Many schools are discovering that extending and/or enhancing the lunchtime brings welcome benefits for the school as well as the pupils.
Horton Grange Primary School
With its lowest-performing pupils going home for lunch and only 18% of pupils having a school meal which had been paid for, Horton Grange Primary School needed to take action. And it did: today, take up of the ‘paid-for’ school meals has risen by 200% and the whole school is involved in improving school meals and the lunch break. Read on, for more details on how Horton Grange achieved this…
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/casestudy/hortongrangeschool/activelunch
Longfield School, Darlington
Trouble in the local community at lunch time, much of it arising from pupils’ boredom and by them wandering off-site, led Longfield School to take action in an innovative, unexpected way. Since then, attendance, attainment and participation in healthy activities has increased. Read on to find out how it was done….
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/casestudies/longfieldschool/activelunch
Surrey Square Junior and Infant School
With a shortage of dining space for pupils, no funding to be able to provide more, yet bursting with ambition to offer pupils something better, staff at Surrey Square Junior and Infant School faced a challenge. Yet, within a year, they had built a new kitchen and dining area, extended and restructured the school lunchtime, and introduced a range of activities. Read on for more details on how they achieved this….
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/casestudies/surreysquareschool/activelunch
Yewlands Technology College, Sheffield.
At Yewlands Technology College, lunchtimes used to be chaotic with pupils buying food off-site from the local shops, resulting in a low take up of school meals and pupils often being late back to class.. So, how has the college turned this round to more than double school meal take up levels and change pupil behaviour and habits during the lunch break? Read more details here….
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/casestudies/yewlandsschool/activelunch
Rawmarsh Community School
Several fast-food outlets surround Rawmarsh Community School and pupils were wandering off-site at lunch time, causing problems which staff had to deal with in the afternoons. Read on to find out how the school successfully tackled this, including increasing school meal take-up and improving pupil performance, without cutting short the lunch break.
www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/casestudies/rawmarshschool/activelunch
