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Whole School Approach to increasing school meal take-up in East London Secondary Schools Jillian Pitt MSc Nutrition RNutr Food Matters Live 19.11.2015
What is ‘Whole School Approach’?
• Establish SNAG/School Council
• Support a Food Policy Action Plan
• Consult with parents/staff and pupils
• Work with cooks and caterers
• Consult with Heads and Senior Management
The School Food Plan
The School Food Plan reported on the state of school meals nationally in July 2013 and provided a set of actions for government, heads and Local Authorities.
5% Increase
Whole School Approach
School Food Standards
• Mandatory Standards apply to ALL schools from January 2015
• Applies across the whole school day
• Backed by School Food Experts
• Designed to help school chefs/cooks use their creative skills
Challenges to increasing school meal take up
• School Food not seen as a priority
• Secondary schools more difficult to engage with than primaries
• Parent/carer school presence low
• Lack of space in dining halls
• Busy schools – focussed on Ofsted inspections and academic attainment
The Task Ahead…
Child Health Profile of Waltham Forest
•Above national average for obese Yr 6 children Over 14,000 children under 16 years living in poverty
•6th most deprived London Borough out of 33
•FSM eligibility higher than national average
•Ref source: Public Health England Child Health Profiles June 2015
Enrolled Schools in East London
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Secondary Schools
Junior Schools
Meeting the Challenge
• 39 Enrolled Schools in total
6 Junior Schools
33 Secondary Schools
• 9 Training Sessions completed
• 10 out of 15 Boroughs engaged
• 20 Kick start portfolios given out
• 15 Action Plans completed
Action Plan: Personalised Plan for schools
Online personalised action plan for your school to identify actions, track progress and record improvements
Dining experience Marketing and engagement Good food, low price
Make lunchtimes cool
• Nutritious delicious food
• Attractive dining area
• Cashless system and staggered queuing
• On-site policy
• Theme and celebration days
• Come dine with us
Tastier Lunches
• Grown in school garden
What worked
• Committed and enthusiastic SLT and school staff
• Cooking Bus; Training sessions and webinars
• Competitions
• Incentives and Prizes
• Face-to-face visits – enrolments and Action Plans
• Linking up with Healthy Schools leaders in specific boroughs
• Engaged caterers
• “Last chance” message
The Focus on Food Cooking Bus comes to Waltham Forest
Cooking Bus Twilight Session
Cooking Bus Salad Off Competition
• Bridge and Claw • Taste and Win
Cooking Bus Food Tech Teachers
Let’s Cook with Chefs!
That was fun!
Want to find out more…
Contact the Food for Life team:
T: 0117 314 5180
Email [email protected] Web:www.foodforlife.org.uk
Going Forward
• Government commitment to mandatory Cooking in the Curriculum for KS2 – 3
• Ofsted Common Inspection Framework to monitor health and wellbeing of students
• Mandatory School Food Standards in all schools
• School Food Plan resources
• Growing Partnerships
Healthy Schools London • In partnership with Health Education
Partnership working across 3 London Boroughs
• Uses a whole school approach to food education, cooking and food growing skills
• Supports Ofsted inspection for the health and wellbeing of children
Healthy Schools Award
Bronze Four criteria: 1. Healthy Eating; 2. Emotional Wellbeing; 3. Physical Activity; 4. PHSE Healthy Eating – whole school food policy development, healthy packed lunches, after school snacks, campaigns e.g. Change4life, training on delivering cooking in the curriculum and cooking clubs, curriculum resources, staff training modules tailored to schools’ needs Physical Activity – advice and training for schools on promotion of physical activity messages
Healthy Schools Award Silver Once achieved Bronze Award • School identifies two health priorities to form part of an
improvement plan.
If healthy weight, nutrition or physical activity is chosen, the school will be helped by nutritionists or physical activity specialists to
develop an improvement plan Gold • Team will help school in delivery and evaluation of improvement
plan Schools will be provided with staff training, parent workshops,
activities with pupils and support with food provision
Jillian Pitt, Mytime Active
Programme Manager & Nutritionist – HS Bronze awards
Keely Sunderland, Mytime Active
Programme Manager & Nutritionist – HS Silver and Gold awards
David Millard, Health Education Partnership
Healthy Schools Co-ordinator
Want to find out more or book a meeting?