We were delighted to achieve the award of Healthy Schools Phase 5 in Summer 2019. One of our aims as a Healthy School is to promote healthy eating. We encourage the children to eat fruit as a snack during morning break. Children are encouraged to bring fruit or healthy snacks into school for their mid-morning break. We ask that parents/carers do not send in nut based products and that grapes are cut into quarters. All nursery and infant children receive free school milk at morning playtime.

School Meals

School meals are available at lunchtime. Again all our meals are healthy and no reconstituted food is used.  Children have the option of a hot meal or a packed lunch. All pupils in Reception to Year 6 are eligible for Free School Meals from September 2024. Please speak to the school office if you have any questions about this.

Children may, of course, bring in their own packed lunches which we encourage parents to make as healthy as possible without fizzy drinks or too many ‘treats’. Guidelines for lunchbox safety and hygiene are as follows:

• Lunchboxes should be kept cool – ideally use an insulated lunch box with ice packs or a frozen carton of juice to keep it cool.
• If sandwiches are prepared the night before, they should be stored in a fridge overnight. School does not have refrigeration facilities for pupils’ lunch boxes.
• The school kitchen is also unable to heat any food for children that is brought in from home.

Cooled, filtered water is available in school throughout the day. Children bring in their own water bottles which should be taken home for cleaning daily and at the end of each week. Please do not allow your child to bring fizzy drinks into school. We also ask that fruit juices are only provided for lunchtime as only water is allowed in the classroom. The children are taught about healthy eating and living through Science & Technology and Health & Wellbeing, including teaching sessions with the Police Education Officer and School Nurse. All children from Reception to Year 6 are offered the flu vaccination from the School Nurse during the Autumn Term. The school has comprehensive Substance Misuse and Food and Fitness Policies which are available on request.