Soil Association Food for Life - New Event
Would you like to demonstrate that your school is doing fantastic work to improve pupils’ health outcomes, behaviour and attainment? Food for Life in Warwickshire provides a package of support including resources, training and advice to create a culture of healthy eating and great food education …and thanks to Public Health Warwickshire the FFL Awards package, which usually costs £500, is available for all schools in the county absolutely free until 2019.
Here are just some of the many benefits of FFL:
- Pupil Health and Wellbeing: Independent evaluation of our programme demonstrates our unique, whole school approach makes a positive contribution to pupil health and wellbeing with many schools reporting a clear impact on their Ofsted report in terms of pupils' personal development and wellbeing.
- Ofsted: FFL shows that you are meeting Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requirement to support children and learners to keep themselves healthy. “Schools who are working towards or have gained their Food for Life Schools Award will already have started to collect evidence of a positive food culture in action.” (Ofsted)
- School Food Standards: FFL award holders demonstrate they are meeting DfE’s mandatory School Food Standards.
- Training, support and resources: We offer a wealth of resources, specialist support and training, developed and delivered by experts.
- Curriculum: FFL supports national curriculum requirements on cooking and uses food growing and food linked education to enhance the curriculum and foster enterprise skills.
Feedback from a teacher at FFL school in Warwickshire:
“The pupils thoroughly enjoy the gardening and other FFL activities. It has been noticed that it has had a calming effect on pupils who struggle with behavioural issues. It has influenced attainment by actively engaging pupils through first-hand experience, creating a high level of engagement and deeper understanding. Children are more engaged in writing and maths when FFL activities are involved, such as instruction writing about how to make chutney. The pupils are consuming more fruit and vegetables, talking about what they are eating and encouraging others to eat them as well.”
If you would like to find out more about Food for Life and how to enrol then please book a place on our New Schools Event by contacting Local Programme Manager, Valerie Meehan, at vmeehan@soilassociation.org or call 07736 888462 to arrange an alternative appointment if you are unable to attend.
Our next New Schools Event is on Wednesday 8th November 2017 from 3.30pm to 4.30pm at:
Cotesbach Educational Trust,
Main Street,
Near Lutterworth
LE17 4HX
We hope to see you there!