Below you will find all information regarding school meals. If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.
School meals are payable for all children in Years 3-6 unless you have applied and been granted free school meals.
All payments and pre-ordering for school meals are made using School Grid, visit their website here.
A typical packed lunch would contain the following:
- A sandwich (no chocolate / peanut butter spreads) or pasta/rice dish/ soup or meat/fish salad
- Two portions of fruit or veg (e.g. a banana, an apple, a pear, strawberries, grapes, pineapple pot, carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, cucumber sticks) etc.
- A yoghurt
- Some cheese and possibly a cracker
- One treat product e.g. a packet of crisps, small cake or a biscuit
- Water
Children’s packed lunches should include items from the 5 main food groups;
Bread, Rice, Potatoes, Pasta
These starchy foods are a healthy source of energy. Packed lunches should include 2 or more portions e.g. pasta salad, sandwich.
Milk and Dairy foods
These foods provide calcium for healthy bones and teeth. Include 1 portion at lunch e.g. yoghurt, fromage frais, milk.
Meat, Fish, Eggs, Beans
These foods provide protein for growth. Packed lunches should include 1 portion of these foods e.g. boiled egg, chicken, tuna, ham as filling in sandwich, mixed bean salad.
Restricted items
To ensure consistency and to keep packed lunches in line with food standards for school meals, packed lunches should not contain the following:
- Fizzy / sugary drinks in cartons, bottles or cans (This includes fizzy flavoured water) / Energy drinks
- Full size Chocolate bars
- Sweets
- Chocolate spread / Peanut Butter as a filling for sandwiches
- Chewing gum
- Take away meals e.g. subway, McDonalds
- No nuts or products containing nuts (this includes Nutella bars)
Please note that as a healthy school we only allow pupils to drink milk or water during the school day, from their water bottles, this is to prevent dental decay.
Children from Reception to Year 2 are all eligible for the Government Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) scheme.
Once a child reaches Year 3 you will need to apply for Free School Meals (FSM) in order to continue to receive free meals.
Applications for free school meals should be filed with your own local council.
Please click here to apply for Free School Meals in Bury.
If you have any difficulty with completing the form then please ring school and we will be happy to help you complete the form.
Children under the age of five are entitled to receive milk at school-there is no charge for this. This will be organised by School.
We have a number of children (that we know of) currently in our school that can have severe allergic reactions to peanuts and other nuts. This allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock) can occur through ingestion of peanut/nut products, cross contamination and breathing peanuts in the air.
Since this condition can be life threatening, we are asking for your help in minimising the risk to these children by:
- Avoiding giving children peanuts in school lunches
- Avoiding giving peanut butter sandwiches, other spreads containing nuts such as Nutella and snacks/bars containing nuts
- Asking children not to share their lunches
- Making sure hand and faces are washed if nut products have been eaten before school.
Due to the potential severity of the problem, it is important that all parents and carers carry out the suggested measures and reduce the risk of any allergic reactions.
Please note that if you wish for your child to swap from dinners to packed lunches or vice versa, two weeks’ notice must be given. This must be put in writing on one of our forms available from the office.
