Awards ceremonies 2010
February 2010 – This year has seen two prestigious Food for Life Partnership Awards ceremonies celebrating schools that have excelled in transforming their food culture. Celebrity gardener, TV presenter and writer Monty Don presented awards to Midlands schools, while renowned chef and TV personality Brian Turner applauded schools in the North of England.
Monty Don said:
"This is more than just an award ceremony. This is a celebration of schools who have succeeded in transforming their food culture.
"Young people in these schools are cooking, growing and eating fresh, seasonal, local and organic food, and reconnecting with the farms that produce their food. These youngsters and their parents are celebrating good food and best of all it’s giving them what will probably be some of the most enjoyable experiences of their school lives."
Jeanette Orrey, School Meals Policy Advisor for the Food for Life Partnership and the famous dinner lady who inspired Jamie Oliver to do his campaign, will host the awards ceremony. She emphasises how much has happened in the school food arena since she co-founded the original school food campaign with the Soil Association back in 2003.
Jeanette says:
"When we started campaigning for better school dinners we had no idea that now 2,000 schools would have joined the campaign and not only improved their school dinners, but also embraced food education. We must make sure that all this good work carries on and that the party that wins the election makes a good, healthy and sustainable food culture in schools and their communities a priority."
Emma Noble, Director of the Food for Life Partnership said:
"These schools shows what real 21st century education is all about, which is using real life experiences to teach the curriculum and providing the next generation with solutions to what threatens their future, namely climate change and the obesity crisis. By empowering young people to make informed food choices and giving them the skills to grow and cook food for themselves and their families, Food for Life Partnership schools lead the way for a more sustainable future."
The award winners:
Gold
St Andrew’s CE Primary School (Shifnal, W Midlands)
St Peter’s CE Primary School (Wem, W Midlands)
Silver
The Oval Primary School (Yardley, W Midlands)
Abbey Road Primary School (Nottingham, E Midlands)
Coppice Farm Primary School (Nottingham, E Midlands)
Eastwood Comprehensive School (Eastwood, E Midlands)
Franche Community Primary School (Kidderminster, W Midlands)
Oakmeadow CE Primary School (Shrewsbury, W Midlands)
St Wilfrid’s Catholic School and 6th Form (Wakefield, Y&H)
Haworth Primary School (Haworth, Y&H)
Sowerby Community Primary School (Thirsk, Y&H)
Leys Farm Junior School (Scunthorpe, Y&H)
Middleton Primary School (Leeds, Y&H)
Pudsey Primrose Primary School (Stanningly, Y&H)
Skerne Park Primary School (Darlington, NE)
Battle Hill Primary School (Wallsend, NE)
St Gregory’s and St Patrick Community Catholic School (Whitehaven, NW)
St James CE Junior School (Whitehaven, NW)
King’s Meadow Primary School (Merseyside, NW)
Linden Road Primary School (Manchester, NW)
Manchester Creative and Media Academy (Manchester, NW)
Bronze
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic Technology College (Birmingham, W Midlands)
Bolsover Junior School (Chesterfield, W Midlands)
Old Hall Junior School (Chesterfield, E Midlands)
Orleton CE Primary School (Orleton, W Midlands)
Linden Road Primary School (Manchester, NW)
