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She said: “This was just one pupil out of 250, and so I wondered how many more
pupils had we got who came to school without having breakfast?
“When the breakfast club was launched we experienced a considerable
improvement in raising attainment and a reduction in lateness and pupil absence.”
But Government cutbacks have hit breakfast clubs hard with one in eight forced
to close.
They are fighting for survival with donations from food companies, food banks,
grants and fundraising events helping to keep them open.
Sue said: “Funding is difficult in the present climate but I am determined to continue
to find avenues to source funding as without our breakfast club we fear that the
excellent progress and results that have been achieved over the past eight years
will be unsustainable.”
In a bid to help schools like Sue’s, Kellogg’s has launched its Help Give a Child
a Breakfast campaign to feed two million school children in the country’s most
deprived areas.
It will donate a morning meal to a child each time a breakfast club video on its
www.giveachildabreakfast.co.ukpage is shared, tweeted or liked, or special packs
of cereal are bought from supermarkets.
Sue said: “You all may take your own breakfast for granted, but please remember
that there are children out there who arrive at school daily without having a
breakfast.”
1) Imagine sitting at your desk, feeling dizzy with hunger and
A. unable to eat large amounts of vegetation as their digestive systems are un-
able to break it down.
B. unable to concentrate on the words that fill your computer screen in a jum-
bled haze.
C. unable to accommodate individual dietary preferences.
D. unable to move about easily, or for medical reasons unable to eat what’s
considered a normal, balanced meal.
2) For millions of Britain’s schoolchildren that sickening feeling of running on
empty is a daily reality as
A. they file into class for morning lessons.
B. they file into the room and see that the teacher’s smile is wider.
C. they file into school where they meet for the morning assembly.
D. they file into colourful classrooms, where posters of flowers and insects dec-
orate the walls.
3) A poor diet with no breakfast to start the day hits concentration, leads to
lethargy, increases the chances of illness and
A. has even been blamed for causing, or at least exacerbating, the crisis.
B. has even been blamed for sparking early onset puberty.
C. has even been blamed for disruptive behaviour.
D. has even been blamed for contributing to the closure of some businesses.