportunities to make their own choices about food, what might influence their choices and the benefits of eating a balanced diet
• Supported by British Nutrition Foundation– Aim Help Children and young people to develop the
skills and knowledge to make and implement healthy food choices.
– Food competences have been set out as a framework of core skills
– Essential building blocks to a consistent set of food skills and knowledge.
• 5 main themes…
Curriculum:Core Competencies Health, Nutrition & Cooking
Eating habits
General knowledge of healthy eating
5 a day
Making healthy choices
Food budgeting skills
Manage weight
Reading food labels
Cooking skills
The eatwell plate
Energy balance
Dining skills e.g. social aspects of eating
Cultural diets
Healthy snacking
What could children learn about food and eating?
Resources
• Schemes of Work & Lesson Plan
• Food a fact of Life– http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/
• Change 4 life– http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/schools-
partners.aspx– Register
• New Subject Content:
“As part of their work with food, pupils should be taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and
healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will also open a door to one of the great expressions of
human creativity. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others
affordably and well, now and in later life”
Curriculum:Cooking & Nutrition (D&T)
• Focus on …• More practical work than some schools are currently doing• No statutory number of hours, although there is an
expectation that this will be regular, probably every week• Greater focus on healthier recipes, supporting better food
choices and less paper based designing or research activities.
• Dishes appropriate to their culture and values, that meet nutritional guidelines and help them to feed themselves within a budget and are useful to them now and in later life.
Cooking in the D&T Curriculum
• Health & Wellbeing Training – Cooking in the Curriculum, 28th November 2014– http://www.schoolwellbeing.co.uk/training_courses/62
• Schemes of Work & Lesson Plan• Focus on food website
– http://www.focusonfood.org/
Resources for Cooking in the Curriculum
• It is important to teach children the whole process and journey from farm to fork
• All food comes from plant or animal sources• Use food grown in school in cooking activities • Promote sustainability
Where does food come from?
• Resources: – Food a fact of life:
www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/section.aspx?t=0&siteId=14§ionId=63
– Food for Life Partnership & Farm Visits: http://www.foodforlife.org.uk/school-awards/what-can-you-do/visit-a-farm
– Voucher Schemes e.g. Morrisons Let’s Grow: https://your.morrisons.com/Kids-and-Baby/LetsGrow/
Links with growing and farming
• Resources available– How to guide– Food policy template– Checklist– Example primary and secondary policies– School food action plan template
Food policy
Why is a food policy important?
Coordinated approach
Equality of access and participation
for all
Reinforces messages relating to food and drink
Engages the whole school community
Establishes effective working partnerships
Ensures greater sustainability through
planned action
Communicates school’s shared
vision, ethos and values
OFSTED Food Policy
Healthy Schools status
• Your values and vision for food culture• Food provision• Food brought in from home – food consumption• Food education e.g. the curriculum• Current legislation, statutory requirements • All other food related activities e.g. growing, after
school clubs, events etc.
What should be included?
See food policy checklist
Whole School Day
All food served and eaten on school premises: •Breakfast clubs and early morning provision•Tuck shops and snack policies•Lunchtimes •After school clubs•Special events and occasions
• Compare your policy to the checklist• Tick areas you already cover• Which areas are missing• Are any areas not applicable to you?
Food policy review
ACTIVITY 6
• Should schools still give sweets/unhealthy food as an occasional reward and at school discos/events?
The BIG debate …
ACTIVITY 7
YES vs. NO
Rewards in school
• Rewards are important for positive reinforcement• Should food rewards be given for good behaviour or
achievement in schools?– Does it support healthy eating education being taught in the
school environment?– Is it inclusive for all pupils?– It may encourage over consumption of foods high in added
sugar and fat.– Does it teach children & young people to recognise hunger
signals?– Can it make less healthy food seem more appealing?
Ideas for non-food rewards
• Stickers, stationary, team points, tokens• Praise, recognition, special mentions• Sit by friends• Watch a video• Help the teacher lead the class• Have extra art time• Enjoy class outdoors, read outdoors, eat lunch outdoors with
the class• Listen to music while working• Dance to their favourite music in the classroom• Get “free choice” time at the end of the day
Other occasions and events in school
• Should be a decision to be made by the school council and governing body
• As a Healthy School, school’s should consider a whole school approach to healthy eating and adopt a consistent approach to enforcing the standards.
• Provide a balance - this should be included as part of your whole school food policy
How to develop or review your food policy
• Step 1: Set up a working group• Step 2: Gather information • Step 3: Draft your food policy• Step 4: Consult on your draft policy• Step 5: Modify and finalise• Step 6: Disseminate your policy• Step 7: Monitor, evaluate and refresh
• Consider the different forms ways you can present your policy e.g. a parent summary, leaflet, website copy, poster, prospectus summary
• Produce displays around school to support the key messages
• Display in your dining room through pictures and key words / phrases from the policy
Sharing your food policy
• Share with other schools in your cluster • Is your policy easy to understand?
