Employees of CYP&F Catering Service who provide school meals to the majority of schools in Barnsley are among the best in the country.They were selected as a finalist in the “Best and most improved performer APSE awards 2011” in the Education Catering category.APSE performance networks – a not for profit organisation who works with and benchmarks over 300 Councils throughout the UK, promoting excellence in public services.

Karen Stinson manager for CYP&F Catering Service said “This is an amazing recognition of the catering teams’ hard work, especially over the past few years and what makes it even more fantastic is that this has been achieved at a time when the spot light is clearly on public services ability to be efficient and competitive.”

The APSE audit covered such areas as the service management team governance, overall cost and quality, productivity, take up of school meals, school meal price, qualifications of team members, days lost through absenteeism as well as other aspects of performance. Also, process benchmarking, healthy options, menu range and sustainable procurement.

Background:

APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority front line services.APSE Performance networks is a mature benchmarking service for local government which covers 14 vital front-line services across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland..Local government is facing difficult and turbulent times with the prospects of ongoing financial constraints and the increasing need for services to demonstrate competitiveness, efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Please click through to see our exciting new Autumn / Winter menus including many new dishes for your children to enjoy.


 

On Pancake Day people would treat themselves and eat all their left overs in their cupboards before they began to fast for Easter. With their leftovers they would make pancakes.

What will you top your pancakes with on Pancake Day to treat yourself?

Join your Canteen on Monday 14th February for a special theme Lunch.

See your Canteen or Catering Staff for details.

We provide a number of courses in healthy eating and hygiene, many of them nationally recognised. The courses will help teachers and support staff to promote the importance of health issues and be able to deal with topics such as healthy eating and special diets, providing a better service for you and your child.

Click on the link below and download our course brochure to see how we aim to improve everyone’s knowledge in health and hygiene matters.

Download a PDF of this news story (TrainingMenu.pdf)

There are many games and puzzles to choose from.
Just click on the games button to play. Learn about a healthy diet and your 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day all put together for you in a fun way!

What is the Grain Train? Find out soon with many others to choose from!

It's easy to forget to drink when you are busy at school and have activities at break time. If you are thirsty or have a dry mouth it is likely you aren't drinking enough water.

Fresh water is always available throughout the day whilst at school. Drinking more water helps with your concentration and keeps your body ready for exercise.