A charity in Lincolnshire is teaching children how to make a healthy breakfast and why it’s needed to have a good day at school.
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s education team is inviting three hundred pupils from local schools across the Breakfast Farmhouse week to discover where food comes from in a farm-to-fork strategy.
Children from years three and four at Cherry Willingham Primary School in Lincoln are learning where eggs come from before turning them into omelettes.
Theo, a pupil at the school, said, “We’ve just been learning what ingredients you have to have for omelette, and you just need egg.”
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society is inviting pupils from local schools to discover where food comes from GB NEWSAnother pupil, Sophia, said “I really like it even though I usually have mine with cheese.”
The charity aims to show how a simple breakfast can be easy to make.
Studies have proven that pupils who don’t eat in the morning have a lower level of concentration than their classmates who have had breakfast.
A poll of 500 teachers by One Poll earlier this year found 34% of their class don’t eat before lessons start.
Children from years three and four at Cherry Willingham Primary School in Lincoln are learning where eggs come from before turning them into omelettes
The cost of living is making it harder to eat a balanced diet.
“As a school we do a breakfast club, so we try to make that more readily available, and we do try to teach them in school about it.”
“But ultimately what they eat would be a parent's decision, so we really try to give children a hand in that so they can go home and say to mum and dad I would like some toast or some fruit.”
The children have also been learning about cereals and all the foods that are made with wheat.
Lincolnshire is one of the most productive parts of Britain for agriculture. A third of vegetables and a fifth of poultry are produced in the county.
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society has been supporting food and farming in the countryside since 1869.
Ruth Wilkinson is a volunteer at the charity. She said, “People are becoming a bit disconnected from their food. We are cutting short and devaluing our cooking skills. My mum taught me, and I learnt at school.”
“It is important because it is a life skill. We all need to eat and that’s how we survive.”
Ruth says “I think there’s a time issue and I think there’s a lack of knowledge. Even if it’s a small part of education, I think it’s a good thing.”
Suzy Stone is Education Lead at Lincolnshire Agricultural Society and said “A lot of the students go into the supermarket and they see the end product. It’s about informing them that there is a massive journey up until what they see on their plates.
