Healthy Eating Policy
AIMS/ PURPOSES/ RATIONALE
  1. To encourage healthy eating.
  2. To improve dental hygiene
  3. To hep alleviate the litter problem in the school and encourage recycling.
  4. To encourage children to experience a wide variety of food.
  5. To help the children understand the link between a healthy diet and a healthy, active lifestyle.
  6. To educate children for living and for life.
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PROCEDURES/ GUIDELINES
  • The staff will encourage healthy eating and educate the children in Health Education.
  • Children will be encouraged to participate in Sporting Activities as part of the schools healthy eating/healthy lifestyle policy.
  • All food and drinks consumed in the school will follow the guidelines recommended in the food pyramid.
  • Food can only be eaten at: Break time and Lunch Time
  • Hands should be washed after eating if necessary.
  • No eating in the toilets.
  • Foods that can be composted will be put into special bins for composting.
  • Other litter from lunches will be taken home by the pupils.
  • Children will be allowed a treat (a chocolate coated biscuit, eg club milk, snack bar) on Fridays.
  • Children will be encouraged to recycle.
 

THE FOLLOWING FOODS ARE RECOMMENDED:
  1. Fruit
  2. Sandwiches
  3. Milk
  4. Cheese
  5. Yoghurts
  6. Vegetables (carrot/celery sticks etc.)
 

THE FOLLOWING FOODS ARE NOT ALLOWED:
  1. chewing gum
  2. lollipops
  3. crisps, chipsticks etc.
  4. Fizzy drinks
  5. Sweets, chocolates, biscuits
 

RESOURCES/IMPLICATIONS

*This policy will be circulated to all families in the school.

*It is hoped that all parents will actively support this policy.

 

MONITORING/EVALUATION/REVIEW

A regular review of this policy will be carried out to assess its effectiveness.