School Meals
School Lunches
Our catering provision is managed by Chartwells.
- Pupils in Reception, Years 1 & 2 receive meals free of charge under the Universal Infant Free School Meal Scheme.
- For Year 3 onwards, school meals cost £2.60 per meal.
- We do expect all children who are entitled to UIFSM to take up this offer. Manor Primary School are charged for any meals not taken, so as well as your child receiving a healthy, nutritious meal, you will be helping the school to save money. Packed lunch can be brought in for any child in Year 3 onwards if they do not wish to have a school meal.
- Those pupils in Year 3 onwards who are entitled to Free School Meals under Pupil Premium eligibility do not have to pay for meals.
- School dinners are booked in advance using ParentPay. The cut-off is 5pm on a Tuesday for the following week.
- Please pay weekly in advance using ParentPay.
- New pupils will be given their ParentPay login as soon as possible into the new term, and once you have logged in you will be able to clear your balance and pay for meals in advance.
- If you need help with logging in to ParentPay after you have received your activation codes please speak to the school office.
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Manor Primary School Meal Facts:
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It is our ambition to ensure that every Manor Primary student leaves our school with not only the practical skills to look after themselves, make great food choices and understand the importance of food in their lives – but also be passionate about good food and have the ability and understanding of how to eat well no matter what their budget is.
We strongly encourage all pupils to have a cooked meal, particularly in Key Stage 1, as research shows that packed lunches are not as nutritionally balanced as cooked lunches.
"Only one per cent of packed lunches meet the nutritional standards that currently apply to school food."
www.gov.uk/government/news/improving-school-food
Please see the download section below for the Manor Primary School menu and if you choose to provide a packed lunch for your child please take a look at the Healthy Lunchbox guidance.
Packed Lunches
If you wou
ld prefer your child to have a packed lunch, it is important that it supports our school ethos around healthy lifestyle choices.
Therefore all packed lunches should:
- Be NUT free. This is essential for supporting pupils and staff with allergies and keeping all members of our community safe. This includes hazelnut chocolate spreads.
- Follow NHS guidelines on healthy lunch choices
- Swap high sugar snacks for low sugar choices
- Contain at least one piece of fruit or vegetable (bite sized pieces where possible - particularly grapes which must be halved to reduce the risk of choking)
- Contain high fibre options to support pupils feeling fuller for longer
- Where packed lunches are not in line with this guidance, high sugar snacks may be limited and member of staff will discuss suitable alternatives with you.
Please click here for more guidance.
Break-time Snacks
All infant pupils are provided with a fruit snack at playtime. KS2 pupils are encouraged to bring in a piece of fruit for break-times as part of their 5 a day.
Water bottles
All pupils should bring in a named water bottle each day. This should only contain water.
