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This year the Lancashire Healthy Schools annual conference was organised in each of our three PCT footprints of North, Central and East Lancashire. More than 170 delegates attended one of the 3 workshops focusing on the Healthy Schools Enhancement Model and visited a Market place of partner agencies.

• Click here to open the Workshop A PowerPoint - An overview
• Click here for delegate responses to the Annual Review questions from Wokshop B
• Click here for Top Tips for completing the Annual Review

 Looking back…..

As our Transition Year draws to a close we wish to celebrate the achievements made through the old Lancashire Healthy Schools Programme.

Since the beginning:

• 1585 Quality Marks have been awarded
• 162 schools have achieved Lancashire Healthy School Status
• 26 schools have joined the prestigious Lancashire School Flagship Status with the completion of 12 (13) Quality Marks
• 603 (99%) of Lancashire schools have achieved National Healthy School Status

Looking forward…. 

During this Transition Year

• The Healthy Schools Team have provided 80 Cluster meetings to support schools with the Annual Review
• 237 schools have already started to complete their Annual Review online
• 26 schools have completed their Annual Review
• 30 schools have submitted their Annual Review 

Autumn 2010 

For schools that have held National Healthy School Status for 3 years or more, or have begun their Annual Review, you are invited to join the Annual Review Cluster meetings (one per district).

The letter of invitation and click form will be posted on the Schools Portal in early September.

We have placed a copy of the letter on the Annual Review Cluster Meetings web page which you can find on the Events and Training tab. Click here to link.

The transformation of lunchtimes at Corpus Christi Catholic Sports College in Preston was highlighted last week at the Times Educational Supplement’s schools awards as the college clinched the Outstanding School Dinners award for its new restaurant and catering service – which has seen healthy lunch numbers rise from 20% to 85% in the last 2 years. Read more....

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The ninth British Food Fortnight takes place from 18 September to 3 October 2010 during Harvest Festival, the traditional time for celebrating our food. We hope that you enjoy putting the Ooo back into food during British Food Fortnight!

Have a look at the Teacher Zone http://lovebritishfood.co.uk/blogcategory/teachers-take-part/

Which provides you with everything you need to help you plan and run your activities. There are downloadable pdfs of resource packs; information about our primary and secondary School Challenges; contact details and a list of things to consider when inviting a chef to teach a cookery lesson; ideas on how to involve parents; and advice on how to gain publicity for your school.

Employees are one of the most valuable assets to any college and creating a healthy workplace will bring benefits to any type of business.  Healthy people make happy people.  Health Works is a FREE local workplace health scheme which encourages making positive changes in the workplace, tackling issues such as smoking, healthy eating, positive mental health and physical exercise. Click here for more details.

You can now get involved in the Speaker's School Council Awards for 2011.

Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, wishes to acknowledge and recognise the most inspiring achievements of school councils across the country.

The awards are open to every primary school, secondary school and college in the UK. Click here to find out more.

Read about Shuttleworth College's entry to the 2010 Speaker's School Council Award.

This year’s Global Children’s Challenge will be host to 100,000 primary school children from over 80 countries around the world, all walking their way to a healthier future. Starting on the 29th September 2010 and running for 8 weeks (until the 17th November 2010), children will record their daily activity levels using a GCC pedometer (provided to the classes at no cost). Click here for flyer, and here for Event Guide

Teachers and Children can track their daily progress around the world on the GCC award winning website – www.gccjunior.org.

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Students from any school in the country are invited to present their ideas for reducing waste to help save resources and our environment. Their ideas will be judged by a panel of green dragons - some of the Biggest names in climate change.

The winning teams and their teacher(s) will be asked to be a part of taking their WOW idea into production nationwide. The winning school will have a complimentary powerPerfector unit installed by the awards sponsor, enabling the school to potentially reduce their energy usage by up to 20% !

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Find out how to market school meals effectively, including top tips on how to write a marketing plan and how to communicate with your customers.

Also find out more about how our new Marketing and Design Generator (MADGe) could help you. MADGe is a free online tool, designed to help you create effective marketing materials to promote school meals. Click here for more details

The School Food Trust are inviting Lancashire schools to join Let’s Get Cooking.
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This is a five-year, Lottery-funded programme to set up a national network, initially of 5,000 school-based cooking clubs for children and their families. Let's Get Cooking involves running cooking clubs to teach new cooking skills to children, families and the wider community and to hold food activities at school and community events. They provide lots of ideas and resources to help you do this and offer a flexible approach.

 

Your school is invited to apply but places are limited, so act quickly! An invitation pack will be sent to each Head Teacher to arrive in school on the week of 19 April. Please make sure you look out for this as all the sign up information that you need will be inside.

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Please follow the link below for further information

School Food Trust July Newsletter 

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Read the latest Newsletter here.

As you know, the lunchtime experience for young people is part of the Million Meals challenges.  The School Food Trust is about to launch a 'Canteen Rescue' competition where you can win a re-designed canteen for your pupils.  If you would like the opportunity to register your interest early, as a Million Meals member please click here.

Are you thinking of planning a health week in school based on healthy eating? If you need ideas have a look at our Health Week Resource Guide. Click here for details

IQ Education latest newsletter - click here.

New leaflet available for Parents Click here

Our local Lancashire heats were held at Preston College, where we had the use of their training kitchen, on Wednesday the 4th November.

The candidates had £1.25 to spend and had to produce a main course and a sweet, suitable for primary school children within an hour and a half. Their recipes had to be able to be replicated in large scale, and had to adhere with the Governments food based standards for school food.

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Updated November 2009. Guidance and resources for schools, early years and other educational settings.

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Hand Washing is the single most important method of reducing the spread of infection.

For more information please download here.    Global Handwashing Day October 15th.

The new Active School pack will help you to establish physical activity at the heart of your school through providing case study examples and practical tips in those areas which are most relevant to your school with clear, easily achievable steps. Click here for more details.

Newsletter of the North West Food and Nutrition Team

Issue 18— Summer Edition—August 2009 - Latest updates

Click on the link below for all the latest news, resources and competitions.

Food a Fact of Life - Education News Update July 2010

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Welcome to the latest newsletter from the Million Meals campaign!

This issue is packed full of useful updates including:

*       How to order your Million Meals resources on our website!
*       OUT NOW! Primary Curriculum Pack
*       Join our Leadership Network
*       How your school can win £5000!
*       Book your place on our next Conference Call
*       And much more!

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Click here for details of the White paper

The Youth Council is all about making sure young people (13- 19 years) are listened to and get their voices heard by the people who make the decisions about their lives; in their school; their community; their county and their country. We also make sure that money is spent on services and activities that they want and need.

Click here for further details.