Schools step up to the plate for Fruity Friday
Pupils from Park Lane Primary School in Nuneaton will be tucking into a special fun and fruity lunch on Friday 15 May to mark Cancer Prevention Week.
The Fruity Friday lunch will be prepared by Warwickshire County Council’s caterers as part of a World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) initiative to raise awareness of the links between diet, nutrition and cancer prevention by promoting eating fruit.
The children at the school will join pupils around the county to enjoy the fruit filled feast. Fish fingers or quiche with stupendously fruity salad will be followed by a tropical orange slice or a fabulously fruity platter all washed down with fruit punch or strawberry milkshake.
Each meal is given a health boost with a starter of fruit crudités and the youngsters have a choice of potatoes, or wholemeal bread to accompany their meal, chilled water is available throughout the lunch.
Lindsay Higgins, Development Manager for Warwickshire County Caterers said: “Fruity Friday is an excellent way to promote the importance of eating a healthy, balanced diet, with the added benefit of offering support to a valuable cause. Children who eat better, do better and we are really pleased that we have been able to implement healthy eating so successfully in Warwickshire”.
Fruity Friday is just the latest initiative being run by Warwickshire County Council to promote healthy school meals. The service’s main aim is to provide food that is fun to eat, healthy and varied.
For more information about WCRF’s Fruity Friday log onto
http://www.fruityfriday.org or visit the Warwickshire County Council school meals website http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/schoolmeals