Here is the evaluation from the first regional meeting of the School Food Ambassadors Network held on the 14th February 2008.

School Food Ambassadors 2008 Conference Report

The first round of Flagship schools for the South East have now been selected – in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Portsmouth and Surrey.

The schools are

Cowes Primary, Isle of Wight

Crondall Primary, Hampshire

Lyndhurst Junior School, Portsmouth

St James Primary, Elstead, Surrey

St Paul’s Catholic College, Sunbury, Surrey

West Byfleet Primary, Surrey

For more information visit the Food For Life Partnership website, or contact the Regional Coordinator Sara Osman  (details are in the Regional Contacts section of Newsfeed)

On the 28th March several Regional Programme Coordinators ran a training session for Healthy Schools Programme Leads about the support available to them in their role with supporting schools with healthy eating related work.

The information contained here covers:

How Healthy Schools Work  contributes to the National Obesity Strategy and links to Obesity Strategies within Local Authorities

The regional support available to schools including the Let’s Get Cooking project and the Food For Life Partnership

Information from a practical training session about engaging parents with healthy packed lunches and engaging with Midday Meal Supervisors

National Obesity Strategy and how it related to the National Healthy Schools Programme

The Obesity Strategy at Local Authority Level

Regional Support Contacts

Practical ways to engage with parents around healthy eating issues

Information about promoting healthier packed lunches

As part of the regional event for School Food Ambassadors held on the 14th February 2008 the delegates shared their knowledge and good practice  on a number of issues.

Here is the information gathered from a session in which School Food Ambassadors shared recommendations’ for effective joint
working & knowledge sharing within local school food groups/networks.

Effective joint working and knowledge sharing within local school food groups

As part of the regional event for School Food Ambassadors held on the 14th February 2008 the delegates shared their knowledge and good practice  on a number of issues.

Here is the information gathered from a session about how to involve School Cooks in the development of a Whole School approach to food.

Involving School Cooks in a whole school approach to food