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Brook Field kids go for healthy options

Year 5 children at Brook Field School are eating more fruit and vegetables and turning their noses up at burgers and chips as a result
of their studies for the Midday Munching Project.
Since mid-October, the young- launch tasting fresh fruits, designer have put in a lot of work into the even though I'm tempted."
sters have investigated nutrition Italian bread and spicy foods. Later lunch boxes based on what they Ryan Child agreed. "I'm eating
and its effect on the body and learn- that month, they visited the Body have found out over the last two fewer chips and burgers and have
ing which foods are good for you Lab at the Bristol Exploratory to months. They are now much more told my mum that I want to eat
and which are not. They also stud- see and take part in a larger than aware of the importance of eating more healthy food. I'm eating more
ied where foodstuffs are grown, life exhibition about the digestive nutritional food." fruit and vegetables and drinking
and produced a range of display system. Holly Dowling, 9, said her diet more water because it's good for
material to illustrate their findings, Teacher Jeanette Miller said the had changed since the project you.
including their own newspaper, overall aim of the project was to started. "We've discovered the Each of the six participating pri-
the Brook Field Bugle. design a lunch box for each day of effects of eating too much fat and mary schools received £300 from
The November Link exclusively the week, full of interesting and sugar. I'm eating a lot more fruit Anchor Foods, and each child was
pictured the children at the project healthy food to eat. "The children and I've cut down on sweet things, given a new lunchbox.
David Williamson from Swindon Education 2000 and Kate Mosley from
Anchor Foods, centre, viewing work by Jeanette Miller's class, left, with Ryan
Child and Holly Dowling
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Peddler Jack introduces children 1 7 ,
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Youngsters at Shaw Ridge School discovered what it was like to live Enjoy a Sunday feast for only £1O*
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Roxanne Hayes said life sounded rough. "If you were sick and your Menu
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Master Jack spent a week visiting West Swindon primary schools as Egg Fried Rice, Singapore Rice Noodles, Toffee Banana.
part of the West Swindon Schools Shakespeare Festival. See page 39.
Jack Greene examines a specimin as would an Elizabethan physician whilst
Shaw Ridge children hold up artifacts of the age Chinese New Year -
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