Sporty school dinner

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), March 27, 2009

NEWCASTLE Vipers' stars will tuck into lunch with pupils next week.

The meals will be prepared in the new kitchen at High Spen Primary School in Gateshead.

Ice hockey trio David Longstaff, Derek Campbell and Rob Wilson, pictured, will visit the school next Wednesday to officially open the kitchen.

And since it opened the school has reported an increase in its school meals uptake.

Headteacher Jean Fisher said: "Having our own kitchen on site enables us to be more meticulous with our menus and use local produce to provide healthy, balanced lunches.

"The children who use the community garden to grow vegetables will also see the fruits of their labour cooked in school and enjoyed by their classmates."