Lunches
We are proud to say that we have our school meals freshly prepared and cooked in the school kitchen each day. The menu has been devised by Essex School Meals Service to give a nutritionally balanced diet over the whole week and meets current Government requirements.
At the time of printing a school menu and posting this on our website, the price per meal is £2.80 per day. Our current menu can be viewed by clicking on the images on this page.
Two Week Menus:
Menu - Week 1
Menu - Week 2
Healthy Snacks & Packed Lunches:
Eating healthy helps a child maintain their concentration and energy levels. This helps a child to effectively learn throughout the school day. By cutting down sugary foods and drinks, children learn better from healthy eating. This has been supported by Centres For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Click on the images below for Healthy Packed Lunch and Break-Time Snack Ideas.
Healthy Packed Lunches
Healthy Break-Time Snacks
Important Notices That Must Be Adhered To:
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We are a 'Nut-Free' School and do not allow any nuts or products containing nuts.
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We also do not allow crisps and chocolate as snacks during the morning break-time, only fruit, vegetables, dried fruit etc.
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Packed lunches should contain a healthy and nutritious lunch e.g. sandwich/wrap/salad etc., a fruit/vegetable and one small treat.
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Pupils are allowed to bring in a water bottle every day - no squash or flavoured water.
Government Support:
It is Government policy that every child is entitled to a free cooked meal until they finish Year 2. This is known as Universal Infant Free School Meals. Once your child is in Year 3 or above they have to pay for a cooked meal. Of course you can provide your child/children with a packed lunch and drink as an alternative. We would ask parents to consider the contents of any packed lunch carefully, so that their children receive a nutritionally balanced diet. We are quite strict on this as children will need a lunch that will support their concentration and learning for the rest of the afternoon.
Depending on your family income your child/children may be entitled to Free School Meals throughout school. If you successfully apply for this, then your child will bring in additional funding to the school which can be spent on initiatives to raise their attainment. Parents sometimes worry that the children might be identified as different from the others if applying for Free School Meals. When taking the dinner register, a member of staff only asks if a child is having a school dinner or a packed lunch, so they don’t identify which ones are having free school meals to the other paying children. Please speak to the our school office for further details on how to apply or click on the image below to apply.
Lunch Payments:
At the time of printing a school menu and posting this on our website, the price per meal is £2.80 per day. Our current menu can be viewed by clicking on the images on this page.
Parents and carers can pay their child's lunch monies through the online platform Scopay. Parents and carers can set a reminder where the balance on your account reach an amount not sufficient to pay for a school meal. Please make sure that you set your 'reminder alarm' to avoid going into a debt. Click on the Scopay image below to log into the website.
Please click on the image below to read our 'Lunch Debt Policy'.
