posted by Alita Spink, Schools and Learning Support Officer, Schools and Learning

International School Meals Day 2018

Thursday 15 March 2018

My Food
Share your favourite meal, what you like to eat at school, or locally-grown food you love. Get involved – @intschoolmeals – #ISMD2018 – #MyFood www.internationalschoolmealsday.com

International School Meals Day (ISMD) encourages children and young people around the world (with support from their teachers) to connect and talk to each other about the food they eat and the role that it plays in their lives.

In 2018 the theme is
‘My Food’

The way that food is prepared and consumed offers opportunities to share time with family, friends and your community.

This year’s theme allows pupils to share their favourite meal, perhaps provided at school or cooked at home with food that is grown locally. Through the written word, drawings or photographs, they can demonstrate why this particular food is so special to them.

In the run-up to International School Meals Day, you can encourage young people to think about and discuss their favourite foods and meals in the way that is best suited to your learning environment. The main thing is to celebrate the rich diversity of recipes that is sure to exist in every classroom, and to enjoy ISMD!

Stories and pictures will be featured on the website and on Twitter, so follow @IntSchoolMeals and the hashtags #ISMD2018 #MyFood.

Supporters of ISMD since 2013:

Association for Public Service Excellence; Association of Service Solutions in Scotland; BBC World Class; British Council; Children in Scotland; Children’s Food Trust; Countryside Classroom; Education Foundation; Education Scotland; Food For Life; Global Child Nutrition Foundation; Mary’s Meals; Northern Ireland School Caterers Association; No Kid Hungry (Share our Strength); Lead Authority in Education Catering; Scottish Government; Skype in the Classroom; USDA; Welsh Assembly; and World Food Programme.

ISMD is funded by the Scottish Government and Children in Scotland.