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http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1469549,00.html
So much for the recent pledges, NuLabor keeps showing its true colours.
So much for the recent pledges, NuLabor keeps showing its true colours.
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I am not entirely against subcontracting to catering firms as long as it is well regulated and done properly but PFI contracts all seem to be a joke, 25 year contracts is quite obviously imbecilic..........
I very much doubt if the government would be interested in doing so. Which is why we need a different government. :yes:
however, our school has recently changed it's catering style to the jamie oliver way, as has my brother's.. and all that has happened is that people are leaving school at lunch times and going to the chippy. its an inescapable (sp?) fact that rubbish food is cheaper. the prices have gone up in the canteen and the portions have got smaller and so people are going elsewhere
and as far as i'm concerned the new food is still too high in calories.
the drinks machines which did contain diet coke, water, and other drinks with no calories have been changed to include 'juice drinks' which are full of additives, ribena and various other sugar filled, calorific drinks
so where's the gain
i think perhaps in primary schools its worthwhile..but here, where the students are 12-19, and capable of making a choice, its not working
i think i'll stick to my sandwiches
LIb Dem or most left of NuLabor parties, imo.
Examine every possible way as long as it doesn't mean serving sub-standard food to a generation of children. rainbow brite, I don't have the exact answers just a strong desire to see a solution rather than accept this type of thing because its better than having the Tories back.
That summed it up rather well!
I dont think so. It doesnt work like that. The 25 year contract would still stand even if the monster raving looney party got in. The individual schools were stupid to sign a 25 year contract, and now its up to the companies who unfortunatly have got that contract to decide whether to give a shit about the children they are poisoning.
Its not an election issue, and if any individual party started saying they would override the contract, then theyd be talking shit to try and win an election (I know its hard to believe this happens)
then theyd distribute supplement pills
if they improve the quality of food theyll put the price by more than what the changes cost and theyll be more meagre portions
i lived off chip butties (which i knew were fresh potatoes and only potatoes and oil) and cola at school, cost me less than a quid and filled me up :thumb:
i ate good food at home 7 days a week twice a day so it made no difference to my health, surely thats a sign
It had a few interesting things to say about the evils of fast food and its impact on children- and on school dinners
kids eat most of their food growing up by what their parents give them, surely that tells you something
There were some 4-5 year old kids interviewed in Supersize Me and none of them could identify George Washington or even Jesus Christ when shown a portrait of them. Every last one of them recognised and named Ronald McDonald though.
Also, what child is gonna eat a salad when they can have a Coke, burger and fries and get a toy thrown in too?
Aladdin have you read fast food nation? If you havnt its quite a good read.
Food manufacturers know this, so they put loads of fat and sugar into their products to make them taste more appealing to immature palates. That's why a child will choose baked beans ahead of green beans, and why most people put white sugar in their drinks instead of muscavado sugar.
Like I think someones said before, the government can't control what the children eat at home but they can at least help them to get a decent meal once a day at school.