Packed lunches
Not every child eats a school meal and many prefer to bring a packed lunch.
If you're preparing a packed lunch, we would ask that you please take care of what goes into it.
Our packed lunches
We can provide a packed lunch for your child consisting of 5 items which will vary depending on the school.
Packed lunches include a sandwich, drink, fruit, yoghurt, cake and biscuit.
Checklist for making a packed lunch
This is a checklist of what to include in a packed lunch:
- A good portion of starchy food, for example, thick wholemeal bread, malt loaf, chapatti, pitta pocket, pasta or rice salad.
- 2 portions of fruit and vegetables, for example, fruit chunks in natural juice or a small box of raisins.
- A portion of milk or dairy food, for example, an individual cheese portion or pot of yoghurt.
- A portion of lean meat, fish or alternative, such as ham, chicken, beef, tuna, egg, hummus, bean or lentil salad.
- A drink, for example, fruit juice, milk or plain water (still or fizzy).