School Dinners
For information about school dinners please visit: Food Explorers
Packed lunches
For those children who do not have a school dinner, the governors have adopted the following as school policy:
- Food must be brought in a container marked with the child’s name.
- Drinks in a plastic container with a screw cap complete with straw or cup and also marked with the child’s name.
- Packets of sweets are not allowed as part of lunch but chocolate bars with biscuit are acceptable e.g. Penguin, Club etc.
- ‘Sandwich’ children should be provided with a beaker or straw for their drink and a spoon for yoghurts etc. from home.
- Lunch containers must be placed on the lunch box trolley at the start of each day and not kept on coat pegs.
- Please remember when packing a lunch box that children who eat a balanced diet perform better in school!
We encourage the children to drink water regularly. It is available from the drinking fountain but it is preferable that they bring their own bottle daily.
Morning Break Snack
In accordance with healthy eating guidelines we encourage the children to bring a healthy snack for break times, such as fruit or dried fruit.
Fruit Scheme
The Government recently introduced a National School Fruit Scheme. Children aged 4 - 6 are entitled to a free piece of fruit each school day, which we give them at breaktimes. Should your child be allergic or unable to eat certain fruits, then please inform the school office.
Horsley does not have its own catering kitchen; the meals are brought in every day from Holbrook Primary School.
During lunch-time all pupils (those who eat school dinners and those who bring sandwiches) are rewarded for good table manners and choosing healthy options.
We encourage our pupils to use their knife and fork to ensure our table manners can be transferred when they get home and in their future experiences. We also encourage collaboration, making sure that our children sit with pupils from other year groups and become effective communicators.