SamplePolicy.docVIP

Sample : WHOLE SCHOOL FOOD POLICY School name: ______________________________ Date: ______________________________ Date of next review: ______________________________ (This document is freely available to the entire school community. It has also been made available in the school newsletter, website and prospectus). 1 RATIONALE As a school, we have always prided ourselves in providing the best education to your children, within available resources, whilst attending our school. We now wish to extend this ethos by promoting healthy eating patterns to our children at school, by taking a more pro-active approach to improving the health and wellbeing of children, while attending class. In the past, as part of the curriculum and to improve the well being of our children, we have incorporated: Healthy eating days Provision of water containers for children Achieved accreditation as a Healthy School Etc. We are now taking the work, already done on food in our school, a stage further by introducing a Whole School Food Policy . This policy will cover the following: School meals Non-school lunch packs Food provided at the school, other than school meals Healthy eating, as part of the curriculum Extra curriculum activities, such as cookery clubs, etc Our belief is that a balanced healthy, nutritious diet is important for the development of a child’s physical state, as well as for their intellectual abilities. Feeding the body with the proper nutrients helps fuel the mind to be more receptive to learning new skills, hence Feed the Body, Fuel the Mind. 2 AIM To ensure that all aspects of food and drink in school promote the health and well being of pupils, staff and visitors to our school. 3 OBJECTIVES 3.1 Working with the school’s caterer 3.1.1 The school and its caterer must meet the new nutritional standards for school meals (19 May 2006) and non-school meal food provided in school. The school and its caterer now must offer the follow