Pip helps pupils learn about milk

Nutritionists from Manchester Fayre, the city council's catering service, are visiting schools along with their fun apple mascot Pip, giving children free milk from a milk fountain and talking to them about the benefits of drinking milk. The schools being visited during Milk Week are Cavendish Community Primary in West Didsbury, St Wilfrid's C of E Aided Primary in Northenden, St Wilfrid's C of E Junior & Infants in Newton Heath, Temple Primary in Cheetham and Birchfields Primary in Fallowfield. Councillor Bernard Priest, Manchester City Council's Executive Member whose responsibilities include school meals services, said: "Milk is a very important source of nutrition for children and learning about it in a fun way will help them understand just how good for them it is." For lots of information about school meals and nutrition, with fun things to do for children, visit www.myschoollunch.co.uk/manchester