Date: 30/7/2007
The School Nutrition Award for Tower Hamlets is now entering its fourth year. It was developed by Children's Services 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.
Afusat has recently moved from Columbia to take up a new challenge at Bethnal Green Technolgy College – however she will be asked to collect this award.
The school has worked hard since its last inspection in 2005 to build upon the work they were already doing. They even insist that all pupils must wash their hands prior to entering the dining room each day.
The school attained very high scores in the area around a "whole school approach" to healthy eating and lifestyles. The school also has an active school council and we were delighted to award Columbia Primary School a Gold award.
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