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School Lunches

Healthy Lunches

*Please inform us of any special dietary needs or allergies your child may have as soon as you are made aware of it by your GP*

School Meals

Aspens Catering Service pride themselves on providing top quality, fresh, locally sourced food which is prepared on site, from scratch. Helping us to ensure all Holybrook’s children are provided with deliciously, healthy and nutritious food every day. Our school canteen is HMC registered and can cater for any dietary requirement.  You can find out more information about our caterers at the following website:

All children who are Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 age are entitled to a free school meal.

You may also qualify for free school meal funding in Year 3 and beyond, if you are in receipt of any of the following:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

If you think you may be eligible, please apply for free school meals at the below link:

Packed Lunches

Our aim is to also ensure that all packed lunches brought from home and consumed in school (or on school trips), provide children with healthy and nutritious food which is now regulated by national standards.

As a school, it is part of our responsibility to help children learn how to eat healthily. The school believes that this will help your child to choose healthy, tasty food at lunchtime.

Packed lunches may include:
  • A sandwich that includes a savoury filling (e.g. egg, tuna, cheese, cooked meat)
  • Meat, fish or other source of non-dairy protein (e.g. lentils, chick peas, hummus)
  • A starchy food such as bread, pasta, rice, noodles
  • Dairy food such as cheese, yogurt, fromage frais
  • A smoothie or yogurt drink
  • A biscuit – this can be a chocolate biscuit but not a chocolate bar.
  • Crisps or other snack such as seeds, savoury crackers, breadsticks etc.
Packed lunches should not contain:
  • Confectionery such as chocolate bars, chocolate coated cakes and sweets.
  • Sausage rolls and pies should only be included occasionally.
  • Juice or fizzy drinks.
Snacks at playtime  

We give Nursery, Reception and KS1 children a piece of fruit every day, but you can, if you wish, send a healthy snack for playtime. So that we can encourage healthy eating, please send only a choice of the following;

  • Fruit, dried fruit e.g. raisins or apricots
  • Vegetables such as carrot sticks or celery
  • A small piece of cheese or a cheese string
Water

It has been proven that children’s concentration and behaviour improves when children drink water throughout the day. Dehydration can give children headaches and make them tired. Therefore, we encourage all pupils to bring a water bottle to school each day. These can be kept at school and can be filled and emptied each day.  This will allow children to have access to fresh drinking water throughout the day.

For more information about healthy lunches please follow the links below:




Thank you, in anticipation, for your support in this matter, and for your continued support with everything we are doing to make Holybrook a great school for our children.