{"id":131,"date":"2019-06-05T08:17:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T08:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T14:05:30","slug":"breakfast-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/breakfast-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Blairdardie\u00a0Breakfast Club<\/h1>\n<h1>The\u00a0breakfast in schools programme<\/h1>\n<p>A breakfast club is operated in school\u00a0between\u00a0 8.00- 8.45am.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is free for children who apply for free school meals and \u00a32 for all other children.\u00a0 This must be paid in advance via Parent Pay.\u00a0 If you need a login please contact the school office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is no need to book breakfast club in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The breakfast service is part of a multi-faceted approach, the overall aims of which are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve health by improving nutrition in primary school children<\/li>\n<li>Improve attendance and punctuality in school children<\/li>\n<li>Contribute towards higher educational attainment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On a daily basis, Glasgow&#8217;s Big Breakfast provides over 7500 breakfasts which equates to nearly 1.3 million breakfasts served per year.\u00a0 In some locations, over 100 children enjoy a \u201cBig Breakfast\u201d each school day.<\/p>\n<p>The menu consists of a choice of 3 cereals (Rice Krispies, Cornflakes and Weetabix) per day served with milk followed by fruit juice, toast and low fat spread.\u00a0 Other options include fresh fruit, yoghurt, jam and cheese.<\/p>\n<p>The service offers pupils the opportunity to meet with friends, under supervision, and in a safe environment prior to the start of the school day.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative known as \u201cBig Breakfast\u201d operates in each of Glasgow\u2019s 191 primary schools and offers 42,000 primary school pupils in Glasgow a nutritional and healthy breakfast prior to the start of the school day.\u00a0 Research shows that eating a breakfast helps increase concentration levels and encourages school attendance therefore increasing concentration and attainment levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blairdardie\u00a0Breakfast Club The\u00a0breakfast in schools programme A breakfast club is operated in school\u00a0between\u00a0 8.00- 8.45am. &nbsp; It is free for children who apply for free school meals and \u00a32 for all other children.\u00a0 This must be paid in advance via &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/breakfast-club\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5693,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-131","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5693"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/blairdardieprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}