Food for Life Bronze award!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Food for Life Bronze Award for our healthy and climate-friendly food culture. The award recognises our hard work in ensuring that we serve healthy, ethically sourced and environmentally friendly meals. At Queensmead, we are proud of the food that we serve. We are currently working towards a 'Food for Life' Silver award for our academy. 

Healthy Packed Lunch

Healthy packed lunches are essential for supporting children's growth, concentration, and wellbeing throughout the school day. Making lunches with fresh fruit and veg, lean proteins like tuna or chicken, wholemeal bread or pasta, and dairy such as cheese or yogurt ensures children receive key nutrients including vitamins, fibre, and steady energy to tackle lessons and playtimes. 

We try to encourage healthier packed lunch boxes in the academy. To support article 24, “I have the right to be as healthy as possible”, our Rights Respecting School Council want to help with this. They had special training with a dietitian and then shared what they had learnt with the other children.

 

'It's important to eat healthily and it tastes good too!'

  

Here you will find lots of advice and ideas on creating a healthy packed lunch for your child.

Lunch box snacks

Lunch box Drinks

Lunch box dairy

Lunch box Protein Choice

Eat well guide

Lunch box checklist

Stuck for ideas for lunchbox choices? Click this link for some inspiration and healthy suggestions:

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes

Choose your character and be a lunch box hero by creating your very own healthy lunch. You and your lunch-box companion could score 100% by choosing a balanced lunch. Are you ready to step up to the plate?

Lunchbox Hero | Games | Health for Kids

Click the button below for an introduction to Healthy Eating for children aged 5 - 11

Healthy Eating introduction

 

Tasty School Dinners!

At our school, we take pride in serving delicious, nutritious school dinners that follow the latest UK government School Food Standards, ensuring every child enjoys balanced, freshly prepared meals designed to fuel their learning, growth, and fun-filled days.

With universal free school meals in our key stage 1 classes and eligibility checks for older pupils, we make nutritious eating accessible to all, encouraging social bonding at communal tables and introducing exciting flavours like mild veggie kormas or classic cottage pie made with locally sourced ingredients where possible. If you would like to know more about our school dinners, please contact the office.

You can view our menu by clicking the button below.

Menu

Useful websites

For healthy recipes, ideas on smart swaps and 10 minute shake up activities visit Change4Life.

 

Health for Kids website for lots of tips on activity and healthy eating.

Recipe Ideas

We sent out questionnaires to all parents about the academy school meals and we also asked for healthy recipe ideas.

Here is one of the suggestions:

Ingredients

Low Calorie Spray
60g Wholemeal roll
1 tsp mustard powder
2 tsps. of mixed herbs
2 Eggs
4 Skinless and boneless chicken breasts.

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 200c / 180f
• Spray a baking tray with cooking spray
• Whizz the bread roll in a food processor until you have fine breadcrumbs
• Add herbs and mustard powder
• Lightly beat the eggs in a shallow bowl
• Dip the chicken in the egg and coat in the breadcrumbs
• Arrange on the baking tray and cook for 20 - 25 minutes or until cooked through
• Serve with a garden salad

Mmmm sounds delicious!

If you have any healthy recipes that you would like to share with other parents please write them down and drop them into the office.