Healthy
School
News
Week beginning 18th January 2016
Would you like to How can I get a raffle ticket?
You get a raffle ticket if:
win a prize?
*You eat starchy foods in your
packed lunch.
All you need to do is gain a
*You eat starchy foods as part of
healthy eating raffle ticket,
your school meal.
write your name and class on
*You eat starchy foods at break
the ticket and put the ticket in time.
the raffle box outside the hall. *You complete the Healthy School
Ambassador ‘starchy food quiz’.
Then on Friday afternoon the
Healthy School ambassadors will The Healthy School Ambassadors
pick a winning ticket to receive will be involved in running the tuck
the prize. There are 11 chances shop and awarding raffle tickets at
to enter each week (one at
lunchtimes.
breaktimes, one at lunchtimes
and one for the quiz).
This week’s food group focus is:
Starchy Foods
Here are some suggestions from the Healthy School Ambassadors on
how you can eat starchy foods daily.
Starchy foods are part of a balanced
diet and help us to stay healthy by
providing lots of energy through
carbohydrates and they contain fibre,
calcium, iron and vitamin B
vitamins.
e.g. potatoes,
bread, cereals,
rice and pasta
Starchy foods should be around a 1/3 of
your plate or daily food intake
Here are some ideas for how to include fruit and vegetables in your healthy lunchbox.
Try all sorts of different
breads, including: rolls,
flatbreads, bagels and wraps
REMEMBER; wholemeal and
granary bread have a lot more
goodness in them than in white
bread.
Couscous is very quick and easy to
cook and also makes very good cold
salads.
Rice salads can be really tasty
and a good way of using up
cooked rice (but remember to
store cooked rice in the fridge).
Mix it up with vegetables,
chopped fruit, raisins etc.
Have you tried potato salad in
How about swapping your white
your lunchbox? Cooked
rice, pasta shapes and spaghetti
potatoes mixed with
for a wholemeal, brown variety.
mayonnaise, yoghurt and herbs
are delicious. You might also
want to add cooked meat like
chopped ham or chicken.
THIS WEEK’S TUCK SHOP OPTIONS:
Monday – Wrap bites with a variety of fillings (ham,
soft cheese or jam)
Tuesday – Toast (bread selection)
Wednesday – Rice salad or Couscous salad
Thursday – Wholemeal pockets with a variety of fillings
cheese or jam)
(ham, soft
Friday – Cereal pot
Tuck shop is 20p per day. You can pay daily or pay £1 at the
beginning of the week.