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Coppice Valley Primary School (58)

School Meals

Our Catering Contractor is Hutchison Catering who provide a range of tasty, nutritious, and healthy balanced meals for our children using fresh ingredients. We have a full experienced and professional Catering Team based on site each day.

All children in Reception, Year one and Year two are entitled to a universal free school meal each day. As the children progress up to Year 3 meals are charged at £2.85 per day or £14.25 per week. Meals are to be paid for via the Arbor Parent App. 

Please the menus below:

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Allergens, Religious and Special Dietary Requirements

All allergies, religious and special diet requirements can be accommodated. It is the parents’ responsibility to inform the school of pupils’ food allergies and to keep the school updated of any change in these circumstances. These can be updated on the Arbor Parent App. 

If your child has any dietary requirements, please see the school office, and they will put you in touch with Laura Whiting, Nutrition & Food Development Manager at Hutchison Catering.

Hutchisons Managing Special Diets – Parent information

Allergens Procedure

Free School Meals/Pupil Premium

If you are claiming certain benefits, your child could also qualify for free school meals all the way through to Year 6.  This would also qualify your child to attend the FEAST holidays clubs free of charge during school holidays. To qualify you must be receiving:

  • Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods (£616.67 per month)
  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under part six of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guarantee element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit, provided you are also not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual household gross income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by HMRC)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on, paid for four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit

Please note that contribution-based benefits, including contribution-related Jobseekers' Allowance do not entitle you to claim free school meals.

If you think your child may qualify for Free School Meals / Pupil Premium Funding please click here.

For more information, please visit the Pupil Premium page on the DfE website here.

Water in school

Children need to be well hydrated to be healthy and effective learners. Each child is given a named water bottle on their first day at school.  Parents/carers should take these home to wash every Friday.

If you want to provide your own bottle from home please ensure it is named, has a ‘sports’ top and is in a re-usable bottle. Please don’t send single use water bottles. Flavoured or fizzy water and squash is not allowed.

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Playtime Snacks

We encourage all children to have a snack at playtime to keep their energy levels up.  At present all Reception and KS1 children are given a piece of fruit or vegetable which is funded by the Government. KS2 children need to bring their own healthy and easy/non-messy snack. Appropriate snacks for playtime are: fruit, vegetables, cheese including cheese strings, dried fruits and cereal bars (no chocolate). No chocolate, sweets, biscuits and crisps for snack please. NO NUTS PLEASE.

Packed Lunches

These should be brought to school in clearly labelled, unbreakable containers or lunch boxes. Please do not include fizzy or hot drinks or chocolate bars/sweets.  If any child forgets their packed lunch and we are unable to contact a parent, they will be provided with a school meal (to be paid for on Arbor please).

We ask that you send a healthy packed lunch for your child to sustain them through the day. Chocolate covered biscuits bought from a ‘biscuit aisle’ (Penguins etc.) are acceptable. Biscuits and crisps brought in for a packed lunch MUST NOT be eaten at playtimes.

Birthdays and Special Occasions

If you want to bring in a birthday treat for your child’s class to share at the end of the day we ask that it be pre- wrapped items - sweets or biscuits, and that they be nut-free please. Staff will try to ensure that these are handed out on the correct day, however please be aware that this may not always be possible.

Birthday/Celebration treats brought to school by parents to share with children, must be individually wrapped with ingredients and allergens printed on the packaging. Homemade items or bought items that are not individually wrapped with printed ingredients/allergens are not appropriate.

NUT FREE

Due to children in school with food intolerances we are a NUT FREE SCHOOL. In addition we have a child in school with a serious egg allergy. We are not an egg free school but children should not bring in boiled eggs, scotch or egg sandwiches for their packed lunch.

Coppice Valley Primary School is part of Red Kite Learning Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 7523507, registered office address: Red Kite Office, Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate, HG2 9PH

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