Farmhouse Breakfast Week

Katie won an expenses-paid farm visit for her class and a trip to Silverburn Tesco for the launch of her healthy recipe card. 

The prize included a visit from Tesco Home Economist, Donna Knight, who cooked a healthy breakfast for the class at school and gave a talk about how "Breakfast Benefits".

(Left) Katie with her class from Blacklaw Primary School in East Kilbride

THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY!

Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an annual campaign run by the HGCA to emphasis the benefits of a healthy start to the day as part of a balanced diet and active lifestyle.

HGCA, the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) and Tesco Scotland have collaborated to produce a competition which encourages Scottish school children to think about the nutritional and physical benefits of a healthy breakfast.  The theme for 2010 was "Breakfast Benefits".

Across Britain during Farmhouse Breakfast Week, farmers, food producers and retailers are encouraged to hold events to promote the idea of starting the day with a healthy breakfast as well as promoting home-grown regional produce. 

RHET's Farmhouse Breakfast competition challenges children to think about and develop a Scottish breakfast recipe.  In designing their recipe cards the children were asked to consider:

1. why breakfast is such an important meal
2. nutritional requirements breakfast provides
3. what ingredients can go into making a healthy and appetising breakfast
4. where the ingredients come from (emphasise local or Scottish ingredients) and the journey they make from field to plate

By taking part, schools will be doing their bit as a Health Promoting School and meet experiences and outcomes in a number of curricular areas such as:

1. Health & Wellbeing
2. Literacy & English
3. Social Subjects
4. Expressive Arts 

Click here for table of 2010 Winners

As the overall competition winner, Katie received:

1. a breakfast cooked by Donna Knight, Tesco Home Economist, for her whole class on the 27th January 2010
2. her winning recipe suggestion produced as a recipe card by Tesco and distributed to Tesco stores throughout Scotland in April 2010
3. an all-expenses-paid RHET Farm Visit for her class
4. a personal book token and also a book token for the school

Local winners received:

1. a healthy breakfast for their class, made in school by RHET volunteers
2. an all-expenses-paid RHET farm visit to find out where their breakfast food comes from
   

For more information on Farmhouse Breakfast Week and the HGCA please click here