Fried chicken for breakfast? Not at these schools

By Kate Aubusson
Updated March 26 2017 - 9:48am, first published February 18 2017 - 10:35pm
A pop-up breakfast canteen at Cabramatta Public School is teaching students to eat well.  Photo: Ben Rushton
A pop-up breakfast canteen at Cabramatta Public School is teaching students to eat well. Photo: Ben Rushton
Cabramatta Public School children eat rice pudding and watermelon supplied by Foodbank. Photo: Ben Rushton
Cabramatta Public School children eat rice pudding and watermelon supplied by Foodbank. Photo: Ben Rushton
The program is run in consultation with parents, who also volunteer to serve the breakfasts. Photo: Ben Rushton
The program is run in consultation with parents, who also volunteer to serve the breakfasts. Photo: Ben Rushton
Children rush to school on breakfast program mornings, the organisers say.  Photo: Ben Rushton
Children rush to school on breakfast program mornings, the organisers say. Photo: Ben Rushton

It's 8.15am at Cabramatta Public School and an exuberant gaggle of children bound towards a fold-out table laden with oranges, watermelon, carrot, celery and rice pudding.

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