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Sep 2024
45m 17s

What are your kids’ school lunches?

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About this episode

Promoting good health is what parents and schools are always aiming for our children and that’s what we discuss with the experts- Kyle Roe, Head of Innovation at Horizon English School and Alison Diamond, a Clinical Dietitian and Repton Al Barsha parent and committee member


We also discuss the challenges teachers face with The Education Coach’s Julie Keyes 


And we get the details about the National Inclusion Awards from Dr Catherine O’Farrell.

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