Lunches
Universal Infant Free School Meals provide a school meal at lunchtime for all Infant School children (Reception, Year 1, Year 2) free of charge with no registration required, alternatively you can provide a packed lunch from home.
Our schools meal provider is ABM Catering Ltd who trade under the brand GROW for primary schools. GROW deliver a vibrant lunch service in our school, and the menus are shown below.
The menus operate on a 3-week cycle and include main meals including a vegetarian option, filled baps or tomato pasta and a dessert of the day. Meals also include freshly baked bread, seasonal vegetables, a salad bar and a refreshing fruit-infused Hydration Station.
For children on a medical special diet, personal menus are assigned according to individual needs, please see the paragraph below..
The children select their meal choice on the interactive whiteboards in class on the day.
Please look at the latest edition of the weekly school newsletter under the 'Next Week in School' section to confirm the menu for the following week in school. Please use this link to the website Newsletter page: https://www.chandlersford-inf.hants.sch.uk/Newsletters/
FROM MONDAY 5TH OF OCTOBER WE ARE STARTING ON THE AUTUMN MENU ON WEEK 3
Special Diets
For children that require a medical special diet, please click this link to apply for this online. ABM Catering Ltd require medical evidence from a GP, Dietician or other relevant health professional if any dietary requirements fall outside of the 14 allergens (celery, molluscs, gluten, mustard, crustaceans, nuts, eggs, peanuts, fish, sesame seeds, lupin, soya, milk and sulphur dioxide). If you have any issues accessing or completing the form, please let us know.
Are nuts allowed in school?
No. We have children with nut allergies. These children will be carrying an Epi pen at all times and staff are trained to use the equipment. It is vital that everyone adheres to our school policy of no nuts or nut products in lunch boxes, this includes e.g. peanut butter, nut based chocolate spreads, cereal bars with nuts, pistachio nuts, etc.