Pupils 'are more alert thanks to good food' New survey shows that school...

Belfast Telegraph;  December 11, 2004 ;     365 words ......According to the 'Looking for innovation in healthy school meals' report by the Soil Association and Business in the Community, healthy school meals lead to better behaved pupils who are more...strengthen the case for urgent improvements to school meals.It highlighted that pupils who ...

360,000 pupils skip free school meals

The Independent - London;  May 9, 2001 ;     273 words ...HUNDREDS OF thousands of children entitled to free school meals are deliberately missing out on their lunch, a report...000 of the 1.8 million youngsters entitled to a free school meal do not take it up. Many children fear being stigmatised...or bullying put many parents off from claiming free school ...

Poorer pupils ignore healthy school meals for trendy junk food

The Scotsman;  December 13, 2006 ;     461 words ......past four years to make school meals healthier and more appealing...don't want to eat healthy school meals. They tend to go to the...just don't want to eat school meals. So although they're eligible for free school meals, they'd rather just go...food ban could ...

Pupils lose appetite for school meals and healthy eating drive

The Scotsman;  June 8, 2005 ;     542 words ......the number of children eating school meals has fallen for the second year...the number of pupils taking school meals has fallen from 49.3 per cent...at improving the quality of school meals and encouraging Scots youngsters...are blaming the low uptake of school meals on ...

SSP puts free school meals back on agenda

Evening News - Scotland;  June 3, 2003 ;     254 words ...A BID to introduce free school meals for all children is set...parliament over a free school meals Bill. But party colleague Rosie Kane has re-tabled the Bill and won...Executive's Education (School Meals) (Scotland) Bill is designed...currently receiving free school ...

Pupils rejecting Jamie's healthy lunch menu Hundreds of pupils are...

Herald Express (Torquay UK);  September 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......healthy meals. The number of students eating school meals decreased by about four per cent in the last...revolutionise school dinners. The number of school meals served over the year reduced by about 20,833...decline in the number of students enjoying school meals in 2006/07 ...

Executive cooks up bigger and healthier school meals at no extra cost

The Sunday Herald;  February 16, 2003 ;     454 words ...School meals are to get bigger and better. On Wednesday, education...be advised to stick to new "nutrient standards" for school meals - the first of their kind in the UK - which reduce...measures have been drawn up by an expert panel on school meals established by the Executive in ...

Axe for free school meals that 'work wonders'

Yorkshire Post;  January 23, 2007 ;     558 words ......Education Correspondent FREE school meals in Hull which are set to...the meals if charges were re-introduced. But despite the...Minister responsible for school meals, Education Secretary Alan...uptake of the free healthy school meals, probably the highest uptake...and found ...

Health experts claim free school meals could save children's lives; Former...

The Sunday Herald;  June 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......experts convinced that the provision of free school meals is a practicable means of giving children access...trends of our young people," Player notes. "Free school meals would not beincidental to this process, but...problems to Scotland, where the provision of free school meals has ...

Healthy school meals scheme bans junk food

Evening Times;  May 3, 2006 ;     241 words ......promote the uptake of free school meals. However, leading antipoverty...public their views on free school meals for every pupil in the...consultation launched today. They're angry the Executive's plans...providing universal free school meals. John Dickie, head of the...of the ...

Welcome for review of school meals.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 9, 2006 ;     272 words ...A REVIEW of school meals has been welcomed by the FUW as a first step towards...was required alongside improvements in the quality of school meals. Such a move would enable positive messages to be sent that improving the standard of school meals can be reinforced by the reinstatement of ...

Anger at school meals rise plan.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  October 28, 2005 ;     427 words ......increase the price of Newcastle school meals. Opposition councillors...children eligible for free school meals. A third of city children...that message across. We're horrified the Lib Dems are...possibly by 10p, when we're trying to encourage more...meals it could disable the ...

YUK! EXCLUSIVE Parents and teachers in outcry as school meals scandal...

The Mirror (London, England);  May 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......BROUGH SHOCKINGLY bad school meals are still being served...pre-packed stuff they're getting at the moment...Government for healthy school meals following his hugely...children receiving healthy school meals. As government has said...

School meals company hits back in row over spending on food

Yorkshire Post;  April 2, 2005 ;     354 words ......celebrating cheap food. We're driven by quality over cost...the city's contractor for school meals in 2001, and since that time...an increase in take-up of school meals from 38 to 44 per cent in...in the current climate of school meals, the reference to Cheap As...

INSIDE OUT: Giving schools a lesson in healthy eating; Organic food guru...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......of their youngster's school meals. They've also issued...declining quality of school meals is creating a public...reform to change the way school meals are sourced and served...processed food dominates school meals which are often high...the current state of ...