What to Include | Tips & Help

Have you included...

A good portion of starchy food e.g. roll, wholemeal bread, chapatti, pitta, wrap, pasta or rice salad?

Plenty of fruit and vegetables e.g. an apple, satsuma, cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, mini can of fruit chunks in natural juice or raisins?

A portion of a dairy food e.g. semi skimmed milk, cheese or pot of yoghurt?

A portion lean meat, fish (e.g. ham, chicken, tuna), humous, cheese, egg or beans?

A drink e.g. water, fruit juice, semi-skimmed milk?

Our School’s lunchbox policy

Following discussion with pupils, staff, governors and parents, the following lunchbox guidelines have been agreed by the school community:

The following foods should not be included in lunchboxes:

· Fizzy drinks, fruit juice drinks (other than 100% pure juice), sugary drinks, artificially sweetened drinks

· Sweets and chocolates

· Chewing gum

· Chocolate spread as a filling for sandwiches

· Jam as a filling for sandwiches

· Nuts. Many children suffer from nut allergy so we cannot take the risk of having nuts in school.

The following foods should only be once per week-perhaps Friday?

· Crisps / Similar salty snacks / a chocolate biscuit

Worried about finding alternatives to crisps and chocolates in your child’s lunchbox? Here are some great alternatives:

breadsticks and dip

malt loaf

banana bread

fruit scone

cream crackers / ryvitas & cheese

oatcakes /plain cereal bar

smoothie

cheese scone

vegetable sticks and dip

teacake

dry fruit

fresh fruit

rice cakes / corn cakes

tinned fruit in natural juice

yoghurt / yoghurt drink

extra roll or sandwich

We hope that you will help us to introduce this packed lunch guidance and support the school in our work around healthy eating. Our children will be healthier and happier as a result!

Please note that in the interests of safety and care for the environment NO GLASS BOTTLES and try to use packaging and containers that are re-usable.