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School Meals
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are prepared daily on the premises in accordance with County
Catering guidelines. Dinner money should be paid on Monday mornings,
in a sealed envelope with the child's name and the amount of
money clearly shown. Credit is given if a child is absent, except
where a child has had to leave school after 11.00 am. The school
operates a choice menu system for school lunches. School lunches
cost £1.65 a day.
Children may also bring packed lunches. These are eaten with
the children who are taking school lunches in the hall.
We prefer children who change from a meal to a packed lunch
or vice-versa to give a weeks notice so that the kitchen orders
can be adjusted.
Milk, squash, toast and a range of fruit supplied by County
Catering are also available for purchase at morning break. We
are members of the National Fruit Scheme, which provides children
in Key Stage 1 with a piece of fresh fruit every day.
School Dinners: A note sent home by
Mr. Davies regarding school dinners.
A high percentage of children bring packed lunches to school
instead of taking a meal provided by the County's catering
service through the school's kitchen. The numbers taking 'school
dinners' has decreased further in response to recent media
attention on the subject. Should the trend away from school
meals cooked on site towards packed lunches continue, the
school risks having the kitchen closed as uneconomic. For
those choosing dinners this would mean food cooked elsewhere
being delivered to us instead. This would be a very sad day
for the school. Once closed, the kitchen would be very difficult
to re-instate.
In an effort to address this issue a parent representative,
Mrs. Pam Leedham, has been communicating with parents and
Mrs.Guest, our cook to find out more. Informal discussions
with parents have received a number of misconceptions about
school meals. The following information is included to address
some of them:
- Staffs County Catering services has nutritionally balanced
each meal offered for salt, sugar and fat.
- Most of the food is cooked from scratch (e.g.: digger
Pie which is lamb cooked with leeks, carrots and swede in
gravy with a savoury top.)
- Jacket potatoes, fresh fruit and salad are available every
day.
- Fresh fruit and vegetables are sourced from the region.
- Chips are available once a week (occasionally twice.)
- Children are encouraged to choose an item from each food
group: carbohydrates, proteins and vegetables.
Parents Lunch
It has been decided to offer parents the opportunity, in
the near future, to come and have school lunch with your child
(ren) to see and taste for yourselves. County Catering are
in the process of providing a new menu and we have decided
that it would be best to invite you in after it has been established.
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