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 mo...