Tick off Bronze for... Informing parents of lunch menus

15 November 2011 – If you are informing parents of lunch menus, then you are on your way to Bronze. Telling parents about the fresh, healthy food you are serving through newsletters, the school website, posters, etc. is a great way to promote your Food for Life Partnership activities and increase school meal take-up! 

Food Education criteria
Bronze: We keep parents informed of lunch menus and Food for Life Partnership activity, and invite them to attend our school lunches.

Resources

The Food for Life Partnership parents’ page tells parents how to get involved and help out at school.

Jeanette Orrey has some top tips for tasty school meals.

School blog

Great Missenden Primary School in Buckinghamshire has an opt-in day once a term for pupils with packed lunches so that they can eat a cooked meal. School meal take-up increases to over 85% on these days. Read the blog.