Dear Parents/Carers,

Please help to continue supporting us with Healthy Lunch Boxes, we would like to ask that you do not pack sweets, chocolates or fizzy drinks.  The occasional chocolate covered biscuit is fine.  The choices that you and your child make affect others – if someone sees their friend keep bringing in chocolate, they may want to copy that themselves.

A healthier lunchbox should:

• be based on starchy carbohydrates (bread, potatoes, rice, pasta)
• include fresh fruit and vegetables/salad
• include a source of protein such as beans and pulses, eggs, fish, meat, cheese (or dairy alternative)
• include a side dish such as a low-fat and lower-sugar yoghurt (or dairy alternative), tea cake, fruit bread, plain rice/corn cakes, homemade plain popcorn, sugar-free jelly
• include a drink such as water, skimmed or semi-skimmed milk, sugar-free or no-added-sugar drinks

Thank you for your continued support