Schools celebrate Breakfast Week
Schools across the county have been celebrating National Breakfast Week.
Children who attend breakfast clubs are being treated to special treats, including a ‘breakfast trifle’, made of cornflakes, yoghurt and fruit.
And whilst enjoying their breakfast, they are also being encouraged to take part in competitions to design a breakfast club logo, and a new outfit for healthy eating mascot Dylan the Dragon.
The winner will claim cycle hire for a family of four at Llanelli’s Millennium Coastal Park, and the runner-up will win a £10 gift voucher for County Cycles.
Carmarthenshire Catering Service runs the Primary Free Breakfast Initiative on behalf of the Welsh Assembly, and has the highest take-up in the whole of Wales.
As well as providing an opportunity for parents to drop their children off at school half an hour earlier, they also ensure that children are having a nutritional meal to start their day.
Catering services manager Sandra Weigel said: “Breakfast is recognised as the most important meal of the day and evidence shows that a healthy breakfast is linked to better health, concentration and behaviour in our schools.
“National Breakfast Week provides us with the perfect opportunity to highlight this message, and to encourage more children to join their school’s breakfast club.”
The majority of Carmarthenshire primary schools run a breakfast club.
They are open from 8am, and pupils enjoy a free breakfast consisting of a choice of non sugar-coated cereal, toast, fruit and a glass of milk or fruit juice.
Cllr Gwynne Wooldridge, executive board member for education and children’s services, said: “It is fantastic to see children gathered together before the school day to enjoy a healthy breakfast. The clubs are useful for parents who may need to drop their children off at school earlier than normal, and also gives children a good start to the day – it helps them maintain a healthy, balanced diet, and helps them to concentrate on their work when they get in to the classroom.”
Children who attend breakfast clubs are being treated to special treats, including a ‘breakfast trifle’, made of cornflakes, yoghurt and fruit.
And whilst enjoying their breakfast, they are also being encouraged to take part in competitions to design a breakfast club logo, and a new outfit for healthy eating mascot Dylan the Dragon.
The winner will claim cycle hire for a family of four at Llanelli’s Millennium Coastal Park, and the runner-up will win a £10 gift voucher for County Cycles.
Carmarthenshire Catering Service runs the Primary Free Breakfast Initiative on behalf of the Welsh Assembly, and has the highest take-up in the whole of Wales.
As well as providing an opportunity for parents to drop their children off at school half an hour earlier, they also ensure that children are having a nutritional meal to start their day.
Catering services manager Sandra Weigel said: “Breakfast is recognised as the most important meal of the day and evidence shows that a healthy breakfast is linked to better health, concentration and behaviour in our schools.
“National Breakfast Week provides us with the perfect opportunity to highlight this message, and to encourage more children to join their school’s breakfast club.”
The majority of Carmarthenshire primary schools run a breakfast club.
They are open from 8am, and pupils enjoy a free breakfast consisting of a choice of non sugar-coated cereal, toast, fruit and a glass of milk or fruit juice.
Cllr Gwynne Wooldridge, executive board member for education and children’s services, said: “It is fantastic to see children gathered together before the school day to enjoy a healthy breakfast. The clubs are useful for parents who may need to drop their children off at school earlier than normal, and also gives children a good start to the day – it helps them maintain a healthy, balanced diet, and helps them to concentrate on their work when they get in to the classroom.”
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