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Sustainable Schools Conference - 9th March 2010
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January 2010The aim of the conference is to develop and disseminate innovative curriculum development work in Yorkshire and Humber primary and secondary schools... Read more ›
Inspire! Competition - Win £1,500 For Your School
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January 2010Do you know an outstanding teacher who would like to win £1,500 for their department? Read more ›
Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards
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January 2010The Tesco Charity Trust has announced that it will once again be seeking applications through its Community Awards programme in early 2010. Read more ›
Tesco 'Young Cook Of The Year' Competition
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December 2009Do you know someone aged 11-16 who loves to cook? Tesco magazine is searching for the next Jamie Oliver... Could it be them? Read more ›
Youngsters Encouraged To Eat More Healthier
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December 2009Sheffield schools have come together to join a national scheme designed to encourage children to cook and eat healthier meals. Read more ›
Sustainable Food - Teaching Materials
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December 2009Teaching materials around sustainable food for both primary and secondary schools are available now. Read more ›
Eat Better, Do better
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December 2009The School Food Trust has published a practical guide to adopting a Whole School Approach to food in special schools. Read more ›
School Food Trust - Secondary School Lunch Findings & Food Traffic Lighting
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December 2009The School Food Trust have released some fascinating and important research and information around food and in the findings of secondary school lunches in Sheffield. Read more ›
National Healthy Child Programme
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December 2009The Department of Health has released three publications around the National Healthy Child Programme. Read more ›
What's Cooking?
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December 2009'What’s Cooking?’ takes a practical approach and aims to help children and young people to choose, cook and eat safe, healthy food. Read more ›
Small Steps 4 Life
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December 2009“Hello, I'm James Cracknell the sustainability ambassador for London 2012, why not join us in taking SmallSteps4Life..?" Read more ›
Early Years Toolkit
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December 2009If you would like to get toddlers and pre-school children off to a healthy start the Change4Life Early Years toolkit is packed with materials you can use.
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The Simpsons Help Change4Life!
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December 2009From Monday 5th October to Christmas Day 2009 inclusive, Change4Life will sponsor ‘The Simpsons’ on Channel 4 Television. Read more ›
Biggest Ever National Celebration Of British Food
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October 2009The eighth British Food Fortnight that took place from 19th September to 4th October 2009 was the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces. Read more ›
Funding Available For Cooking Clubs!
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October 2009If your school already has a cooking club, you might be eligible to receive funding and resources from Let’s Get Cooking. Read more ›
Hype Dance & Hip Hop To Health!
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October 2009Hype Dance Company is the only organisation of its kind in South Yorkshire providing high quality, professional Hiphop dance performance and workshops. Read more ›
NHS LifeCheck Stakeholder Website
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October 2009The national NHS LifeCheck stakeholder website is now live... Read more ›
A Pinch Of Salt?
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October 2009On the 5th October 2009, the Food Standards Agency launched the Salt Campaign in a drive to raise awareness of the levels of salt naturally found in our foods... Read more ›
NHS Teen LifeCheck - A Report
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October 2009On the 26th and 27th July there was a Teen LifeCheck stand near the Oasis eating area Meadowhall. Read more ›
Parenting Handbooks
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October 2009Two fantastic handbooks on parenting are now available. The first covers children aged between birth and 5 years of age and the second from 5 to 19 years of age. Read more ›
Morrisons - Let's Grow
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October 2009Morrisons' Let's Grow scheme is back for its second year, helping children across the UK learn the food story first hand. Read more ›
Rocky's Bulging Belly
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October 2009Rocky's Bulging Belly is a humorous interactive adventure story written in rhyme for children... Read more ›
Watch It - New NHS Service For Overweight Children Kicks Off!
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October 2009Later this month Sheffield will be the fourth city in the country to implement a weight management programme that's helping young people to tackle childhood obesity nationwide. Read more ›
Health Protection Service - Food Hygiene Training Certified by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
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July 2009The Safeguarding Children Service Team are rolling out a 1-day training course between June and October... Read more ›
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School Food Legislation For Food Served At Times Other Than Lunch
The food-based standards for food served by the school at times other than lunch became legislation in September 2007. The standards apply to all local authority maintained primary, special, secondary and pupil referral units in England and refer to all food provided by the school between 8.00am and 6.00pm. This includes breakfast club provision, tuck shops, mid-morning break services, vending machines and after-school snacks and meals.
Visit www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk and go to document and resources to download the guidance.
Schools achieving National Healthy Schools Status must meet the School Food Trust Standards for school food, if you would like support with this please contact the Sheffield Healthy Schools Programme Tel: 0114 305 1032
Running a Fair Trade Tuck Shop and Meeting the School Food Legislation
Many schools across the city successfully run fair trade tuck shops at morning/afternoon break or during lunchtime. The Healthy Schools Programme fully support the fair trade initiative and encourage schools to promote fair trade to the school community, some of the products being sold however may not meet the School Food Standards and may have to be removed from sale, this doesn't mean that your school cannot continue to run the tuck shop.
For guidance and a list of fair trade products that meet the standards please click here
Is Your School Signed up to One Million Meals?
The School Food Trust Million Meals Campaign was launched in 2007 with the aim of increasing school meal uptake across the country. The campaign aims to increase schools meals number by 1 million by 2010, this equates to approximately 10,000 school meals for Sheffield.
Visit www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/millionmeals to find out more and sign up
32 Sheffield schools are already signed up:
- Acres Hill Primary School
- Beck Primary School
- Bents Green School
- Birley Community Primary School
- Birley Community College
- Brunswick Community Primary School
- Byron Wood Primary School
- Charnock Hall Primary School
- Chaucer Business and Enterprise College
- Dore Primary School
- Ecclesall Infant School
- Firth Park Community Arts College
- Fox Hill Primary School
- Greenlands Nursery Infant School
- Handsworth Grange School
- Hartley Brook Primary School
- Hatfield Primary School
- High Storrs School
- Holthouse Infant School
- Lowedges Primary School
- Marlcliffe Primary School
- Meynell Primary School
- Monteney Primary School
- Myers Grove School
- Nether Green Infant School
- Parkwood School
- Phillimore Community Primary School
- Springfield Primary School
- Stocksbridge High School
- St Mary’s Primary School (Walkley)
- Tinsley Junior School
- Totley All Saints Primary School
- Totley Primary School
- Westways Primary School
- Wisewood School and Community College
- Woodthorpe Community Primary School
- Wybourn community Primary School
- Yewlands School
