The school meals service will provide a free hot meal for your child up to Key Stage 1.
Children of parents who receive Family Income Support are entitled to receive a free school meal in Key Stage 2.
School office staff will inform you about this procedure; this information is confidential.
If you wish to provide your child with a packed lunch from home, it should be in a named sealed container. To ensure that children have a balanced meal, sweets are not allowed and will be returned home, fizzy drinks (as they are pressurised flasks) and glass bottles (for safety reasons) are not allowed either.
Please restrict you child to one biscuit bar and peanuts are also not permitted.
Morning Playtime Drink
Water is always available for the children in the playground and throughout school, but parents may send a carton of milk, fruit juice plus straw for their child to drink at playtime if they wish; cartons should be clearly named. Flasks, bottles, containers etc. are not allowed under any circumstances with the exception of children who have special dietary requirements, in which case a letter should be written to the Headteacher explaining the child’s need.
Milk is provided by the Local Authority for Nursery children. Food should not be sent from home unless for special dietary/medical reasons; in such cases please make arrangements with the Headteacher. A piece of fruit will be available for all children to have sometime during the morning session. Please inform the school in writing if there is a problem with your child eating a particular fruit.
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Healthy School Scheme
The main aim of the Healthy Schools Programme is to support and encourage schools to develop and deepen their focus on health and wellbeing which will support the attainment, achievement and happiness of both their pupils, staff and wider school communities.
All children and young people have a right to be healthy and to achieve at school and in life. Healthy Schools provides opportunities for enhancing emotional and physical aspects of health that will lead to improved health, reduced health inequalities, and increased social inclusion and will raise achievement for all.
Healthier children do better in learning and in life. By enabling children and young people to make positive changes to their behaviour regarding health and wellbeing, schools help them reach their full potential in terms of achievement and fulfilment. They can also encourage good habits that will benefit children and young people both now and in the future.
Healthy Schools is not just about children and young people, it is about involving the whole school community together with local services and agencies. And it is not just what happens in the curriculum but about the entire school day.
Schools can participate and gain recognition at the following levels:
- HS Bronze Award
- HS Silver Award
- HS Gold Award
We have already achieved Bronze, Silver and Gold twice already and are currently on track to receive our third Bronze Award.
Our school is dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles and providing an environment that promotes healthy through having a salad bar at lunch, gardening club, no sugar or salt in their lunchtime food. We also encourage children to keep fit through the daily mile, PE two times a week and multiple sports clubs before and after school.
Take the time to talk to your children about how a certain food or physical activity may help them. For example, when going for your daily walk, bring your children with you and let them pick the route. Discuss how walking helps you feel better and is a fun way to spend time together.
It also offsets calories eaten and inactive time spent in front of TV screens or computers. Use your children’s food choices as teaching moments. Speak up when you see unhealthy eating habits.
Direct children to healthier options or say, “You can have a little of that, but not too much.” Talk to them about why an overly salty or heavily sugared snack is not the best choice. You can also praise your children when they choose a healthy item like fruit or yogurt.