There are no healthy or unhealthy foods only healthy or unhealthy diets. Doncaster Schools Catering have updated their existing management information system by installing a new software package that will allow the service to analyse the nutritional content of the menu cycles offered to pupils, and to ensure compliance with the government's revised nutritional standards.
We believe that school meals represent the best option in terms of contributing to a healthy diet and value for money when compared to other sources of food available to children for their mid-day meal. i.e. packed lunches.
We continue to work closely with the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Health Trust’s Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Healthy Schools Team. Children learn about food and nutrition from many sources, including their parents/guardians and the school. Schools Catering is part of the school environment, and can and will support classroom teaching relating to nutrition. Throughout the school, messages about food should complement each other (e.g. the principles taught in the classroom should then be reflected in the type of food made available in the dining room).
