Foods From Spain
The competition was open to classes from every primary school in Britain, who were asked to create a collage that represented ‘Fresh fruit and vegetables from Spain’, using any material, from dried fruit peel and seeds to cloth and pictures cut out of glossy magazines.
Judges of the competition commended the school’s entry for its originality, realism and use of actual fresh produce.
The school wins £2,000 to spend on school equipment or facilities and will receive their cheque from the Spanish Embassy to the UK.
Director of Foods from Spain, María José Sevilla, said: “We all have been so pleased with the way British primary schools have supported our first National Primary Schools Competition and at the extremely high standard of the hundreds of entries we received.
“The diet of British children is very much on the agenda at the moment so we wanted to encourage primary schools to get their kids talking about fruit and vegetables. The response we’ve had has been fantastic and it’s been so encouraging to see the children get really involved with this project and also showing they understood issues such as 5-a-day and healthy eating.”
Warren Primary School, Orpington, Kent and Park Hill Primary School, West Midlands won second and third place in the competition and will receive £1,000 and £500, respectively.
All schools that entered the National Primary Schools Competition will receive a certificate from the Spanish Embassy, signed by the Spanish Ambassador.
Foods from Spain is planning to exhibit some of the best entries to the competition at an event or gallery during the summer.
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Notes for editors
* Foods from Spain’s National Primary Schools Competition was open to all primary schools in Britain, either through entry packs either posted or downloaded from www.foodsfromspain.co.uk
* Each collage had to be no larger than 1 metre by 2 metres. They were judged by a panel of including chefs and representatives from Foods from Spain, Tesco magazine and Westminster Kingsway Collage.
* In Britain, there is a huge range of Spanish fruits and vegetables available, and around one third of all fresh produce we eat from abroad comes from Spain.
* Foods from Spain runs a national campaign to promote Spanish fruit and vegetables every year. This year this includes Picota cherries, superior seedless grapes, plums, persimon, cherimoya, Canary Islands tomatoes, strawberries and raspberries.
* According to the House of Commons report Tackling Child Obesity – First Steps, the percentage of children aged 2 to 10 that is considered obese rose from 9.9% in 1995 to 13.3% in 2004.
* The Government is tackling childhood obesity with the launch of a social marketing campaign this year, which targets both parents and children. It aims to stop the year-on-year increase in obesity in children by 2010.
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