School Lunches
School meals at Sandling Primary School are provided by The Contract Dining Company. Healthy eating menus are planned on a three week cycle and change in line with the seasons, offering an autumn, spring and summer menu.
For further information about The Contract Dining Company visit them at thecontractdiningcompany.co.uk or email at info@thecontractdiningcompany.co.uk
If your child is in Years R-2 they are entitled to universal free school meals. The funding means that children have 5 days school dinners or no school dinners and parents provide a packed lunch. If your child is in Years 3-6 and pays for school dinners they may have a minimum 3 days.
Regardless of what year your child is in, if you are entitled to free school meals because of financial difficulties you still need to apply as this attracts more funding for your child. Please contact the office for further details.
Packed lunches
Packed lunches may include one small treat (for example crisps, a chocolate biscuit), as long as it forms part of an overall healthy and balanced lunch. Sweets and fizzy drinks are high in sugar and therefore are not permitted in packed lunches.
If staff feel that a packed lunch is not balanced, we will send a note home to make parents / carers aware so that we can continue to promote healthy eating together. The child will still be allowed to eat their full packed lunch on that day.
Guidelines and ideas for healthy packed lunches are available.
Healthier Packed Lunch for Children
60-Second Vegtastic Lunchbox Hacks
Snacks and Water Bottles
In Years R-2, all children are provided with a piece of fruit or a vegetable for their mid-morning snack. Children in Years 3-6 bring their own fresh fruit or vegetable snack. All children should have a bottle of water in class that they may drink freely from during the day. These should have a non-spill top. Bottles with the school logo can be purchased from the school office.
No Nut Policy
The school has a no nut policy. This includes peanut butter in sandwiches as we have a number of children with serious nut allergies. Please note that coconut is not considered a nut. If we believe that a child’s packed lunch contains nuts, we will ask them to eat this part of their lunch separate from any children who have nut allergies. We will also send a note home with the child, to remind their parents/carers that we have a no nut policy. Products that state ‘may contain traces of nuts’ are allowed in school due to the limited risk.
Booking School Lunches
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School Lunch Menu
Allergens
ParentPay
Please follow the link to ParentPay to book and pay for school meals:
