This month we visited the lively breakfast club at St Andrews Church of England primary school in Islington.

At 7.50 every school morning breakfast club coordinator Shelley and her two colleagues Lynn and Michelle prepare the hall ready for when the children arrive at 8am.

Bagels, Cereal, porridge and pancakes are prepared and set out on tables ready to feed the children.

At 8am the children arrive and enjoy a nutritious breakfast. Bagels and pancakes are a particular favourite for many of the children. They also love the Apple and elderflower juice. “I love the bagels and juice” nine year old Kenya told us.

Eight year old Molly told us why she enjoys the breakfast club “I love coming to the breakfast club because it means we get to try food we wouldn’t normally eat, Bagels are my favourite. The best thing about the club is that it doesn’t come out of my pocket money and some people don’t get breakfast at home so they can have it here.”

At 8.30 the tables are cleared away and the children enjoy a variety of activities including musical statues, board games, toys and dance.

On the day Magic Breakfast visited the children enthusiastically danced along to Cha Cha Slide and the Macarena– even the teachers join in!

Isabella, 8 told is “You get to eat lots of bagels, We love bagels! We also get to play fun games”.

At 8.45 the children help to clear the hall and they get ready to go to their classes. To calm the children down after such energetic dancing the children play the silence game to see who can stay quiet for the longest – children who are the quietest get to leave for class first.

The club Coordinator explained how the breakfast club has helped improve children’s behaviour. “We have had children who were disruptive but when they started attending the breakfast club but the change we have seen in them was amazing, they have started to settle down and behave”.

The club has been run for over three years and feeds up to 25 children each day.

At 8.50am the children leave with the energy to face the school day.