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School Meals Support
Newsletter
Autumn 2010 Funding
STOP PRESS!STOP PRESS! STOP
PRESS! STOP PRESS PRESS! At the time of writing this news letter it
looks set to be the final year of funding
School Meals Conference and Supplier from the government. We need to be
Exhibition working with you to make sure that we
The 2nd school meals conference looks set are as cost effective as possible and
to be bigger and better!, The event takes ensure that your business plans and
place on the 4th November at Weston budgets don‟t rely on any funding from
Homes Community Stadium, Colchester, next year – talk to your support
this is a one day event open to all catering manager and finance officer about this!.
managers and headteachers – book the Funding for this year has been agreed
date in your diary now, talk to your and some funds already allocated to
headteacher to make sure it is in theirs and your schools budget, All funding bids
watch for the formal invite dropping into the received have been scrutinised by the
schools post bag!. panel and letters have been sent to all
Ready steady cook off schools outlining awards. Funding
Awards presentations for teams allocations for cost of ingredients –
Key speakers –school food trust chief exec these have been authorised for
Judy Hargadon; Healthy Schools; transport payment and payment will be
& awards (free school meals) and the return processed direct to your schools budget
of Nora Sands (of “Jamies school dinners” – if your school did not complete the
fame!) survey or returned their survey after the
Trade exhibition with over 50 stands – lots closing date then your school will not be
to try and see and a freebie or two thrown eligible for funding. Ingredients funding
in! is based on paid meal uptake
Free Prize Draw percentage as disclosed in your survey
and set at 8p subsidy per paid meal.
Wentworth Primary The following items of kitchen
Wentworth Primary School in Maldon is equipment are for sale:
leading the way in raising awareness of •Flour bins on wheels
Healthy Eating amongst school children •45 flight trays
today. Recently opened, the brand new Food •Steam cabinet
Technology room is in full-time use, teaching •Tin serving guards
Foundation, KS1 and KS2 children basic •Plate stacking rings
cookery skills and reinforcing the healthy •Storage shelves
eating message. Taught by Masterchef semi- •Various catering equipment incl hot
finalist, Liz Cawdell, the children are trolleys
discovering how easy it is to create healthier Any reasonable offer accepted
versions of their favourite meals as well as Please contact the school meals office
trying new and different ingredients. 01245 356218
Working in Partnership with Healthy Annual School Meals
Schools Audit/Survey
Healthy Schools supports a whole school Thank you to all schools who
approach to the health and well being of managed to return their completed
children and young people. Holy Cross surveys, the results are in and I am
Catholic Primary is an excellent example pleased to say that we have a 0.15%
of a Healthy School with its on-going increase overall which in the current
commitment to promoting positive economic climate is great!. What is
attitudes, behaviour and choices relating really great is that Essex schools are
to all aspects of health. This involves better than the national average and
working closely with children, parents, although secondary school uptake
staff, governors and the wider community. fell slightly year on year the picture
The school achieved National Healthy looks good:
School status in 2007 and since then Primary and special schools – 43.1%
became a Flagship School in the Food for uptake versus 41.4% national
Life Partnership. average
The whole school approach has Secondary schools – 37.8% uptake
contributed not only to raising the uptake versus 35.8% national average
of school meals to 68% but also to other This is amazing as in 2004 the
aspects of healthy eating county average was 27% - so well
done to all schools and make sure
you tell your headteachers! – new
uptake target for all schools this
Headline Hitters
year; 43.1% - get cooking and get
selling!
Well done Sally! Sally Townsend Catering
Manager at Brentwood Ursuline School hit
the headlines recently following being Healthy Packed Lunches
awarded the Jack Petchey award by her
school. Thrilled with her award, Sally who A step-by-step guide to developing
forms part of the „County Secondary a healthy packed lunch policy
School Catering Network‟ gave praise to
the network; “I am pleased to be part of a We have been working with the
management networking group set up by School Food trust to develop
the for caterers in secondary schools. We some targeted templates for
meet once a a term and the number of school; these are now available
schools participating has grown from 12 to via the School Food Trust website:
37, which means we can widen our http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/
experiences and help each other to schools/projects/packed-lunches
achieve higher standards”
What a great plug for the group! Only in-
house secondary schools wanting more
information should contact:
Jill Taylor – Secondary School Meals
Support Manager – 07825 144543 or
email jill.taylor2@essex.gov.uk
Professional training
NVQ Level 2
I am pleased to announce that the first
NVQ II candidates to qualify through the
East of England FEAST network were
awarded with their certificates recently
at a reception at Mulberry House.
