Lunchtime
Lunchtime at Grange Infants!
School Dinners
Chartwells are our school’s catering team. Chartwells are very experienced and enthusiastic about feeding children well and offering tasty meals from nutritionally balanced menus.
ALL infant school children are entitled to a free school lunch under the Universal Free School Meal initiative.
If your child needs a special/medical diet please inform the school office and ensure you apply for a special diet menu with Chartwells The Chartwells Approach to Medical Diets | Chartwells
The lunches operate around a three week rolling menu, and the children select their lunch choice each morning during registration. The head chef collects lunch order numbers from the school office at 10am daily.
At lunchtime the children are given a coloured bracelet band (Red for Option 1, Green for Option 2 and
Blue for Option 3) which they wear into the hall and give to the lunch ladies when they collect their meal.
Bands are sterilized after each use.
Healthy Packed Lunches
We encourage as many children as possible to enjoy the FREE school lunches, however if your child would still prefer to bring a packed lunch from home please ensure their name is clearly marked on ALL containers and on their packed lunch box.
Lunches from home should be healthy and balanced and should not contain more than 1 chocolate based item. We also ask for no sweets, please.
Due to allergies in school, we ask for no items containing nuts, including spreads. Thank you.
Parents may like to see the links below for inspiration on healthy packed lunches.
Change4Life – Healthier Lunch Boxes
Tesco – 10 Best Lunchbox Recipes
Lunch time is also time for the children to burn off some energy and recharge. Included in their lunch hour our amazing lunchtime team provide activities and games which promotes learning through play and encourages children to develop a further understanding of sharing, patience and listening.
There are a wide variety of games chosen for the children, if they so wish to take part. These games can be split into different zones of play, concentrating on a variety of skills. In the summer/ dryer weather the children also get the opportunity to explore field and play on our wooden climbing frame.
