School dinners

All children eat their lunch together in the school hall allowing them to sit with their friends regardless of their meal choices.

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to Universal Free School Meals, which means they can have a school dinner every day, free of charge.

Children in Key Stage 2 ( Years 3, 4, 5 & 6) no longer have this entitlement and school dinners do need to be paid for

School dinners are ordered through SchoolGrid. When your child starts with us, you will be sent a welcome email to register with them. The ordering process is very easy and you will be able to see all of the meal options for your child and select with them at home.

With SchoolGrid you can either top up your account as you wish or set it up as a direct debit. You will only be charged for the meals your child has. For example, if your child is off poorly and you have selected a meal and forgotten to cancel it, you will not be charged as the system will know they haven’t eaten.

If you feel you may be entitled to Free School Meals, we would encourage you to claim your entitlement to support you in the health and care for your child and to support their learning in school. Information can be found following the below link:

 https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

Packed Lunches

Healthy packed lunches can be brought to school in a sealed and labelled lunch box. We request that you provide your child with a healthy balanced meal and remember to make sure they can manage the packaging themselves.

Please do not send glass bottles, fizzy drinks, chocolates or sweets.

Due to allergies, we DO NOT ALLOW NUTS in school in any form.

If your child has any allergies, please make sure you let school know.

Snacks

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are provided with a piece of fruit or vegetable as a healthy morning snack.

Children in Key Stage 2 (Years3, 4, 5 & 6) are encouraged to bring their own healthy snack.

Children can bring in their own fruit or vegetable snacks from home to eat at break time.  They can also bring additional healthy snacks to eat at lunch times or for the end of the school day before attending enrichment clubs.

Milk

Milk for children is provided through a company called Coolmilk. A link to their website can be found below, you will need to register your child. Milk is free for children under 5 and those entitled to Pupil Premium.

https://www.coolmilk.com/

Water is available throughout the school day in classrooms and in the school hall at lunch time.