Published on:
20
January 2006
Breakfast is top of the menu next week for pupils in many of the county's primary schools, where special events are being held to encourage young people to make time for breakfast as part of Farmhouse Breakfast Week.
Farmhouse Breakfast Week, which is promoted nationally by the Home Grown Cereals Authority, runs from 22-28 January. It aims to promote the importance of eating a healthy balanced breakfast and highlights the fantastic quality of breakfast produce from around the country.
You are invited to send a photographer to St Mungo's Primary School, Alloa, at 8.45am on Tuesday 24th January when pupils will be enjoying a breakfast of scrambled egg on toast with their dinner lady Morag Penman.
Clackmannanshire Council's Hungry for Success Support Officer Ariane Hitthaller said: "Eating breakfast is not only the best way to kick-start your day, it can actually help control your weight by reducing the urge for unhealthy mid morning snacks.
"Making time for breakfast does not have to mean missing precious time in bed. It only takes a few minutes to pour milk over a bowl of wholegrain cereal and eat it."
Breakfast is the one meal of the day that you should never skip. When breakfast time comes around you will have been fasting for 10-12 hours and as you start a new day you body needs to be re-charged. Nine of the county's primary schools provide a breakfast service. Research shows that children who eat breakfast are better able to concentrate in class. They are more alert and creative, and have even been shown to do better in tests.
Other benefits of eating breakfast include providing important vitamins, minerals and fibre and keeping you happy and healthy. Research has shown that breakfast eaters are less prone to suffer from colds, 'flu and even depression.
The school breakfast service is available free of charge to children entitled to free school meals while all other children can have a breakfast for 50p. Generally, the service starts 30 minutes before the start of the normal school day.
Education spokesman Councillor Bobby McGill said: "I am delighted that local pupils are enjoying Farmhouse Breakfast Week when there will be a wide range of healthy options on offer to kick start your day."
During Farmhouse Breakfast Week pupils will discover how tasty a healthy breakfast can be with warming porridge and bacon rolls also on offer.