During National School Breakfast Week, 13 pupils at primary school De Vachtbaan in Almere shared a breakfast of mandarins, whole-wheat sandwiches with peanut butter and yogurt. Breakfasts were being served in classrooms at 1,250 primary schools across the Netherlands, involving more than 275,000 pupils, to highlight the importance of a healthy start to the school day.

GGD Flevoland said that children who arrive without having eaten can be tired and have difficulty paying attention. A teacher at the Almere school said she regularly saw pupils yawning and tired, and that the school provided free fruit and sandwiches to help prevent them from going hungry. She said children might miss breakfast because of financial circumstances, cultural factors or parents being short of time.