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-What is FFLP? -What we do and how we do it -How schools can get involved -The benefits of joining

-What is FFLP? -What we do and how we do it -How schools can get involved -The benefits of joining. Amanda Donnelly FFLP Yorkshire and Humber Coordinator. What is the Food for Life Partnership?.

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-What is FFLP? -What we do and how we do it -How schools can get involved -The benefits of joining

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  1. -What is FFLP?-What we do and how we do it-How schools can get involved-The benefits of joining Amanda Donnelly FFLP Yorkshire and Humber Coordinator

  2. What is the Food for Life Partnership? • The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England dedicated to transforming food culture.

  3. What we do and how we do it Our aim is to transform food culture by: • Using a whole school approach • Revolutionising school food • Reconnecting people with where food comes from • Inspiring families to cook and grow food

  4. Using a whole school approach This involves… • Identifying clear leadership for food culture within the school • Setting up a School Nutrition Action Group (SNAG) • Developing a whole school food policy • Using an action plan to guide food culture changes • Managing and monitoring change

  5. Revolutionising school food This involves… • Serving fresh, local, organic & seasonal meals • Improving the lunch-time experience • Involving the local community in school meals • Connecting lunchtime with education

  6. Reconnecting people with where food comes from This involves… • Helping schools to find a local farm to link with • Encouraging small groups of pupils to visit the farm at different times of year • Enabling pupils to learn about seasonality • Holding a school picnic or harvest festival at the farm

  7. Inspiring families to cook Getting started with cooking involves… • Setting up a cooking area in the school • Finding/buying appropriate equipment • Incorporating cooking into the curriculum • Getting parents and thecommunity involved • Setting up a cooking club

  8. Inspiring families to grow Setting up a growing area involves… • Identifying available growing spaces • Finding/buying appropriate equipment • Planning the garden and yearly cycle • Composting • Linking growing to the curriculum • Encouraging families to grow food at home

  9. Quotes from schools ‘We look at the counter when it’s all dished up and it looks really nice. We’ve got pride in what we do now.’ Diane Lewis and Sue Sharp, School Cooks. St Katherine’s School, North Somerset ‘Staff have planned a curriculum which meets pupils’ needs well because they find it engaging, relevant and fun. A good example of this is the innovative work on the Food for Life Partnership project, which has been extended to involve parents in providing healthy meals at home.’ Ofsted report 2009. Coppice Farm Primary, Nottinghamshire

  10. Get your school involved! • All schools in England can enrol with theFood for Life Partnership and win awards for good food culture • To get started, simply visit our website at www.foodforlife.org.uk • Then you can enrol online by clicking on ‘Awards for schools’

  11. Award for schools • Achievement is awarded at three levels: • Bronze, Silver and Gold Mark awards • The award criteria are centred around four areas of development: • Food leadership and school food culture • Food quality and provenance • Food education • Community and partnerships

  12. Benefits to enrolled schools • An introduction pack • Posters, recipe cards and a DVD • Cooking resources from the Focus on Food Campaign • Food growing manual, lesson plans and growing cards from Garden Organic • A webpage on the FFLP website featuring progress, blog & photos • Access to advice lines for help and tips • Invitations to free CPD workshops

  13. Links to related initiatives By working on the FFLP framework, schools can demonstrate: • Progress beyond National Healthy Schools • Commitment to Sustainable Schools and Eco Schools • Support for Every Child Matters: helping pupils ‘Be Healthy’ and ‘Make a positive contribution’ • Support for your Ofsted Self-Evaluation Form • Demonstrating ‘engagement and ethos’ for Community Cohesion Duty

  14. Award-winning schools All award-winning schools receive: • At Bronze, a certificate to display in your school • At Silver and Gold, a plaque to display in your school • Listing as a Bronze, Silver or Gold Mark school in our searchable schools database • Award logo on your school page • Use of the award logo • The opportunity to feature as a case study school

  15. Don’t delay - join today! • Do you want to become a Food for Life Partnership school? • Go online and enrol now at www.foodforlife.org.uk

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