Healthy Lunches

Healthy Lunches Recommended for Pupils

Suggestions for your child’s school lunch:

• Bread – whole-grain bread, rolls, bagels, wraps, soda bread or pitta.
• Bread substitutes – oatcakes, plain rice cakes, pancakes or crackers.
• Fillings – cheese, tuna, hummus, cold meats, pate, egg, lettuce, spinach, cucumber, tomato, onion, peppers, coleslaw, salad, or banana.
• Hot leftovers in a flask – curry, pasta (with or without sauce), soup/chowder, baked beans, rice, stew, lasagne or noodles.
• Cold leftovers.
• Fruit – apple, oranges, banana, grapes, pear, plum, peach, apricots, melon, grapefruit, pineapple, strawberries, raspberries, mango, blackberries or blueberries.
• Raw vegetables – tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, carrot sticks, celery sticks, broccoli, cabbage or cucumber
• Drinks – water, milk, diluted fruit drinks, soups.

Remember to peel and/or cut fruit and vegetables into bite-sized pieces for younger children.

Food items not permitted in school:

• Nuts (including peanut butter).
• Fizzy drinks, sports drinks and drinks/juices with high sugar content.
• Chewing gum.
• Chocolate (including chocolate spread).
• Sweets & winders.
• Crisps.
• Biscuits/cakes/muffins.
• Cereal Bars Best Practice.

The children will bring home uneaten lunch.

Special Treats on Fridays:

During the school year, on Fridays, the children will be permitted to bring in one small special treat.