Aberdeenshire Council’s School Catering Service has translated its primary school lunch menus into four European languages, helping more parents to understand the approach taken to healthy eating in schools.

The menus are now available on the council’s website in Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian versions.

The move has been made to ensure that parents whose first language is Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish or Russian, can examine the school menu at home and make sure they are happy with the choices their children are making.

It is thought that Aberdeenshire Council is one of the first local authorities in Scotland to do this.

Chair of the council’s Education, Learning & Leisure Committee, Cllr Isobel Davidson, said: “A healthy diet is so important for pupils of all ages and it is great to see that steps are being taken to ensure that parents can have a say in what their children are eating at school.”

By the way, if you do not speak Latvian, it’s roast chicken in gravy!