School Lunches

All children at the infant school receive a free school meal known as ‘Universal Free School Meals’. 
If you prefer your child to have a packed lunch instead, please contact the School Office.

All pupils are monitored during lunchtime, and both school lunch and packed lunch pupils are encouraged to finish their lunches by our midday meal supervisors and TA’s.

Please see below the current Summer menu from our school caterer Twelve 15. 
The current menu (3 week menu cycle) will run until the end of the Summer Term.
Menus may vary from time to time due to supply issues.

Allergy and Special Dietary Requests

If your child has a special diet or food allergy, parents must notify the school office and complete the Special Diet Request form. Our caterer Twelve 15 will assess the request to establish if it is possible to cater for the pupils need within their Special Diet Menus. Further details are available on the Twelve 15 website.

Packed Lunches
 

If you prefer your child to have a packed lunch, please pack a healthy selection of foods to provide your child nourishment and energy. Please use an insulated lunchbox. 

We are a nut free school and we must ask that nuts of any kind are not sent into school in lunch boxes or as a snack – this includes peanut butter/Nutella sandwiches and Nutella snacks, as even these can trigger a serious reaction in some children who suffer from nut allergies.

Please note we do not permit sweets, chocolate or fizzy drinks in lunchboxes.

Is your child eligible for free school meals in addition to the UFSM Programme?

In addition to the Universal Free School Meals programme, in England, pupils are eligible to receive free school meals (FSM) if their parents are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

• Universal Credit (provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400 as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods)
• Income Support
• Income-based Job Seeker's Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of  State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit, provided they are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190, as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
• Working Tax Credit run-on-paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.

Pupils who are eligible to receive free school meals outside the Universal Free School Meals Programme receive additional funding to be spent in school. This may include :-

• Access to breakfast club
• Assistance with costs towards educational trips
• £15 Supermarket shopping voucher for each week during school holidays (£195 per child per year)
• Free milk from CoolMilk for each school day
• Club4 Voucher for free activities during the school holidays which includes a school meal

If you think you are eligible to receive free school meals even though your child is receiving Universal Free School Meals, please click here to access our eligibility form. If eligible a claim can be made for additional funding to support your child.

Water

All children are encouraged to bring a water bottle, clearly named, to school. Please make sure that the bottle is washed and replenished daily. During the day children can refill their bottles at the filtered water coolers fitted around the school.

New bottles are available for purchase through Scopay.

Milk

Our school runs a school milk scheme in conjunction with Cool Milk. Children can receive a carton of semi-skimmed milk every day.  Government subsidies mean school milk is free for all under-fives and children aged five or older pay a subsidised rate a term. Visit the Cool Milk website for current rates.

You must register for your child to receive milk even if it will be free.

How to register your child?

If your child is under five

Go to www.coolmilk.com/register. Register by a Tuesday for your child’s free milk to start the following week. 

Free milk will continue until the Friday before your child’s fifth birthday. You will receive a payment request three weeks before this time. If you wish for your child to continue to receive school milk simply make a payment.

If your child is over five -  Milk is no longer free and you will need to pay Cool Milk. 

Go to www.coolmilk.com/register. Register and pay by a Tuesday for your child’s milk to start the following week.

For further information visit Cool Milk or contact them on 0800 321 3248.