North Yorkshire County Caterers are our providers and their catering team makes every effort to provide carefully balanced and nutritious meals each day. Meals are cooked on site day and eaten in the dining area under the supervision of Midday Supervisory Assistants (MSA's), TA’s and Teachers.
There are four meal choices each day and pupils are able to order during morning registration. In addition to the choices, there is also a salad bar provided daily.
The cost of a nursery school dinner is £2.10 per day, £10.50 per week. Paid for via the Arbor Parent Portal or App.
The usual cost of a school dinners is £2.50 per day, £12.50 per week. However, CYC have agreed to continue the pilot for the foreseeable future to enable all children in years 3-6 to have a free school meal.
All KS1 children are entitled to Universal Free School Meals.
Free School Meals (FSM)/Pupil Premium- Are you missing out?
Pupil Premium was introduced by the Government in April 2011 as additional funding to enable schools to target resources more effectively for those children who are looked after, or eligible for free school meals. All pupils, regardless of their personal circumstances, should reach their full potential and it is the school’s responsibility to make this happen. Schools have the freedom to spend the premium in any way they believe will best support raising the attainment of these children. The money received should directly link to the impact upon learning of those pupils receiving Pupil Premium Funding. In
recent years, we have used the funding to:
- Employ our Children’s Champions
- Fund additional teachers to support smaller class sizes throughout school
- Provide relevant support for individual pupils
To find out if you are eligible for FSM/Pupil Premium, you can either contact the school office who will take a few details from you or you can go online. Go to https://www.york.gov.uk/FreeSchoolMeals and make an application. If you are eligible, you will continue to receive free school meals should the pilot end.
PACKED LUNCHES
Packed lunches need to be sent in an appropriate strong, named container. Please do not give the children drinks contained in cans or glass bottles.
We know it can be very difficult to think of yummy, healthy foods to put into our pack ups. Here are some ideas we have come up with to help…
- Fruit and vegetables. This could include fresh, tinned or dried fruit.
- A type of starchy food such as bread, pasta, pitta, bagels, wraps etc. Try to include wholegrain varieties too.
- Meat, fish or other sources of non-diary protein (e.g. lentils, kidney beans, quorn, chickpeas, hummus, eggs).
- Dairy food such as cheese, yogurt or fromage frais.
Please don’t forget to include a drink of water to keep your child hydrated throughout the day.
Below is a list of foods we encourage you not to include in the packed lunch.
- Sweets
- Lollipops
- Chocolate
- Fizzy drinks
- Cakes
To care for your children with allergies we ask that nuts are avoided at all times.
