Packed Lunches & School Meals

We know that most children and families will be at home now following the Governments guidelines on Coronavirus, some children may be key workers children and may still be going into school. Whether your child is at home or in school there are still some packed lunch ideas you can try out and even get the kids involved to help prepare and create their own packed lunch.

Packed lunches are great for a picnic in the garden, a picnic get together over FaceTime with friends, packed lunches for key worker children going into school or how about picking a packed lunch to have over FaceTime with tech savvy friends and family so everyone can keep connected and socialise or how about packed lunches just because it is sometimes good to keep a routine.

If your child(ren) has packed lunches, take a look here for more information on providing your child with a healthy packed lunch: 

Get the kids involved! Children helping to prepare their healthy lunchbox educates them on healthy food choices and they are more likely to eat it if they helped make it

Add salad to sandwiches and wraps etc, it will become normal and it counts towards your child’s 5 A DAY

Make the packed lunch fun. Giving children food they can dip makes a fun change.  

Take a look at some lunchbox ideas below, all ideas are from the Change4Life website and more information and ideas can be found at:

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

Schools meals can offer pupils freshly cooked main meals and desserts. Dinner time during a school day is important as children get a chance to eat a heathy and nutritious meal, which provides them with energy and fuel for concentrating, learning and playing.

For information about school meals in Tameside, click here: https://www.tameside.gov.uk/schoolmeals