The Food Standards Agency has launched SmallSteps4Life – a website designed to get children and teenagers taking small, simple steps towards improving their health and well-being. The website includes ideas that can be used both at home and in school. (more…)
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Small Steps 4 Life launched
10 top tips for healthy lunchboxes
Packed lunch preparation can be a pain for parents. The pressure of coming up with varied meals 5 days a week, coupled with the worry that their kids’ lunches aren’t ‘healthy’ enough, can often leave packed lunch planning a joyless task. We’re here to help. Our super-simple ideas can make healthy packed lunches easier for mums to make and more fun for kids to eat, too… (more…)
Lifting the lid on lunchboxes
It’s official – only 1% of primary school kid’s packed lunches have been deemed healthy by a recent UK-based survey – so the majority fail to meet the nutritional standards set for school meals in England.
The survey, based on 1,300 school children, aged 8-9 years, noted that too many lunchboxes are filled with snack foods, crisps and sugary drinks. But it can be hard for parents to know how to keep packed lunchboxes nutritious, whilst appealing to fussy eaters at the same time. Preparing a packed lunch can quickly feel like Groundhog Day – trying to keep a box’s contents varied, as well as healthy, can be quite a demanding task. We asked three mums about their typical lunchbox routines…. (more…)
Get set for Sport Relief
In 2008 thousands of primary and secondary schools collectively raised over £2million for Sport Relief, to help change lives.
This year, Sport Relief will take place on 19-21 March and even more schools are looking to get involved. Here at Hearditintheplayground, we think that this is a fantastic opportunity for parents to encourage their kids to keep fit whilst having fun and raising money for a worthy cause at the same time. (more…)
