School Dinners
Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you very much for all your patience and understanding with the National free school meal scheme that has been in operation since 6th April. I very much appreciate your understanding with this at this very challenging and difficult time for all of us. Fortunately, the websites are now working much faster than even a few weeks ago and it appears that most of the problems we have all been experiencing have now been resolved.
For those who have received eCodes this term, the school’s account shows that they have all been sent. The Government will not be running the scheme through any future holidays so the next eCodes will be distributed from Monday 1st June.
We have decided to send out next term’s eCodes on a weekly basis, except for the first two weeks when you will all get a fortnight’s worth – you will receive this in the first week of term.
For week 3 (Monday 15th June) we will send eCodes out depending on attendance from the previous week – so if your Year R child attended in Week 2 of term you would not get an eCode for the third week of term.
This system will ensure you have £3 per day to help feed your child if they are at home and we will provide a free packed lunch meal if they are at school (the school kitchen is not doing hot meals in Term 6). We will keep a record of all daily attendance and issued eCodes so that you receive your overall eCode entitlement across the term. We believe this is the only way to run the system which fits around the decisions we have made around reopening up the school.
Please remember that if you are struggling and need some support with food at this time, please contact Lesley, our Pastoral Manager & FLO, on the following number: 07890 161 150
If you have any questions, please feel free to get back to me.
Kind regards and stay safe
Mr Forwood
Principals Catering
If you would like your child to have a school dinner or a packed lunch the current cost per day
is £2.10 or £10.50 per week (price as from September 2019)
SCHOOL MEALS AT BIRCHINGTON CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Although some children prefer to bring a packed lunch to school, we can also provide a well balanced hot meal for your child every day.
LUNCHTIME
Our pupils really enjoy their school lunch! A well balanced and mixed menu is provided and unlike many schools our dinners are prepared in our own Kitchen, fresh on the day. We also provide a packed lunch option consisting of a filled baguette, yogurt pot, a slice of cake, a piece of fruit and a drink.
While our aim is to ensure that our pupils receive a well balanced diet we also appreciate that children occasionally deserve a treat - so more obvious children’s choices are still available from time to time!
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Week 1 |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Fun Day |
Pasta Bar |
Traditional Roast |
Curry Day |
Fish Day |
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Sausage’s in a baguette or with gravy Vegetable nuggets Jacket wedges Green beans Sweet corn Apple crumble and custard |
Penne pasta with beef bolognaise Creamy cheese sauce Grated cheese Garlic bread Roasted vegetables Broccoli florets Fruit jelly and cream |
Roast turkey and gravy Provencal vegetable plait Roast or half jacket potato Green cabbage Sliced carrots Lemon sponge
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Mild chicken korma Vegetable and lentil curry Boiled rice Mixed vegetables Cucumber and mint salad Vanilla ice cream roll |
Breaded fish fingers Cheese and tomato quiche Chipped or half jacket potato Baked beans Garden peas Melon kiwi and mandarin pots |
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Week 2 |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Italian Day |
Jacket Day |
Traditional Roast |
Chinese Day |
Fish Day |
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Turkey meat balls in Italian tomato sauce French bread pizza Spaghetti Garden peas Roasted vegetables Neapolitan ice cream |
Freshly baked potatoes filled with beef curry, ratatouille, grated cheddar, tuna mayonnaise, baked beans, mixed green salad or sweet corn Chocolate sponge and chocolate sauce |
Roast pork and gravy Cheese and potato whirls Roast potatoes Medley of cabbage Sliced carrots Mixed fruit crumble and custard |
Chicken in black bean sauce Stir fried vegetables Sweat and sour sauce Boiled rice Mixed vegetables Grated carrot and pepper salad Pineapple, kiwi and apple pots |
Salmon or cod fish cakes Vegetarian sausages Chipped potatoes Broccoli florets Oven baked tomato Cherry and sultana cookies
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Week 3 |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Fun Day |
Pasta and Pizza Day |
Traditional Roast |
British Day |
Fish Day |
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Wrap, jacket potato or Pitta bread filled with a choice of vegetable chilli, grated cheese, shredded ham, tuna mayonnaise, green salad and spring onion Sliced new potatoes Mixed vegetables Beetroot salad Apple pie and custard |
Tricolour Fusilli with ham and cheese sauce, grated cheddar, shredded ham or cheese pizza wedge Garlic bread Sweet corn, spinach and tomato salad Assorted frozen yoghurts |
Roast chicken thighs Red lentil and vegetable croquettes Roast potatoes Broccoli florets Sliced carrots Jam tart and custard
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Cottage pie with optional onion gravy Vegetarian cottage crumble Mashed potato Green beans Diced peppered Swede Sultana sponge and custard |
Cod in crispy batter Broccoli cheese Chipped potatoes Baked beans Garden peas Fresh fruit salad and cream |