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Packed Lunches

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​School meals are a great choice for your child, but if you choose to make a packed lunch for them instead here are some tips for preparing a healthier lunchbox.

Preparing your child's lunchbox.  

A healthier lunchbox should:
  • ​be based on starchy carbohydrates (bread, potatoes, rice, pasta)
  • include fresh fruit and vegetables/salad
  • include a source of protein such as beans and pulses, eggs, fish, meat, cheese (or dairy alternative)
  • include a side dish such as a low-fat and lower-sugar yoghurt (or dairy alternative), tea cake, fruit bread, plain rice/corn cakes, homemade plain popcorn, sugar-free jelly
  • include a drink such as water, skimmed or semi-skimmed milk, sugar-free or no-added-sugar drinks

​The Eatwell Guide shows you how to have a healthy balanced diet and can help you decide what to put in your child's lunchbox.
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Healthier breaktime snacksChildren often like food they can eat with their fingers, so chop up raw veggies such as carrots or peppers and give them hummus or cottage cheese to dip the veggies in.

Try chopped apple, satsuma segments, strawberries, blueberries, halved grapes or melon slices to make it easier for them to eat. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to stop them from going brown.

Breadsticks and wholemeal crackers are great finger foods. Try spreading low-fat soft cheese on them.

Swap cakes, chocolate, cereal bars and biscuits with malt loaf, tea cakes, fruit breads or fruit. Fruit can be fresh or canned (in juice, not syrup).

Dried fruit is not recommended as a snack between meals as it's high in sugar and can be bad for teeth, but it's OK when eaten as part of a meal. 

Here are more ideas for healthy food swaps.

Making lunchboxes healthier

It may take a while for your child to get used to a healthier lunchbox but keep trying. These tips may help:
  • Get your children involved in preparing and choosing what goes in their lunchbox. They're more likely to eat it if they helped prepare it.
  • Get ideas on how to introduce more fruit and veg into your family's diet.
  • Read supermarket food labels to help you buy healthier foods for your child's lunch and family mealtimes.

More information is available on the Childrens Food Trust website.  Please follow the link below:

www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/childrens-food-trust/parents/your-childs-food-at-school/packed-lunches/


Everyone learning together in faith, truth and love
Baldwins Gate CE (VC) Primary School
Tollgate Avenue
Baldwins Gate
Newcastle under Lyme
Staffordshire  ST5 5DF
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Telephone:  01782 680649                 Email: office@baldwinsgate.staffs.sch.uk


BUZZ Breakfast and After School Club
Telephone: 07849 737202 between
8.00 - 8.50 am and 3.30 - 5.30 pm  
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