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  • This month, we were invited to Prague to share our experience of delivering a whole school approach to food in the UK at the SchoolFood4Change annual general assembly. It was excellent to hear more about school food in Europe – what’s going well, the challenges and how we can work together.

  • Five Medway primary schools have recently achieved their Food for Life Schools Award. This demonstrates their commitment to making changes and putting good practice in place, transforming their food culture with support from staff, pupils and the wider community.  

  • Since enrolling with Food for Life in April, Brunshaw Primary School in Lancashire have transformed their outside space into a flourishing growing area.

  • Schools across the country are committing to serving healthy food & embedding a good food culture, working through the Food for Life Award criteria to do so. Find out more here

  • The Academy of Woodlands in Medway have been making the most of the Food for Life’s Cook and Share resources during their regular cooking club. Discover how here.

  • Food for Life has been working in Leicestershire for ten years, supporting schools to embed a good food culture as well as empowering people to become food leaders in their communities.

  • Cooking is a wonderful activity that all can get involved with, whether you’re a seasoned cook passing on your skills or someone who is learning their first recipe. Learn more here.

  • New data from recent polls shows that voters across both major parties are supportive of extending free school meals, to make sure every child has access to at least one healthy and sustainable nourishing meal every day.

  • Pupils from Kingfisher Primary School in Medway recently enjoyed a visit to a wheat farm to learn all about where their food comes from. The farm, situated near Sittingbourne, Kent, is a wheat supplier for Warburtons.

  • With current challenges needing greater flexibility, this new award will recognise and celebrate the progress schools and nurseries have made despite including tighter budgets, less time, and lower capacity.

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