School Lunches

School Lunches

We are delighted to be working with The Pantry as our new school catering provider.

The Pantry is passionate about providing high-quality food made from carefully sourced ingredients, with clear traceability from farm to fork. Their menus are nutritionally balanced, filling, and appetising.

Children can look forward to:

• Menus made with over 75% freshly prepared ingredients
• Two portions of vegetables served with every meal
• Freshly made bread baked daily
• Unlimited visits to the salad bar, featuring a variety of fresh options

• Nutritious homemade dishes, including the special recipe Pantry Tomato Sauce, which is used in many of their dishes and contains 6 hidden herbs and veggies – supercharging school lunches with the nutrients children need to support growth and development
• Freshly baked desserts containing at least 50% fruit or vegetables – and they still taste like a treat!

• Exciting theme days, competitions, promotions and special events throughout the year

 Order your school meals here

If you need assistance with your account or ordering a meal, please contact the Pantry directly: https://www.thepantrycatering.co.uk/contact.php

• How to Order School Lunches
• Welcome to The Pantry

Lunches

Packed lunches should not include any fizzy drinks, glass bottles or sweets. Please try to provide your child with a well-balanced, healthy packed lunch in a suitable container.

Packed lunches must not include nuts or food with nut traces, to protect those members of our school community who have allergies to nuts. Further information can be found on the school website, medicines page.

Free fruit is provided for children in Key Stage 1. Children in Key Stage 2 may bring a piece of fruit or vegetable to eat at morning break.

Milk, which costs approx. £3.00 - £5.00 per term, is available to both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 children.

There is a water cooler in school and children are encouraged to drink water throughout the day to keep them hydrated, their brains alert and to aid maximising children’s potential.

Help and Advice

Further information about Healthy Lunchbox ideas and other was of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for your family are below:

	Change4life packed lunch box provides information to support healthy lunch box choices.
	The British Nutrition Foundation have a great page offering help and advice about a healthy diet.
	Sugar smart give help and advice to reduce the amount of sugar children and adults consume. The sugar smart initiative highlights the health risks from consuming too much sugar.
	The NHS Eatwell Guide shows how much of what we should eat overall should come from each food group to achieve a healthy, balanced diet. You can also find out more about how to get your 5 a day in your diet.