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Holiday traditions⤴

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Postcard from Algot
Postcard from Algot flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Sending postcards has been part of my holiday routine for most of my life. As a child we were ‘encouraged’ to send them to family and godparents, as an adult I enjoyed choosing cards to send to nephews and nieces when they were young. In recent years N and I have been sending them to our parents. Last year I sent what would turn out to be the last postcard to mum while we were on holiday in Findhorn. This year, for the first time that I can remember, I didn’t buy or send any postcards while we were on holiday, because there wasn’t anyone to send them to.

So imagine my joy when I returned home to find a postcard from my friend Algot.  Thank you, Algot. Now to think about drawing some to send around the world…

International School Meals Day – Pupil Event⤴

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Join us on International School Meals Day 2017 (Thursday 9th March)at 1.30pm to make the connection between people across Scotland and share your food experiences.

This year the theme for International School Meals Day is Food, Culture and Heritage. We are encouraging children and young people (supported by their teachers or other adults) to share ‘stories’ about their culture, heritage and associated food – this could be family food traditions, food that is loved (or not!) in their country or festivals, ceremonies and celebrations that take place.

During the session we will investigate the provenance of school food in Scotland. Do you know where your school food comes from? Can you find out from your catering staff in time for the Glow TV session? In particular this session will look at where bread comes from, the different types of bread to be found here in Scotland and across the world, and the role of bread in our diet.

Overall, the aims of International School Meals Day are to:

* Raise awareness of the importance of the nutritional quality of school meal programs worldwide
* Emphasise the connection between healthy eating, education and better learning
* Connect children around the world to foster healthy eating habits and promote well-being in schools * Share success stories of school meal programs around the globe
* Highlight research activities in school meal programs around the globe
* Raise awareness of the hunger and poverty issues being addressed through school feeding programmes (programs)

Sign up to take part live on the day – International School Meals Day – Pupil Event.

If you unable to join us for the live event you can always catch up with the recording at another time – Glow TV’s Watch Again.