{"id":7209,"date":"2020-01-23T12:43:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T12:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riversidecampus.com\/bridge\/?page_id=7209"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T15:28:00","slug":"healthy-pack-lunches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/?page_id=7209","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Pack Lunches"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #5fadc7;\"><strong>_______________________\u00a0 Healthy Pack Lunches<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>A packed lunch can make a valuable contribution to your child\u2019s diet and future health. It is important to include a balanced variety of foods so that your child can get all the nutrients they need.<\/h5>\n<h5>Although the school will encourage healthy food to be included in packed lunches, it will be sensitive to those pupils who have inflexible diets or medical needs.<\/h5>\n<h5>For children and young people, a healthy well balanced lunchbox, includes:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5>starchy foods \u2013 these are bread, rice, potatoes, pasta etc<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>protein foods \u2013 including meat, fish, eggs, beans etc<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>a dairy item \u2013 this could be cheese or a yoghurt<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>vegetables or salad<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>a portion of fruit<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5>a healthy drink such as water or milk<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/41D7C4E3-66DD-41F8-847F-2C8A01B66C8C_4_5005_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9314 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/41D7C4E3-66DD-41F8-847F-2C8A01B66C8C_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/41D7C4E3-66DD-41F8-847F-2C8A01B66C8C_4_5005_c.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/41D7C4E3-66DD-41F8-847F-2C8A01B66C8C_4_5005_c-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Eat-Well-e1579783251912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7212 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Eat-Well-e1579783251912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"898\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Eat-Well-e1579783251912.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Eat-Well-e1579783251912-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>For more information, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Eatwell-Guide.pdf\">Eatwell Guide<\/a>\u00a0published by the Public Health Agency.<\/h5>\n<h5>When providing your child with a packed lunch for school, parents\/carers should follow the\u00a0guidance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/change4life\/recipes\/healthier-lunchboxes\">Change4Life<\/a> website. This suggests that all children have a\u00a0main course (sandwich, wrap, pita, etc&#8230;), some fruit and a healthy snack\u00a0(cereal bar, yoghurt, rice cakes, etc\u2026). It is not necessary to provide your child\u00a0with a drink as fresh drinking water will be given to each child whilst they eat\u00a0their lunch. These\u00a0guidelines also apply to when children are out on school visits.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Change-4-Life-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Change-4-Life-Logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9018 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-2.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-2-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9017 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-1.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lunbox-Tips-1-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>_______________________\u00a0 Healthy Pack Lunches &nbsp; A packed lunch can make a valuable contribution to your child\u2019s diet and future health. It is important to include a balanced variety of foods so that your child can get all the nutrients they need. Although the school will encourage healthy food to be included in packed lunches, it will be sensitive to those pupils who have inflexible diets or medical needs. For children and young people, a healthy well balanced lunchbox, includes: starchy foods \u2013 these are bread, rice, potatoes, pasta etc protein foods \u2013 including meat, fish, eggs, beans etc a dairy item \u2013 this could be cheese or a yoghurt vegetables or salad a portion of fruit a healthy drink such as water or milk &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For more information, please read the Eatwell Guide\u00a0published by the Public Health Agency. When providing your child with a packed lunch for school, parents\/carers should follow the\u00a0guidance on the Change4Life website. This suggests that all children have a\u00a0main course (sandwich, wrap, pita, etc&#8230;), some fruit and a healthy snack\u00a0(cereal bar, yoghurt, rice cakes, etc\u2026). It is not necessary to provide your child\u00a0with a drink as fresh drinking water will be given to each child whilst they eat\u00a0their lunch. These\u00a0guidelines also apply to when children are out on school visits. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7209"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9315,"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7209\/revisions\/9315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riversidebridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}