Issue 30 - Belfast Education & Library Board

school meals week
The Northern Ireland School Caterer’s Association (NISCA) planned and organised ‘School Meals Week’
commencing 28th May 2012. Primary and post primary schools across all five education boards participated
in an action-packed week of fun activities and community events based around 3 key themes:
The Titanic The London Olympics
The main aims of School Meals Week were to:
• Promote a Whole School Approach to the catering provided to pupils
• Promote the uptake to school meals both free and paid
• Reinforce the impact of lifestyle change through diet and exercise
The Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee
This is the first time that NISCA has coordinated a ‘School Meals Week’ across the province and in preparation
for the event, schools received special promotion packs comprising a number of resources for their chosen
theme day including: specially themed menus, colouring competitions, prizes and advice on how to decorate
the dining area.
St Aidan’s PS, Belfast pupil Kevin Tate and
Thomas McBride and Demi Rea and Ben
Denny from Tullycarnet PS helped launch
the NI School Caterers’ Association School
Meals Week at the Titanic Building in
Belfast. Atlantic record breaking rower
Kate Richardson and Captain Smith aka St
Aidan’s PS Principal Raymond Hunter also
attended.
Schools will be hosting events and
competitions throughout the week under
a number of themes – the Titanic, the
Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics – and a
number of schools are hosting ‘Come Dine
with Me’ events in the school dinner hall
for family members. “The purpose of the week is to highlight the positives of the school meals service
throughout Northern Ireland and to promote school meals as part of a healthy school lifestyle,” said
NISCA Chairperson Janet McAlister.