Students are permitted to have a snack at breaktime. This should be a healthy choice snack - fruit, fruit bars and cereal bars are all good examples of this. In Reception and KS1, children will be provided with fruit, but may bring in a healthy snack from home if they wish. 

Some children bring in a packed lunch to school. Based on guidelines from the British Nutrition Foundation a healthy lunchbox should include:

* A portion of starchy food, e.g. wholegrain bap/bread, sesame seed pitta bread, plain crackers, pasta or rice salad etc.

* Fresh fruit and vegetables, e.g. apple/orange/banana, cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, mini fruit chunks, etc.

* A portion of milk or dairy food, e.g. cheese, plain/fruit yoghurt, etc.

* Small portion of lean meat, fish or alternative, e.g. ham, chicken, beef, quorn, cheese, tuna, egg or hummus etc.

* A drink – fruit juice (not fizzy or diluted squash), water (not flavoured), milk (not flavoured)

Parents are advised to include an ice pack. Although the school provides ambient storage facilities, the school cannot take legal responsibility for foods.

We are a nut free school. Staff, parents and carers are requested to NOT send food to school which contains nuts (traces of nuts is acceptable).

Our lunch hall staff supervise eating at lunchtime. Any foods which contain nuts will be removed and given back to the parent or carer after school. Children are encouraged not to share food. Our school kitchen (Love Food) fully comply with the school’s nut free status. Action is taken by the school to protect children with allergies whenever food is brought into school from outside e.g cake sales, home learning etc.