We recently celebrated the national Farmhouse Breakfast Week and the school was awash with the sights, smells and facts around getting a good start to the day.
Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an initiative that promotes
* Awareness of the importance of eating a great breakfast to kick-start the day
* Awareness of using local farmers’ produce.
* Awareness of the dietary merits and risks of different breakfasts
In assemblies, students saw two members of staff battle it out in ‘Ready Steady Cook’ breakfast challenge. Each member of staff had 10 minutes to cook a healthy and substantial breakfast, highlighting that it is quick, easy and important to ensure students have a good breakfast before they come to school. The breakfast was ‘taste-tested’ and students got to vote for which member of staff won the chef’s hat.
Alongside the assembly, students got to explore a variety of alternative breakfasts in the canteen such as, sausage and egg muffins, cereals and more besides.
The tutor activity for the week highlighted the importance of your diet around body image, as well as gathering student voice for what they would like to have on offer in the canteen.
During lunch time, students had the opportunity to engage in an interactive display, guessing the stereo-typical calories in foods we believe are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for us. This was supplemented by tutor time activities that looked at the benefits of different types of foods.
In line with the annual date of Farmhouse Breakfast week, we have a local farmer coming into school on Tuesday 24 January to talk to targeted students about careers in farming.
Bex Oldfield, Assistant Headteacher, said: “It was great to see students being fully engaged in the assembly. The week was all about raising awareness of the importance of a healthy breakfast to start their day and the science behind why it is so important to eat well for their learning. It definitely opened students’ eyes to see that they can do a quick, easy and nutritious breakfast in a short period of time. We have many suggestions for what students would love to see for breakfast, and more widely in the canteen, and this feedback will be added to future developments.. We look forward to welcoming local farmers into school in coming weeks as we live in a locale with a wide range of wonderful careers in this sector.”
