Pupils should supervise lunches

A recent reports suggests that older pupils should become paid dinner supervisors in school canteens and lunchtimes should be made longer not shorter. The School Food Trust suggests that lengthening the daily lunch break would allow pupils to relax, eat properly and recuperate for the afternoon's lessons. It also says that teachers should sit among pupils and communicate using coloured cards to avoid having to shout.

Although it is probably more suited to secondary schools, the booklet 'A Fresh Look at the School Meal Experience' is really interesting and it has lots of practical ideas for making lunch times a positive experience for everyone!

Comments

[RossA]

I really like the idea of the children become lunchtime supervisors - to pay them would really motivate them. I imagine that you would really need to look carefully into this first though.

Would we really want the dinner ladies saying we are using slave labour? ;-)