Published on:
27
September 2012
Breakfast clubs have now been established in all primary schools throughout Clackmannanshire.
The Council's Education Convener, Councillor Ellen Forson said: "All our children within Clackmannanshire now have the opportunity to make a positive healthy start to learning each day."
Figures released this week show that in June 2012, during 19 school days which were used for monitoring purposes, 6,102 breakfasts were served, which worked out at 321 breakfasts per day.
Councillor Forson said: "These figures are vastly up on June 2011 when there were just 4,627 breakfasts served over the same 19 days, an average of 231 breakfasts per day."
In April 2011 there were just 1,704 breakfasts served within Clackmannanshire primary schools
Among the schools who have formed breakfast clubs in the past year are Alva Primary School, Claremont PS, Craigbank PS, Menstrie PS, Muckhart PS, St Bernadette's PS, St John's PS, Strathdevon PS and Tillicoultry PS.
When St John's Primary rolled out their first breakfast club in April 2012 they served 115 breakfasts, by the following month that number had swelled to 184.
Head Teacher at St John's Ian McNicol said: "We have been delighted with the success of the Breakfast Club. It gives the children a nice quiet relaxing start to the day, and good healthy food.
The breakfasts are provided by the Council's catering service Class Cuisine.