School Lunches & Snacks
At Grange, we are proud to maintain our own school kitchen (many school kitchens are run by the local authority). The food is sourced from local suppliers as much as possible and we plan our own menus. We are committed to ensuring that our children receive a wholesome and healthy portion of well-cooked food each day. Each day, we want them to be able to choose their meal using our Cypad electronic menu system, which always includes a salad bar and a choice of hot or cold desserts.
We charge £2.20 per meal - which is less than the recommended price- because we want to keep the meals great value for parents.
Please see Autumn 2020 menu below for details of meals and snacks.
Who is entitled to free school meals?
All children in Reception or KS1 (Year 1 or 2) can have a FREE school meal - this is called UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEALS.
Once a child is in KS2 (Y3 - Y6) they either:
- pay for their meal OR
- are entitled to a FREE meal if parents are in receipt of certain benefits
If you think your child is entitled to BENEFIT-RELATED free school meals, please contact the School Office on 01772 792573 and we will advise you further.
Meet our Kitchen Team
Leigh Hall - Catering Supervisor
Kayleigh Hardman - Catering Assistant
Kate Oak - Catering Assistant
What do school lunches look like from September 2020?
As part of the need to keep children safe in class bubbles, we have the following procedures in place:
- all children from Reception and KS1 eat lunch in the hall at staggered times. They have their own spaces and tables are cleaned and disinfected between sittings
- in KS2, children who have a school meal either eat in the hall OR have hot food delivered to their classroom.
- menu choices are slightly restricted - i.e., choice of one hot meal or hot jacket potato with filling; choice of hot/cold dessert; individual salad pots OR soup
Staff in the hall wear visors and gloves; food is carefully handled and wrapped if necessary and there is a heightened frequency of handwashing and cleaning down.
Please see the Autumn 2020 menu below.
Autumn 2020 Menu
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | |
| Main | Tomato & Mascarpone Cheese Pasta |
Homemade Meat & Potato Pie with Puff Pastry Lid |
Burger & Chips / Nuggets & Chips / Fishfingers & Chips / Hotdogs & Chips (4 week rotation) |
Chicken Curry with Rice | Homemade Cheese & Tomato Pizza |
|
Alternative (inc vegetarian option) |
Jacket Potato with choice of fillings & salad | Jacket Potato with choice of fillings & salad | Jacket Potato with choice of fillings & salad | Jacket Potato with choice of fillings & salad | Jacket Potato with choice of fillings & salad |
| Desserts |
Fresh Fruit Yogurts Lemon Drizzle Cake
|
Fresh Fruit Yogurts Vanilla Traybake with Sprinkles |
Fresh Fruit Yogurts Jelly & Cream |
Fresh Fruit Yogurts Cheese & Crackers Homemade Flapjack and Hot Chocolate |
Fresh Fruit Yogurts Ice Cream Roll with Raspberry Coulis Warm White Chocolate Chip Cookies |
Breaktime Snacks
We also provide snacks at breaktime as busy children get hungry!
We now offer a much wider range of snacks including:
- Oat & Apple Biscuits (Mondays)
- Banana Bread (Tuesdays)
- Pancakes & fruit (Wednesdays)
- Fruit Loaf (Thursdays)
- Chocolate drizzled croissants (Friday Fundays!!)
There is also always a fruit bowl option.
Children in Year 1 and Reception will also get free milk, paid for by school.
All of this is still only 20p per day or £1 per week - subsidised by school.