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School Meals

School meals and packed lunches

 

Our school meals are provided by Hutchisons.  Menus change on a regular basis and work on a 3 week rotation.  If you pay for your child’s school meal, the cost is £2.20 per day (£11.00 per week).  Payment can be made by ParentPay or by paying cash to the school office.  Parentpay log in

 

School meals from September 2023 will cost £2.30 per day (£11.50 per week).

 

All pupils in Reception to Y2 are entitled to a free school meal (Universal Infant Free School Meal), whether or not you are entitled to free school meals - please still complete your FSM application as this helps when they get to Y3 as well as for the school Pupil Premium grant.

 

School meal pre-order system

 

If your child has a school meal, please order their meal using the following link Appetite Pre-Order this can be done daily or weekly whatever fits in best for you.

 

Alternatively children may bring packed lunches to school. Children who do so should not bring hot or fizzy drinks or hot soup, or drinks in glass bottles or cans. We ask parents to consider providing healthy food with a
minimum of sweet chocolate coated items and high fat items such as crisps.  No sweets are allowed.  

 

 

Click on the following link for ideas for a healthy packed lunch

 

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes

Spring/Summer 2024 menus are now available to pre-order on the Appetite system (link above).  The menus work on a three week cycle as follows:

 

Week 1 - W/C 26th February 2024, 18th March 2024, 1st April 2024, 22nd April 2024, 13th May 2024, 10th June 2024, 1st July 2024

Week 2 - W/C 4th March 2024, 8th April 2024, 29th April 2024, 20th May 2024, 17th June 2024, 8th July 2024

Week 3 - W/C 11th March 2024, 15th April 2024, 6th May 2024, 24th June 2024, 15th July 2024