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HCL planned the Powered by School Meals event which ‘energised’ pupils from an early 7.45am start this morning, together with presenting five important ‘Powered by School Meals’ messages, emphasising the positive effects of a healthy, nutritious school meal at lunchtime.

Ian Hamilton, CEO of HCL, said “It was a really successful morning with excited pupils learning about the importance of good nutrition, whilst participating in fun activities to support the healthy lifestyle messages.

“HCL is extremely proud to work together with schools offering a range of added value, informative services about food and nutrition, alongside servicing up to 65,000 great tasting, nutritionally balanced meals every single day throughout the academic year!

“National School Meals Week also celebrates our hard working front line staff, which without their passion, ambition and professional skills in the work they do, day in, day out, our service wouldn’t be so highly regarded.”

Excited pupils of Peartree Spring Primary had the chance to experience the ‘Powered by School Meals’ activity stations set up in support of this entertaining  experience throughout their new school dining rooms, which earlier this year, repositioned the traditional delivery of school meals to become a real, fine dining experience at Peartree Spring Primary School.

The activity stations included:

• Concentration – A buzz wire where the children concentrated on getting to the end of the puzzle whilst trying not to ‘BUZZ’ the buzzer!
• Attainment – A magnetic puzzle where the children selected magnetic pieces to make the design up into a healthy picture
• Energy – Children were encouraged to take part in some simple exercises, similar to circuit training and a selection of workouts to raise their energy levels.
• Nutrition – A demonstration by a chef from NSMW on choosing the right food to help fuel the school day.