Monday, 21 July 2008
OLDFIELD PARK INFANT SCHOOL WINS A TASTY CASH PRIZE!
Oldfield Park Infants School, in Bath, has won the School Food Trust’s School of the Month competition in recognition for their innovative work on improving their school meal service, which has seen meal take-up rise by an incredible 21%. The Trust has awarded Oldfield £5,000 to further the good work and improvements they have already made.
Head Teacher Jo Claridge, together with governors, staff and parents in the School Food Group recognised the need to increase meal take-up at Oldfield. They decided on a range of activities and meal service improvements to change parents’ and pupils perceptions of school meals and promote their nutritious and good value school meals to help drive take up. These included; Parent and pupil questionnaires to gather feedback and ideas for improvement, a buy one get one free meal promotion for parents providing an opportunity for them to enjoy a school meal with their child, the use of a special menu board and photographs of children enjoying their school meals to advertise their meals and offering every child who does not eat a school meal on a regular basis to try one of their meals for free.
Oldfield Park Infants' School have a long tradition of serving the local community and recently celebrated their 130th birthday last week.
The School of the Month competition is a new initiative set up by the School Food Trust to recognise excellence and innovation in the area of school food. It allows all the schools that are signed up to the School Food Trust’s Million Meals campaign the chance to win £5,000 every month.
The competition is part of the School Food Trust’s Million Meals campaign, which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of children by getting a million more students eating school meals by 2010. Over 2,800 schools across the country have already signed up to the campaign.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Bridge refurbishment update.
The refurbishment of the foot bridge that spans the river Avon between Fieldings road is getting closer to completion despite being nearly 5 months late.
The bridge has been painted green and the removal of the scaffolding was taking place this afternoon.
At the September meeting of the Full council of Bath & North East Somerset Council we will be asking for the full financial costs of repairing the Bridge. We have been privately told that the cost has escalated dramatically since the first estimates.
It is a shame that the Conservative executive member chose to ignore the wishes of local people as we may have had a new bridge by now instead of delays and escalating costs for a bridge that will not see the test of time.
The bridge has been painted green and the removal of the scaffolding was taking place this afternoon.
At the September meeting of the Full council of Bath & North East Somerset Council we will be asking for the full financial costs of repairing the Bridge. We have been privately told that the cost has escalated dramatically since the first estimates.
It is a shame that the Conservative executive member chose to ignore the wishes of local people as we may have had a new bridge by now instead of delays and escalating costs for a bridge that will not see the test of time.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Building of New Student accommodation for Bath Spa University has started.
The long awaited building of New Student accommodation by Unite has started on the Lower Bristol Road alongside the existing 315 bed student block at Waterside Court.
The new accommodation will accommodate over 300 more students in a new purpose built building.
As local councillors with have managed to ensure that the building is more sympathetic to the natural environment and will blend in with Charlton Buildings that is adjacent.
A section 106 agreement has been drawn up between the developer and the council that includes a new bus Lay By outside the student block itself.
The new accommodation will accommodate over 300 more students in a new purpose built building.
As local councillors with have managed to ensure that the building is more sympathetic to the natural environment and will blend in with Charlton Buildings that is adjacent.
A section 106 agreement has been drawn up between the developer and the council that includes a new bus Lay By outside the student block itself.
