But what about ordinary things like a proper breakfast, as well as access to healthy drinks throughout the day and a snack mid-afternoon? It's a long time from lunchtime to 6pm collection time for a primary school child if food and drinks are not on offer.
As only 10 per cent of five- to 11-year-olds are offered school milk at present, and under 5 per cent are offered a breakfast, and even fewer have afternoon snacks, there seems to be a lot to do and no funding in sight to do it with, or even a recognition of the issue.
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