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Celebrating World School Milk Day at Nettleham Infant School -GALLERY

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Nettleham Infant School pupils celebrating World School Milk Day

Excited pupils at Nettleham infant school joined children in over 30 countries around the world celebrating the 15th annual World School Milk Day, a global event promoting the importance of drinking milk at school.

Classrooms were decorated with celebratory World School Milk Day bunting and balloons and children immersed themselves in exciting milk-related activity books provided by Cool Milk, the UK's leading supplier of school milk and highlight of the day for a lot of the young students was meeting Amoolia the Cool Milk cow.

Mrs Nicola Driffill, Head Teacher, Nettleham Infants School, said: "It's great to see so many of our children taking part in this worldwide celebration. It's incredible to think that we are part of a global 'milk drinking' community, which shows the important role milk plays in a healthy, balanced diet.

John Sedgwick, Managing Director, Cool Milk, says: "We've got extraordinary numbers of children helping with this year's celebrations here in England and I'm delighted that our friends at Nettleham Infant School are embracing the fun. But they are part of a global community that is today marking the health benefits of school milk programmes.

"It's really important that children and their parents understand the important part milk plays in a healthy, balanced diet. At Cool Milk we are committed passionately to giving children the best possible start in life and by supporting World School Milk Day we aim to inform them about the health benefits of milk in a fun and entertaining way."

The Department for Education recently published its new School Food Standards and School Food Plan, which states that low fat milk must be available for drinking at least once a day during school hours. Due to come into effect in January 2015, it aims to help children develop healthy eating habits by ensuring they get the energy and nutrition needed for a whole school day.

John Sedgwick continues: "This year, to coincide with the School Food Plan's revised standards, we wanted schools to join us as we celebrate school milk in England. We believe that the introduction of this standard is important as it will mean all school children will be offered a fantastic opportunity to build strong, healthy bones and teeth."

World School Milk Day was established in 2000 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, and is now recognised in over 30 countries. Its aim is to promote the importance of drinking milk at school to children, in a fun, memorable and educational way


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