Professor Greta Defeyter OBE has spent the last twenty years conducting research into school breakfast clubs and holiday activities and food programmes (HAF) and has published extensively on UK school breakfast clubs. The research team within the Healthy Living Lab at Northumbria University are passionate about translating research findings into policy and practice.
To support primary schools in adopting the Department for Education (DfE)'s Breakfast Programme, the team has developed some research informed, practical materials to guide senior leaders through the process.
Our free materials cover five core areas:
These sessions provide a step by step guide on how to ensure that your school breakfast has a positive impact on your pupils health, well-being and education; your schools engagement with parents and your wider school culture. We hope you find these materials useful.
A summary of our research
Activities and games
Breakfast club recipe ideas
Costing tool
Example breakfast club menu
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