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Lydden Primary School
School Meals at Lydden Primary School
We know that diet plays a crucial role in a child’s development and at Lydden Primary School we encourage healthy eating.
To help reach their potential, children need a good balance of nutrients to grow healthy minds and bodies, and a steady supply of energy to maintain concentration throughout the school day.
It is also important to stay hydrated throughout the day so children are asked to bring a reusable water bottle into school, these bottles should only contain water.
Break time
We support the School Fruit and Vegetable scheme that entitles all KS1 children to a free piece of fruit or vegetable each day. KS2 pupils are welcome to bring in a piece of fruit or vegetable to eat at break time.
School Dinners
Our tasty meals are prepared offsite and delivered each day by Caterlink, lunches are served in the school hall. Caterlink operate an online ordering and payment system.
To find out more and order a lunch from the meals on offer, just visit the ParentPay login page :
https://app.parentpay.com/public/client/security/
Picture Menu Week 1 (begins w/c 2 Sept 24)
Picture Menu Week 2
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Autumn Menu Week 1 (begins w/c 4 November 24)
Autumn Menu Week 2
Autumn Menu Week 3
Universal Free School Meals – KS1 children
School meals are free for all children in Reception classes, Year 1 and Year 2, regardless of family income, under this Government scheme. To order a free lunch, please visit the above website.
Free School Meals
In addition to Universal Free School Meals, there is a separate scheme named Free School Meals (FSM) which is means tested and available to eligible children from Reception through to Year 6. The scheme not only entitles your child to a free school dinner, but it allocates Pupil Premium funding to the school to provide additional opportunities for your child.
Do you qualify?
You must receive one of these benefits to qualify:
Registering your child only takes a few moments and does not affect any other benefits. All information is treated confidentially.
Free School Meals - apply here: Register for Free School Meals
Packed Lunches
If you prefer, you can provide a packed lunch for your child. Food must be brought to school in a suitable container marked with your child’s name. No glass containers, cans or fizzy drinks should be brought to school; drinks should be in non-breakable plastic water bottles.
We promote a healthy lifestyle and ask that you provide a healthy balanced packed lunch, avoiding sweet items, such as chocolate. Food that is not eaten during the mealtime and any wrappers will be packed back in the lunchbox and brought home. This gives you an indication of how well your child is eating and allows you to judge how much food you need to pack for your child.
Lunch Box Ideas
Milk
Free milk is available for all children under the age of five in school, funded by the UK government. If your child is under five years old, we will register your child for their free school milk on your behalf by providing Cool Milk with your child’s name and date of birth.
When your child turns five, you are able to pay a subsidised rate for your child to continue to receive milk. If you wish for your child to continue receiving milk from the age of five, you can register with Cool Milk directly via their website (www.coolmilk.com) .
Please let the school know if you would prefer us not to register your child for free school milk.
Allergies, Intolerances and dietary requirements
We ask that you identify any medical needs, allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements (including religious observances) your child may have, to ensure we provide the best care to all of our children. This information is also passed on to our kitchen staff.
We are a nut aware school, which means we do all we can to minimise the risk to children with allergies, whilst appreciating that we cannot be completely confident that all food items brought in are nut free, or that another child has not consumed nuts before coming into school.
As a number of children at our school are allergic to different forms of nuts, we ask all parents to be vigilant in not sending their child into school with any products containing traces of nuts, for example, peanut butter or Nutella chocolate spread.
Class teachers are aware of their children's dietary requirements, and the kitchen has a list of children with allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements.