St Michael's C
of E Primary SchoolLunches
Hot school meals
All children in Reception to Year 2 at St Michael’s automatically receive Universal Infant free school meals. The Mayor of London is providing free school meals to children in Years 3 to 6. This initiative aims to help families cope with the cost of living crisis by ensuring all children have access to a nutritious meal during the school day. Families who receive certain benefits may be eligible for free school meals, which can also provide additional funding for the school.
Even if you are unsure, please check! We encourage all families to check their eligibility, as it can make a real difference to our school and to your child's learning experience.
Nursery lunches are not covered by the subsidy and therefore MUST be paid for in advance via Arbor; the School is not permitted to give credit. You may pay for meals weekly, monthly or termly online using Arbor. Dinners cost £16.00 per week (i.e. £3.20 per day). Should your child be away after you have paid for the dinners, you will automatically receive a credit for another day.
If your child requires a special diet e.g. vegetarian, or allergy related, please let the office know via email to schoolmail@stmichaels.lewisham.sch.uk
Packed Lunches
Children who bring packed lunches should bring them in packed lunch boxes clearly labelled with the child's name and class. Parents are advised that we do not have cool storage areas in the school and so packed lunches must only contain items which can be stored at room temperature or even above.
There are some children in the school who have potentially life threatening allergies. It is therefore crucial that packed lunches do not contain nuts or nut products, particularly peanuts, peanut butter or muesli bars and in line with our no sweets and chocolate policy we ask that the children have no chocolate, chocolate biscuits, sweets or sugary drinks. Please see our packed lunch rules below.
Snacks
Children in the infants will be provided with a piece of fruit each day for the playtime break in the morning. Children in the juniors may bring in their own fruit for the playtime break in the morning. This should be placed in a plastic bag or container clearly labelled with the child's name. (In order to protect the health and safety of children in school with serious food allergies, it will not be possible for children to bring in any other types of snacks.)
We are proud of our 'healthy school' approach and therefore we don't allow chocolate or sweets in school. Please do not send party packs or birthday cakes and treats to school on your child's birthday - it does not advocate healthy eating and there are potential allergy risks.
Dinner Menu
The current menu can be viewed by clicking here.
Packed lunch rules
- The main meal should be a healthy combination of carbohydrate and protein with a side serving such as fruit, vegetables or yoghurt. Lunches may also contain one sweet/dessert item such as a cake, biscuit or small fruit bar (fruit bars will be seen as a dessert as they have a high sugar content and will not be allowed as a break-time snack) and/or one savoury additional item, which could be bread sticks, crisps or crackers.
- No sweets, chocolate or any chocolate flavoured food (e.g. chocolate mousse, chocolate chip muffins or cookies, chocolate spread, etc.)
- No nuts
- Only water - no sugary drinks, flavoured water or fruit juices
- Cakes, crisps and biscuits are allowed (but no chocolate items) as a dessert. The size and number should be appropriate to a dessert helping/portion and not be the majority/bulk of the meal.