Candidates and their headteachers
enjoyed drinks and afternoon tea on the
lawns following their awards. Congratulations to: Ruth Henson –Harlowfields,
This is a great achievement for our Lynn Miller- St James Harlow, Teresa Cook –
school support staff and great for school William Martin Junior, Christine Cooper – Fawbert &
meals. I am pleased that our staff are Barnard, Susan Bannister – Harlowbury, Irene
committed to their own development Brown – Rickling Green, Maggie Philpott – Little
and we are beginning to see school Hallingbury, Sonia Butchard – Gt Chesterford, Helen
meals become more of a profession – Curtis – Gt Chesterford, Gundega Krastine –
well done to the following who all Katherine Semar Infants, Debbie Baker – Newport
achieved high marks from the external Primary, Charlene long – Thaxted.
verifier and awarding body;
In house training
Did you know that we offer the following training courses across the county?
– courses are designed specifically for schools using the ECC school meals
operations and codes of practice manuals and are run “not for profit” –
speak to your support manager to establish your training needs or to plan
training into your PMR for the forthcoming year!
Level 2 food safety – (all catering staff involved in the preparation and safety
of food)
Level 2 health and safety
Level 2 Nutrition
Level 3 supervising food safety (managers)
Level 4 managing food safety (secondary school managers –
not compulsory)
In-house – using and managing your operation through the
ECC codes of practice and procedures
Go to www.essexandsouthendhealthyschools.com or speak to
your support manager for dates and venues of courses
planned for this term!
STOP PRESS!STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS !
Did you know that there are school meals pages with information for you on
the above web site? – have a look next time you have a spare 5 minutes
there are items of kitchen equipment for sale too so you may even get your
school that much needed bit of kit at a bargain price!
This terms
‘Get to know you’ is…….
Name: Jason Walmsley
Job: County School Meals Advisor
Age: 41years
Status: married to Simone, (we call her can‟t cook won‟t cook!) 2 kids Dominic
13 (trying the patience of a saint at the moment!!) and Saskia 10
Loves: my family, tidiness, cars & my job – well most of the time!
Hates: mess; shellfish; offal; a dirty car, being late!
Hobbies/Interests: renovating our house, we moved into an old Rectory 2
years ago, it dates back to 1840 and has needed a little TLC (and a new
kitchen of course!). Walking the dog, we live close to the sea so we take her to
the beach - she loves to swim!
Previous job: I‟ve had numerous, I started my career as a school meals
trainee in 1985, ran my own kitchen at the age of 18. I have been a head chef
with BT, a client officer with ECC, an area trainer with the HCTC, a restaurant
manager and ops manager with BHS, a national ops manager with CRS
coffee shops, group manager with Sodexho at the BBC in London and a
national ops manager with Safeway responsible for developing in store
cafes/restaurants and food to go concepts before re joining ECC in 2004. (no
wonder I look so old!!)
What’s great about my job…. This is my dream job, I get to meet lots of
people who are interested in the same thing as me – great school food. No
two days are ever the same and I travel all over the county helping up to 574
schools with anything from building projects, sourcing suppliers, reviewing
business operations, developing business plans and helping schools to run
cost effective meal provision. One minute I can be in a meeting talking about
obesity and healthy eating with council members the next I‟m sitting with
children in a school having lunch!.
Being based in a school is great for me as I can get sample foods delivered to
the school, the school council can try the products and give me feedback, we
can test new equipment and I can sit with the children at lunch time to find out
what they think of our menu‟s and products – what better way to learn what
kids like to eat and what they don‟t!
I have a great team who share my drive and ambition – I am a bit of a control
freak and love to get my sleeves rolled up and muck in - although I don‟t get
the chance much these days – The last time I cooked in a school kitchen? –
Last Christmas, I cooked Christmas lunch for the pupils, staff and guests at St
Margarets Primary School in Toppesfield – in a brand new kitchen!
Editor:Jason Walmsley, County School Meals Advisor
Email: Jason.walmsley@essex.gov.uk
School Meals Help line: 01245 356218
