Packed lunches are often a source of fats, sugars and additives. Healthy packed lunches are essential and parents need to be informed that what they give their children to eat during the school day can have a positive or a negative effect on how their child learns.
It is a good idea to develop healthy lunch box policies, so that those not yet taking up school lunches are also eating healthily. Guidance on developing a Healthy Lunchbox policy can be found here:
Ways to promote healthy snacks
Involve your school council in developing a healthy snack policy and to take decisions on what is served at their breakfast club or at break times. Children know what they like and are often good judges of what they will eat that is healthy.