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Support children and young people at meal or snack times

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'School food standards' on the School Food Plan website

Click to read about the standards for all food served in schools, these standards were introduced by the Department for Education and are mandatory for all maintained schools, academies, and free schools.

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Click the icon to revisit the School Food Trust website and access a page containing articles on how enhancing lunchtime has benefitted schools in the UK.
This article from the National Education Union covers ‘Standards for food safety in schools’.
Click the icon to read a BBC article on how Omega 3 fish oils can have an effect on the concentration behaviour and academic achievement of some children.
Read this Food for the Brain article on the effects that nutrition can have on dyslexia and dyspraxia.
Using the internet, research evidence to support the importance of diet on a child’s development.
Click on the icon to read 'School food in England: Departmental advice for governing bodies, January 2015’ by the Department for Education.
Click on the icon to read ‘School Food Standards: A practical guide for schools, their cooks and caterers’ which includes the mandatory food-based standards from the government.
Click 'to read ‘Religious dietary restrictions: Your essential quick reference guide’ from Thrive Meetings.
Click to read 'Why fresh and healthy school meals?' on the School Food Matters website.

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