Encouraging the take up of hot meals

Explore tactics that other schools have used to increase the take up of hot meals at the expense of packed lunches. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.

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Croydon Whole School Food Policy Template

The vision for school food in Croydon is that all children and young people have access to high quality food and opt to make healthier food choices...

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Innovative reward programme to increase school meal take up & healthy choices

Barking and Dagenham’s unique reward scheme helps to encourage the take up of school meals and healthy food choices. Reward points are earned every time a healthy school meal...

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Tasting and cooking demonstration

Caterlink deliver cooking and tasting demonstrations to support children's understanding of food and help them to develop their pallets and interest...

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Primary school

Theme day each week

Introducing a 'pizza Friday' where children design their own toppings

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Cooperation between school meals service and food technology

Catering Manager develops links between Food Technology and the school meals service

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Secondary school

Top tips to get children to try new food

Great ideas for encouraging children to eat more fruit and veg

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Secondary school

Involving pupils in increasing take up

The Local Authority designed menus through working with pupils and parents

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Secondary school

A packed lunch workshop for parents

A packed lunch workshop re-educated parents about the drawbacks of packed lunches and benefits of hot meals

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Primary school

Encouraging healthy lunch boxes

Healthy Schools Policy helping to encourage parents to make healthier packed lunches

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Primary school

Ideas to increase take up

A variety of great ideas to increase take up of school meals

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Ideas to promote school meals in primary schools

Top tips on promoting school meals in primary schools

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Improving quality of packed lunches and going water only

All chocolate snacks, crisps and all other drinks have been successfully eliminated form this primary school with the help of Healthy Schools Tower Hamlets