School Meals
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Lunchtime
Thornden Wood School has its own kitchen which provides midday meals by Caterlink. Children are encouraged to eat their food, but never forced. The children are helped in the dining room and on the playground by Lunchtime Assistants. We help to teach children good table manners. The younger children have their lunches before the older ones.
School dinners cost £2.48 per day, and must be paid for in advance via our Arbor system
The weekly Bulletin advertises which Week the Menu is on.
Some parents prefer to give their children packed lunches. Lunch boxes must be named. Crisps are only allowed as part of the packed lunch; sweets are not allowed in school at all. Please do not include bottles or cans of fizzy drinks, since these things can make quite a mess!
Children in Years R to 2 receive Universal Free School meals.
Children whose parents receive Income Support or income based Job Seekers Allowance, or Child Tax Credit (WITHOUT Working Tax Credit) may be entitled to free school meals. No distinction is made between those children whose parents pay and those who do not. Please contact the school office for the necessary forms and for confidential advice.
NUT FREE SCHOOL
We have made the decision that Thornden Wood Primary School is a Nut Free School due to the fact that some of our pupils have severe, life-threatening allergies to nuts including:-
- Peanuts
- Peanut Butter
- Nutella and other chocolate spreads
- Pecans
- Walnuts
- Sesame seeds
- Nut Oils
- Nut flavourings etc.
- Body lotions, shampoos etc. containing any nuts
Touching, smelling or eating any of these items may provoke a severe allergic reaction.
Therefore, for the safety of these pupils we have asked all our parents not to send any food containing these items to school.
We do understand this can be problematic, but do thank all our parents and staff for their understanding and co-operation in this matter.
Healthy Eating
We are very keen to do what we can to encourage children to eat healthy diets and take regular exercise. We provide all our Early Years and Middle Years children with mid-morning fruit.
Milk is available to all children through the Cool Milk scheme.
