This year’s International School Meals Day (ISMD) takes place on Thursday 6 March 2014. Last year’s event was hugely successful and saw hundreds of schools across Scotland, and thousands of young people across the globe, coming together to raise the importance of food and nutrition. It is hoped even more Scottish schools will be encouraged to take part in ISMD 2014.

The theme of ISMD 2014 will be Food Stories and will encourage children and young people to promote healthy eating and learning through stories that involve food and which communicate the culture of people, and their dreams for a healthier and better future.

We would encourage all schools to celebrate the day and get involved in any way they can, it could be something as simple as a themed lunch or as grand as a fund raising event, involving the whole community, to raise money for a charity involved in school feeding programmes across the world.  ISMD is also being promoted through school catering networks, and you should speak to your catering team about how you can work together to mark the day.

You can get involved in ISMD 2014 through the website www.internationalschoolmealsday.org and you can follow ISMD 2014 on Twitter at @IntSchoolMeals or on Tumblr at International-school-meals-day.tumblr.com.