• consider other languages
• Use your School Food Ambassadors to launch the policy
• Launch at an event e.g. fair, parents evening, assembly• consider timing – start of a school year or term e.g. not
before Christmas!
Sharing your food policy
• More than half of children in England eat a packed lunch (School Food Trust 2009)
• There are currently no national regulations in place for food that can be brought in from home including snacks
• In 2007 only 1% of packed lunches met all of the final school food and nutrient based standards for school food (Evans et al,2007)
Why have a packed lunch policy?
• Is it possible to make a cheap balanced packed lunch?
• Iceland, lidl, pound shop• E.g. tinned fruit, white bread, seasonal food, are
school meals a cheaper option
Affordable packed lunches
• Flexibility, affordability, cultural diversity!• Realistic - ‘not finger wagging’ or ‘the food police’• Gradual changes • Affordable • Support the School Food Standards• Should be visual (words & pictures)• Can be embedded as part of whole school food
policy – will need extra emphasis and promotion
Packed lunch policy - summary
• What are your experiences of packed lunch policies?
• What works well?• What challenges have you faced?• How can you monitor or enforce your policy• Consider not having a packed lunch option?
Group discussion …
ACTIVITY 9
• Evidences the impact of your policies • School Food Ambassadors
– Surveys– Observations
• Food consumption• Food behaviours
– Helps to shape your curriculum– Meet the needs of your pupils
Monitoring food in schools
What is School Food Ambassadors?
• School Food Ambassadors (SFA) is a unique student-led programme for monitoring school food. Elected students will take the lead for school food and represent the voice of their peers.
Why is there a need for School Food Ambassadors
• To increase school meal uptake & quality• To ensure school food & the dining experience
meets the needs of children and young people• To share responsibility of all aspects of
improving school food culture• Promote student voice and participation
• By observing and interviewing they could monitor:– actual food served against expected food served
– food waste, availability, quality, quantity, presentation
– dining environment and experience, noise, behaviour
– gather opinions, ideas and conduct surveys.
Monitoring through SFA
Key points …
• Keep it simple - one focus at a time• Planning - set timescales and change the focus
for each term / project• Surveys - can just involve a sample of pupils
although more surveys = more reliable data• The more you monitor - the more you will know -
the more you can change
• How can you monitor and influence the food pupil eat:
1. Packed lunches
2. Snacks
3. Drinks
4. Outside of school e.g. local shops, ice cream vans, take always
5. Food eaten at home
Monitoring food consumption
ACTIVITY 10
What is the MHMS Survey? www.myhealthmyschoolsurvey.org.uk
• Developed by the Health & Wellbeing Service• Replaces the ECM/GUIL Survey• Pilot in 2006/07 followed by 6 years full implementation• Reflects national and local policy issues• It is a free* online, anonymous pupil survey• Available to all pupils in years 5, 6, 7, 9, & 11
The survey remains free to use for all schools and offers a range of additional benefits:
• easier online access for pupils and staff• improved teacher support resources and lesson plans• new visual display analysis to supplement tabled data• new option to compare against citywide data
Sections•Healthy Eating
•PE, School Sport and Physical Activity
•Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco
•Sexual Health
•Safety & Anti-bullying
•My School
Updated online resources
•Manager Checklist
•Parent Letters
•Safeguarding
•Survey content
•Lesson plans (3)
•Pupil diary
• Today we have provided an introduction to:– School Food Plan– School Meals– Contract management– School Food Standards– The Curriculum– Food Policy & Packed Lunch Policies– Monitoring food provision and consumption– Why is school food and healthy eating so important?
Summary of todays session
• Obesity in England and Leeds– Leeds Reception: 9.7%, Year 6: 19.7%
– England: Reception 9.3% Year 6 18.9%
• Leeds Underweight R: 1% Y6 1.6%
• Iron 45% teenage girls do not eat the recommended amount
• Calcium Almost 20% teenage girls don’t have enough
• Vit D -10-16% children in the UK have a low Vit D Status
Why school food is so important
• Poor diet (and fasting) impairs learning, & has an immediate effect on behaviour, concentration and cognitive ability (Benton, 2001; A.Sorhaindo, L Feinstein, 2006; DCSF, 2007).
• Links between breakfast and readiness to learn• Links between lunchtimes and behaviour in the
classroom in the afternoon
Nutrition and academic performance
• Don’t forget to fill it in
• Book a date with the school food advisors now for follow up support
School Food Action Plan
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