Some schools in Northern Ireland are opting to provide more free meals for pupils in response to the costofliving crisis FreeSchoolMeals
a programme to offer free school meals to all primary school childrenAround 100,000 children in Northern Ireland are entitled to free school meals, that is around 30% of the total school population.
The school canteen will provide a cooked breakfast, cereal, fruit or bread to any of the school's 1,000 pupils who want it until Christmas.The school's principal Mary Montgomery said that in the first week of term alone around 200 boys a day had been turning up to get breakfast."Getting good nutrition helps with concentration and a good mindset for the rest of the day.
The school governors also decided to provide every pupil with a free school coat or bodywarmer ahead of the new school year. The school has also been providing free hot dinners to any pupil who wants one for the last two Decembers, and plan to do the same again this year."It took a huge pressure off at Christmas when the cost of living - in any year - would always be higher in December," she said.
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