St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolSchool Lunches
Totally Local is our school dinner provider. Lunchtime is more than a nutritious meal, it is an opportunity to relax and socialise. It is important to us that each and every child enjoys their meal and has the energy to study and learn in the afternoon.
Each day there is a choice of two main courses or a jacket potato with a choice of fillings, all served with vegetables and a carbohydrate. There is a daily choice of healthy desserts including fresh fruit platter, yoghurts, or the pudding of the day. Fresh bread, a salad bar, milk and water are always available.
The cost of a school meal is £2.59 per day, £12.95 per week, payable via School Spider. If you want your child to have a school dinner, this MUST be booked and paid for by 9.30am on the day your child is having a lunch. If your child is entitled to free school meals or universal infant free school meals (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2), you will still need to choose a dinner for your child via School Spider, even though the meals are free of charge.
The current menu is available to download below along with allergen reports.
Children may bring a sandwich meal.
UNIVERSAL INFANT FREE SCHOOL MEALS
From September 2014, every pupil in reception, year 1 and 2 was eligible for free school meals and from January, new food standards were introduced. These are three of the 16 actions in the School Food Plan, which aims to transform what children eat in schools and how they learn about food (see www.schoolfoodplan.com).
Good food and good food culture has been shown to lead not only to healthier, happier and more fulfilled children, but to improved educational attainment. Evidence from those areas that already provide universal free school meals is that children eat more healthily and perform better academically. Schools in those areas have also reported improved behaviour and atmosphere as a result of all pupils eating together every day.
We believe that the school lunchtime is a great opportunity for all our children to sit down together and enjoy their healthy and tasty meal, while developing their social skills. We therefore hope that all parents will take up this offer of a free school meal for our infant pupils.
Although all infants will automatically receive free school meals, it is still important that those children who are eligible should sign up for free school meals and complete the paperwork to ensure that the school receives Pupil Premium funding which is worth £1480 a year per pupil for our school. Applications for free school meals can be made online at http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/advicebenefitsgrants/benefits/freeschoolmeals.