School Meals

All children attending South Wootton Infant School are offered a free school meal as part of the Government’s Universal Free School Meals for Infants programme. If you receive a benefit that may give entitlement to Free School meals whatever the age of your child, the school needs to know as this generates important funding to support your child’s education. See here for more information.

We have also devised our own form for you to complete indicating on which days you child will have school dinners and any that they will bring a packed lunch. 

 

 

Packed lunches

As our school is a Healthy School, packed lunches should comply with our healthy eating policy. They should be sent in a named container (clearly labelled on the inside and outside). As we currently have children  and staff in the school with nut allergies, please can we ask that parents do not send in foods which contain nuts. Sweets and fizzy drinks are not allowed.

Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

Each child is offered fresh fruit or vegetables which are provided by the Government for their mid-morning snack. We are also happy for children to bring in their own healthy snacks full of
vitamins and minerals containing no added salt, fat or sugar that they can eat mid-morning alongside the free fruit/veg.
Healthy snacks might include;
• Vegetable sticks – such as celery, cucumber, peppers or carrot, a range of colour ensures different vitamins and minerals.
• A piece of cheddar cheese or babybel
• A piece of fresh or dried fruit, high in soluble fibre and vitamins would also be a great snack choice – pineapple, mango, kiwi, plain raisins, apricots, blueberries, banana slices.
• Bread sticks, plain pretzels, banana bread, malt loaf, oat/rice cakes and small pitta breads are also good snacks, providing children with carbohydrate to sustain them in-between meals.
• Homemade snack - flapjacks or other oat/whole grain based snack. These must be nut free. Items brought into school should be carefully checked by you, to ensure this. 
Reception children are also offered milk.