Park Primary School has been getting its school community involved with growing and outdoor cooking by opening their garden gates to pupils’ families.
Over the past year our expert training team have collaborated closely with two primary schools in Hull, with funding from The Joseph and Annie Cattle Trust, to codesign a bespoke framework for primary schools to deliver curriculum activities with a focus on wellbeing, enjoying nature and eating for good health.
A big well done to Stanton Under Bardon primary school in Leicestershire who have achieved their Food for Life Bronze Award! We were pleased to welcome two members of staff to Food for Life training in January, where they learnt how to cook aloo tikki, potato cakes made with onion and spices. Following training, they took the recipe back to school to teach pupils during one of their food events.
St Mary’s Catholic School in Leicestershire have now achieved their Food for Life Gold Award, making them the seventh school in the area to achieve this top award. The school have embraced a whole setting approach to food whole-heartedly, ensuring it’s a staple part of the school day, not just at lunchtime.
Big congratulations to St Mary's C of E School in Hinckley, Leicestershire, who have achieved their Food for Life Gold Award. This it the highest level of the Food for Life Schools Award and is proof of a school’s exceptional dedication to building a good food culture.
Holy Cross enrolled into the Food for Life programme in July 2024 and since then have been hard at work improving their school food culture. Their first step was to set up a SNAG – a school nutrition action group – made up of pupils and staff who want to effect change.
For over 20 years, Food for Life has been working with schools, nurseries and caterers across the UK to get meals that are at least 75% freshly prepared with whole and minimally processed ingredients on our plates.
Schools in Lancashire have been making good use of Food for Life’s wealth of resources to run cooking clubs. They’re able to access these expert resources thanks to Lancashire County Council commissioning Food for Life to make good food the norm across the county.
Pupils and teachers at this Lancashire primary school have been making use of Food for Life’s Cook and Share resources to cook up a storm.
The school have been working hard to improve their food culture and pupil wellbeing and were delighted to receive their Food for Life Foundation Award during a recent assembly. They are the first school in West Northamptonshire to achieve this award.
Inspired by their work with the Food for Life programme and with the cost of healthy meals increasing, St Philip’s Primary School in Lancashire has been running free ‘budget boosting’ meal workshops.
