Breakfast Club Training

1. Breakfast Club Training March 12th 2009 Rise and Shine

2. Today's Timetable

3. Rise and Shine!Breakfast Club Toolkits

4. Rise and Shine!Why Start a Breakfast Club? • “Although breakfast clubs can be defined in many different ways, all incorporate breakfast provision with a range of other social activities and services. The role of a breakfast club, whether it is in school or based in a community venue is to offer a service with a child-centred ethos in a safe environment.” The Scottish Diet Community Project

5. Why Breakfast Clubs.... • According to the Child Poverty Action Group, for as many as 1 in 4 children the hot food provided at school is their only hot meal. • Approximately, ½ a billion pounds is spent on sweeties on the way to school! • There is a concern that inappropriate eating behaviour is leading to a rise in childhood obesity

6. Rise and ShineWhat can a Breakfast Club Look Like? • Tea and toast – school-based but not using kitchen. Staffed by volunteer teachers. • Service provision – using catering service with paid supervisor. • Value added – employs catering assistant and club coordinator to plan activities. • Community – in another venue, for example church hall, independent of the school.   

7. Why do you want to start a breakfast club? • As part of a commitment to a “Whole School Food Policy” • To improve behaviour, attention, attainment • To complement the existing or new out-of-hours timetable • To provide care for pupils left at the school gates early (reduce bullying, provide a safe-haven?) • To target pupils e.g. with special education needs

8. Recent Research • Does breakfast-club attendance affect schoolchildren's nutrient intake? A study of dietary intake at three schools. Belderson et al British Journal of Nutrition 2003 • A national evaluation of school breakfast clubs: evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial and an observational analysis. Schermit et al Child Care Health Development 2004 • Can the provision of breakfast benefit school performance? • Grantham-McGregor S Food Nutrition Bulletin 2005

9. Breakfast improves behaviour, attention, attainment • In 2004 schools throughout the UK took part in the first ever National Online Breakfast Study conducted by Cognitive Drug Research Ltd. in conjunction with HGCA. The results showed that children who eat breakfast have superior cognitive function and therefore pay more attention and respond more quickly to given tasks. Quote taken from a letter to schools to raise awareness of farmhouse breakfast week.

10. Midsomer Norton Primary School • Breakfast Club. We offer a Breakfast Club from 8.00am until 8.45am when school starts. • A trained assistant provides a choice of cereals, toast, spreads and fruit juice, in our bright kitchen within the school dining room. The small group of children are also given drawing books for their use after breakfast and then the younger children are escorted safely into the school building at 8.45am. We charge parents a small amount to cover the costs of this service. 

11. Holy Trinity CE Breakfast Club • The Kingfisher Breakfast Club is available for children from 8pm in the morning. Currently it costs £2 per child, per morning. Children get a breakfast with a choice of cereal, toast and fruit juice and an opportunity to play games, board games and puzzles. • The Club is very popular with the children and is run by our dedicated staff members Mrs Lesley Hughes and Mrs Julie Hall who also run the Kingfisher Afterschool Club, providing a real “wraparound” care facility for our children. • Our commitment to the breakfast club was a contributing factor in our awards as a Healthy School and our position as Designated Extended School Status. Such provision helps busy parents juggle their roles and provides a loving and stable environment for their children.

12. Breakfast Club Case-studyPrimary School Cluster • The Breakfast club provides a safe, quiet and calm space for children before school. Parents/carers may leave their children in the care of qualified staff who provide them with a light nutritious breakfast. • The children are free to play quiet games or finish homework, then they are escorted to school safely by the Walking Bus which covers six local schools (Cathedral, St Joseph's, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Sharman, Johanna and St Jude's). • Light breakfast, fun and educational games followed by Walking Bus drop-off at school. 7.30am until start of school.For 4-11 year-olds £4.10 per session. • For more information, or to join the Breakfast club contact help desk on +44(0) 20 7021 1600 or email helpdesk@coinstreet.org

13. Giles Breakfast Club (Secondary) • Breakfast Club • Breakfast Club opens at 8am and continues until school starts at 8:55am. • For £2 children get a choice of breakfast and are supervised playing games and doing art activities. • Please note - It is now £5 to register. (Please see brochure for Giles Breakfast Club)

14. Breakfast Club Activities ContinYou The Breakfast Club atBushfield Community College (Peterborough LEA) is targeted at year 7 pupils who are referred by class tutors on the basis of a specific list of criteria. The programme of activities for club members is designed to empower them and to help with their social development. ContinYou

15. Breakfast Club Activities ContinYou • The Breakfast Club at Applegarth Junior School (Croydon LEA) has been running for over five years. The club was originally set up to address issues of attendance, punctuality and poor attitudes towards school and learning, and to develop social skills. The children can have a drink and choose between cereal, toast, baked beans on toast, bacon rolls, and sausages in a roll, muesli bars, fruit and yoghurt. • (Worth reading the whole case-study for a buddying system!!)

16. Breakfast Club Activities ContinYou • The Megabytes breakfast club at West End Primary School (Lancashire LEA) also serves as an internet cafe.

17. Breakfast Club Activities ContinYou • Club members at Fairchildes Primary School (Croydon LEA) canvisit the library for a journal writing session, take part in various art activities and there are games and puzzles they can use. The club promotes family eating and up to 25 parents attend each day.

18. Breakfast Club Activities ContinYou • Over a hundred pupils arrive at the breakfast club at Henry Cort Community School (Hampshire LEA) from 8 ‘ O clock every morning to enjoy a healthy breakfast and to take part in paired reading, hockey coaching, and junior sports leadership activities as well as to make use of the ICT and library facilities.

19. Saxonshore and Westfield Targets children 3 to 11 years, parents and younger siblings Sponsored by Greggs the Bakers Staff aware that children were coming to school either having had an unhealthy breakfast (i.e. crisps and a fizzy drink) or no breakfast at all. Following trials in school and visits to other schools where children had a better start to the day and seemed more ready to learn, staff recognised that if we were able to provide a healthy breakfast for our children it would be beneficial.

20. Saxonshore and Westfield Objectives: • Reduction in lateness • Improvement in attendance • Benefits for behaviour, concentration and standards • To achieve an average of 20% to the club. Staffing • Recruited through a combination of volunteers and current staff taking on additional roles. Food and Activities • Children have a choice of cereal (max 2 bowls), toast, spread and jam or marmite, and a drink of orange juice, milk or water. As children finish eating they can then move into the activities room to draw, play board games, talk to their friends or watch videos.

21. What Will your Club Look Like? • Think about the environment you want to create • Who will you target? • Who will staff your club? • What activities will/can take place? Use the sheet titled points for consideration.