St Patrick’s Lunch Menu Summer Term 2025
Free School Meals Application Information
Food Allergies and Snacks
We are a Healthy School and educate our pupils in developing and continuing healthy lifestyles. We protect and support all pupils with allergies and food intolerances and ask that pupils do not bring any nuts and nut-based products into school as they may cause harm to others.
Fresh fruit is provided daily for all pupils in the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 and pupils are provided with free fresh milk to drink with this up to the age of 5 years.
After their 5th birthday, if you wish your child to continue to receive milk at snack times, you can pay and register online at www.coolmilk.com.
All pupils are encouraged to drink water throughout the school day. Pupils in Key Stage 2 classes may bring a healthy snack such as fruit for break times; crisps, biscuits, sweets, cakes and sugary snacks are not allowed please. However, we are happy for pupils to bring sweets to share with their class to celebrate their birthday should they wish to. We want our pupils to grow and develop a health-conscious mind set but know a balance is necessary to achieve this.
School Meals
Healthy and delicious school meals are prepared on site and we use lunchtimes as a teaching opportunity to help our pupils to use good table manners, take part in polite conversation and make healthy food choices. At the start of each school day pupils choose from a variety of options including: a hot meal, vegetarian options, jacket potatoes or sandwiches with a variety of fillings, salad and pasta.
School meals are provided free of charge for all pupils in reception and Key Stage 1 (years 1 and 2). We make every effort to meet requirements for health, religious and any other valid reasons with the meals provided so pupils always have a choice to meet their needs.
There is a charge for school meals for pupils in Key Stage 2 (years 3, 4, 5 and 6) and Foundation Stage 1 (Nursery) however, families may be entitled to ‘Free School Meals’ please use this link to apply Free School Meals Application Information The admin team will support you with more information on this by request.
To support parents, we do not charge for lunchtime care for full time pupils in the nursery however they will need to bring a light packed lunch please.
Packed Lunches
Parents may prefer to provide their child with a packed lunch from home. In line with the government guidelines for healthy eating in schools, please ensure the contents are a balance of healthy options that does not include crisps, chocolate or sweets. Food items containing nuts must not be sent into school.
Fresh drinking water is provided for all pupils at lunchtime but if pupils bring a packed lunch and parents choose to include their own drink please ensure it is not in a glass bottle or can, is sugar free and not a fizzy drink.
All pupils eat together regardless of their choice so they can mix with friends in a relaxed environment and enjoy a healthy and pleasant dining experience.
