Dinners, Snacks & Drinks
School Dinners
Your child has a choice of either a healthy hot meal cooked and prepared on site or a packed lunch brought from home. If you wish your child to have school dinners, you can pay online using Parent Pay - £2.50 per meal.
Ad hoc dinners can be ordered from the school office on a day-to-day basis and the deadline for ordering is 9am. Ad hoc dinners should be paid for at the point of ordering, using Parent Pay, but if your child needs a school dinner, and you have a problem paying at the time of ordering, please speak to the office staff.
Dinner menus run on a three-week rotating cycle and a copy of these or the current weekly menu can be obtained from the school office or online at: http://www.servinglancashire.org.uk/index.php. Children choose their meals from the menu to ensure they have something they like.
Please contact the school office if your child has any special dietary requirements e.g. due to a medical issue, so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Free School Meals
If you get any of the qualifying benefits (check here), your child will be entitled to free school meals and school receives extra funding (called Pupil Premium – worth over £1000) to support your child’s learning in school. You can apply by calling or (01524) 581207 or online by searching for ‘Lancashire free school meals’. You will need your name, date of birth, telephone number and national insurance number. Eligibility will either be confirmed over the phone or by email within 5 working days – remember to check you spam or junk email folder. We are able to provide free school meals as soon as authorisation has been received but any school dinners taken in between your child starting with us and school receiving this authorisation, unfortunately, will have to be paid for.
Packed Lunches
If your child prefers food from home, please put it in a clearly named lunch box. Small sealed containers of fruit juice, cordial or water are ideal for your child’s drink. In our efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle, sweets, crisps, chocolate bars and fizzy drinks are not allowed in school and parents are asked not to include these in a packed lunch.
Water Bottles and Milk
We encourage every child to bring a freshly filled water bottle, not cups, to school every day so that your child can access water at any time; this avoids dehydration and helps children’s ability to concentrate.
Unfortunately, due to funding changes by Lancashire County Council, children under five will only now receive free milk in school to the end of the term prior to their fifth birthday. For other KS1 classes, there is a termly charge for this, details of which can be obtained from the school office. If your child is granted free school meals (see qualifying benefits above), then they will also receive free school milk. Unfortunately, school does not have the funds to meet the cost in cases of non-payment and the provision of milk in this instance, sadly has to be withdrawn.
Snacks and Drinks
The school is part of the National Fruit for Schools scheme which means that all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are offered a free piece of fruit for their morning break. Children in Key Stage 2 may bring a small piece of fruit to eat or a healthy drink (fruit juice, water or cordial in a plastic or cardboard container) at morning playtime if they wish.
Updated: 2025 RS