School Meals

SCHOOL MEALS

At lunchtime children can choose whether to have a hot or cold dinner, or bring a packed lunch from home. Hot dinners are provided by Aspens and transported to the school from the main kitchen at St Martins at Shouldham. Menus are available from the office, sharing the choices from which the children can choose. Dinners need to be ordered on ParentPay a week in advance. 

The cost of school meals are £2.41 per day. Payment should be made on a weekly basis to the school office. Reception, Year One and Two are entitled to a universal free school meal. 

Children can bring their own packed lunch if they prefer. We encourage the children to think about what they bring in their packed lunch and ensure these are part of a healthy balanced diet; sweets/ chocolate bars, fizzy drinks are discouraged.

We encourage the children to bring to school a drink in a water bottle, this should be water but can be diluted squash or flavoured water only. All children are provided with fruit for a snack at break time. 

Criteria For Free School Meals

You are eligible if you are in receipt of the following:

• Income Support;
• Income Based Job Seekers Allowance;
• Income Related Employment and Support Allowance;
• Child Tax Credit, as long as you do not get Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) does not exceed £16,190;
• Support under part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999;
• Guarantee element of State Pension Credit;
• Universal Credit (with an annual take home pay of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods).

All pupils in Reception, year 1 and year 2 are entitled to a free school meal under the government’s Universal Infant Free School Meal scheme.