School Meals

School Lunches

In 2014, as the Government launched Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM), Heathwood launched it’s ‘in house’ school lunches.  School lunches are prepared on the premises daily and there is a good choice of both first and second courses, including a vegetarian option. All our ingredients are sourced from local farms and suppliers.  We are committed to providing healthy, appetising school lunches that meet the Government’s food based standards and have been awarded a Silver Food for Life Partnership award.

You can view the menu below. Parents are invited to sample the school meals on a regular basis.

School dinners are £2.10 per day /£10.50 per week /£73.50 for February-April half term for Years 3 & 4 only and should be paid for in advance weekly, half-termly or termly. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are free, because of Government funding.

All dinner money should be sent in a sealed envelope via the class teacher on a Monday morning and cheques made payable to ‘Heathwood Lower School’. Alternatively payments for school meals can now be made online to NatWest, account name: Heathwood Lower School, sort code 60-02-13, account number 62411632 Please reference with your child name prefixed with SM.

Packed Lunches

Packed lunches should be as nutritionally balanced as possible. Drinking water is provided. Lunch boxes should be clearly named.  We are unable to provide refrigerated storage for lunch boxes and encourage parents to pack ice packs in their child’s lunch-box during the warmer weather.

*No glass containers, please

Snacks

Children in Reception, and Years 1 and 2 are provided with a piece of fruit daily as part of the ‘School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme’

Children in years 3 and 4 are allowed to bring a ‘healthy snack’, e.g. a piece of fruit/vegetable or cheese, for morning break. No sweets, biscuits (including cereal bars), yoghurts, chocolates or crisps please.

If your child would like to have milk at school, you may purchase a 1/3 pint (189ml) carton of milk per day from ‘Cool Milk’ please see their website (www.coolmilk.com) for details on how to register.

Children are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school daily (plain water only please, NO juice or squash).