School Meals
Our lunches menus are currently run on a 3 week cycle.
Parents are encouraged to download the School Meals App which allows you to see each day’s options along with all listed allergens. You can download the app by following this link or scanning the QR code below.
Menu for Autumn/ Winter 2024 (w/c 02/09/2024)
Click here for download version
Ben-Rhydding-Primary-School-Apr-24-Menu-FinalCost of School Dinners
School Dinners cost £2.30 per day (£11.50 per week). FM will be raising the price as of 4/11/2024 to £2.35 per day (£11.75 per week). The children in Reception and KS1 all receive free school meals.
How to Pay
All school dinner money is now paid via Parent Pay. If you have any questions regarding Parent Pay please contact the school office.
Free School Meals
To apply for free school meals online, please click this link.
Packed Lunches
Food and eating together can be a wonderful source of learning for children, and at school we aim to make our lunch time a positive experience.
When providing your child with a packed lunch, it can be a challenge to keep them interesting and healthy. Remember about a third of our diet should be made up of starchy foods such as bread, so sandwiches are a good choice. The key to a healthy lunch box is to include a balance of appropriate foods from the four main food groups-:
- Breads and Cereals
- Fruit and Vegetables
- Meat or alternatives
- Milk and Dairy products or alternatives
Foods in the 5th group containing fat and sugar should be eaten in moderation.
Are the foods familiar and portions the correct size?
Please put familiar foods prepared in their usual way in the packed lunch. School lunch times are not a good time to introduce new foods to your child as it may be upsetting if they are hungry and don’t like the food they have been given. Please put in the amount of food you would normally expect your child to eat.
Hot Liquids
For health and safety reasons, please do NOT put hot liquids such as soup, hot chocolate etc in your child’s lunch box.
Nuts
Please do NOT put nuts in your child’s lunch box. We have children at the school who have nut allergies and nuts are a choking hazard for children under the age of 5 years. Thank you for your co-operation.
Bread, other cereals and potatoes group
Ideas: bread and bread rolls, bagels, pitta bread, french stick, scotch pancakes, fruit scones, fruit bread, malt loaf, crisp bread, crackers, pasta and rice salads.
Fruit and vegetable group
Ideas: salad in sandwiches and rolls, cherry tomatoes, apples, pears, satsumas, bananas, grapes, melon, kiwi, plums,nectarines, dried fruit, dish of fruit salad, fruit smoothies and fruit juices.
Meat, fish and alternatives group
Ideas: slices of ham, chicken, turkey. Boiled eggs, canned tuna and salmon. Hummus and Tofu pieces.
Drinks
Ideas: milk, drinking yoghurt, smoothie, fruit juice, sugar-free squash and water.
Please refrain from putting sweets and fizzy drinks in your child’s lunch box.
We recommend that you include an ice pack in your child’s lunch box as we do not have the space to refrigerate lunch boxes.