Lunch Boxes
Please send your child to school with a well balanced diet containing all the different food groups: complex carbohydrates, protein, dairy, fruit and vegetables and a sensible amount of sugary and fatty food. Using a variety of ideas throughout the term can keep their lunch boxes interesting, they like a change as much as adults. Why not try a pasta salad as an alternative to a sandwich and fruit kebabs instead of plain fruit. Many of the web sites listed below have some great tips and ideas how to make packed lunches both healthy, filling and fun! The informative games will help make your children enthusiastic about healthy eating as we know they are in school.
LunchBox Ideas Web Site
EatWell.Gov.UK Web Site
EatWell.Gov.UK Menus age specific
"BOYS and healthy eating"
One parent has said that the most important thing to her son is that his packed lunch is QUICK to eat so he can go out and play football! If this means putting non-peel or pre-peeled fruit into his lunch box then this is surely the way forward! Just a tip from another mum!
