Date: 2/8/2006
The School Nutrition Award for Tower Hamlets has entered its fourth year. It was developed by Education Contract Services (the in-house school meal providers of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council) and the Community Dietitian (part of Bart’s and the London NHS Trust Nutrition and Dietetics Department).
The award has been gaining increasing recognition within the primary and secondary schools in Tower Hamlets since it was started as well as a feature in a national association journal.
The award recognises the ‘whole school approach’ to food and nutrition issues within the local schools, providing recognition to the individual school catering service and nutrition-related activities e.g. breakfast clubs, tuck shops, water provision, organised within the school. Each site that gets assessed will be reassessed every 2 years to make sure the high standards are retained.
This year there were 8 reassessments from 2 years ago and 10 new entrants.
Mary has settled in to her role as Head of Kitchen very well. The Headteacher is always singing her praises about the quality of the meals and how the children love what she cooks.
Mary and her team are always open to new suggestions and interact fantastically with the children helping them make good meal choices.
Judges found that the overall service at Cyril Jackson Primary School was excellent with also first class support from the school itself and this has led to Mary David and her team winning the Silver award.
Mary David can be seen receiving her trophy and certificate from Michael Hales, Head of Education Contract Services, Caroline Rowlands, Community Dietitian, and Penny Tapper, Public Health Advisor at Education Contract Services' Annual Staff Focus Day on 21st July 2006 at The Museum of London in the Docklands.
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