SUGAR SMART Haringey - Resources for Primary Schools

As part of SUGAR SMART Haringey, we are asking schools to help children to eat less sugar and drink more water. This campaign is a priority for the Haringey Healthy Schools Programme, and schools can achieve their Healthy Schools London Silver and Gold awards through participation in this initiative.

To provide support to schools in becoming a SUGAR SMART school, Healthy Schools Haringey has produced a checklist and resources to work towards the following three pledges.

1. Become a water only school (except for plain milk)
2. Reduce sugar in snacks and food eaten at school
3. Raise awareness about sugar with children and families

To become a SUGAR SMART school please complete the SUGAR SMART checklist for Haringey primary schools (Word, 130KB) and send it to healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk

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Pledges

The resources below will help you to achieve the pledges.

Pledge 1 - Become a water only school (except for plain milk)

• Posters to encourage drinking water:
  • Poster to encourage drinking water (PDF, 91KB)
  • Sugar Smart Drinks Poster (PDF, 1MB)
  • Sugar Detective Poster (PDF, 91KB)
• Water Only Pledge - template (PDF, 123KB)
• Sugary Drinks Presentation (PDF, 2MB)

Pledge 2 - Reduce sugar in snacks and food eaten at school

• Sugar Diary (PDF, 295KB)
• Change4Life resources (external link)
• School Food Standards (external link)
• Top tips for caterers:
  • SUGAR SMART case study (external link)
  • Recommendations - lowering sugar in school food (PDF, 266KB)
• Packed lunch policy - template (PDF., 299KB - external link)
• Alternative ideas for celebrating events (PDF, 122KB)
• Ice cream van policy (PDF, 46KB)

Pledge 3 - Raise awareness about sugar with children and families

• Presentation on SUGAR SMART Haringey (PDF, 555KB)
• Lesson Plan 1 (PDF, 333KB) and Change4Life Be Food Smart lesson guide for Key Stage 1 (external link) and Key Stage 2 (external link)
• Change4Life cooking guide (external link)
• Activities and games for pupils (created by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea):
  • SUGAR SMART quiz (PDF, 2MB)
  • SUGAR SMART wordsearch (PDF, 192KB)
  • SUGAR SMART supermarket sugar swap (PDF, 349KB)
• Change4Life information for families (external link)
• Refill London website (external link)

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