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Lunch at School
Children can have school meals or bring a packed lunch box.
Packed lunches should support healthy eating.
School Meals School meals can be ordered through Mrs Blaver in the school office and are available each day for the current price of £2.00. Meals should be booked and paid for at the start of each week. If you wish to change your child's meal arrangements, please notify the school office in advance. Meals can be paid for either in cash or by cheque, cheques should be made payable to 'Ashill VCP School'. If paying weekly, payments should be sent in on Mondays. Termly or half-termly amounts should come into the school on the first day of term/half term. When booking school meals, please ensure the secretary knows the name of the child, and on which days school meals are required. School meals are provided by Norfolk Catering Services and are delivered in insulated containers from the kitchens at Saham School. They meet the most recent guidance for school meals standards and include a main course, dessert and drink. Fresh fruit is always available as a healthy dessert. Free School Meals Please contact the office if you think you may be entitled to free school meals. Packed LunchesPlease ensure that children bring packed lunches in a secure, named container. Water is available at school, but if children prefer something a little more exotic to drink, this should be brought in a suitable, leak-proof container. Glass bottles should be avoided as they present a safety risk in a crowded dining hall. Flasks of hot water or soup are not allowed for safety reasons. It is important that children eat a healthy diet and we ask that parents consider this when packing their child’s lunch. Research shows that children who have eaten a healthy midday meal are able to concentrate and behave better in the afternoon than those who have not. Healthy Mid-Morning Snacks Children are allowed to bring small snacks for eating during morning playtime. We encourage the children to bring a healthy snack (not chocolate or crisps). We run a ‘Healthy Tuck’ policy, and children bringing in fruit or vegetables as a mid-morning snack collect ‘stamps’ towards prizes for being healthy eaters. Snacks should be packed separately from lunches as children are not allowed into the servery at playtime for safety and security reasons. The children in KS1 are provided with fruit / vegetables as a mid-morning snack which is part of the Government-funded Fruit for Schools programme. The scheme is designed to instil healthy eating habits at an early age and is very popular with children. We ask that parents do not send any ‘unhealthy’ snacks for children in these year groups. Drinks If parents wish their child to have a carton of milk at morning break they should book and pay for this at the school office. Payments must be made in advance and it is not possible to give refunds if a child misses their milk through absence: we simply forward all monies collected to Norfolk County Services who order the milk on our behalf. Children who do not like or are allergic to milk are allowed bring in a healthy drink, such as fruit juice, as an alternative. Squashes and ‘fizzy pop’ are only allowed as part of a packed lunch (but we do try to encourage healthy drinks even at lunchtime). All children should have a named water bottle to keep in the classroom for drinking during the day. Water fountains with built in coolers are available in the cloakrooms. Drinks bottles can be refilled at playtime and lunchtime from the coolers. It is now recognised that dehydration can be a problem for children, particularly in warm weather. Children tend to run around at lunchtime and then sit in class without a drink all afternoon. Dehydration is bad for children’s health and inhibits effective functioning of the brain. This obviously affects children’s learning and we therefore encourage children to bring water in safe, clear plastic containers for drinking during lessons. Drinks other than water are not allowed. There is always the potential for these drinks to cause disruption during lessons. Children who abuse the privilege will lose it!
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