A while ago we asked you to take part in a survey about school meals for the School Food Trust. Below is some feedback from them, plus a call to action for anyone who'd like to appear in a video, giving their views on School meals past and present. First the feedback:
The School Food Trust found the survey feedback really useful and it will be used by them to help continue to improve the school meal service. They said, and we quote:
"Firstly, we were really pleased that 2/3rds of you have noticed an improvement in the quality of school food in the last couple of years. A lot has changed in recent years. Nowadays, there are teams of experts working to make sure that school foods are healthy, exciting, tasty and nutritious and school cooks have training available to help them develop and cook better meals.
Fear not though! We know that we still have a lot of work to do. We know that all children are different and that the school meals service differs throughout the country, so we are currently rolling out a wide range of pilots to test different tools and techniques to improve the school meal experience We?re doing all of this, because our research shows that children?s performance at school is closely linked with their nutrition. Our goal is to make the school meal service as happy and enjoyable an experience as possible for your child, and a worry-free option for you." (end quote)
If you'd like to add to the feedback you offered in the survey, or if you didn't manage to complete the survey but have something you want to say about the school meals service in your area, please feel free to add it here.
Now the movie star bit
The School Food Trust would like to put together a short, fun, promotional video, made up of Mumsnetters' comments on school meals (and ideally why they like them, though feel free to add negative comments, as well as comments from your own experience of school meals... spam fritters is my main memory). It could be anything from - "I love school meals because not making packed lunches means an extra 10 minutes in bed in the morning" (and we really hope someone says this as it's one of our fave reasons) to "I like the fact that my child gets a hot meal" or " I think they should be made to eat spam fritters like I was..."(not that I'm indelibly scarred...)
They've come to Mumsnet for this because MNers are known for being down to earth and also wickedly funny and we know you won't let us down Everyone who sends a video of themselves talking about school meals will be entered into a prize draw to win £250. If you think you might be interested in taking part, please click here for more information.
And now, over to you for you additional comments on the school meals service.
Thanks,
MNHQ