Lunches - Mellors Catering
At Lacey Green we believe that children deserve a delicious and nutritious meal at lunchtime. With the support of the Mellors Catering, we offer an appetising menu designed especially for our children. There’s always a great selection to choose from and the menu includes home made cakes, biscuits and fresh fruit platters, home made pies, healthy pasta dishes and wholesome roast dinners!
All menus can be downloaded from the bottom of this webpage.
Dates:
Menu 1: w/c 4th Nov / 25th Nov / 16th Dec / 20th Jan / 10th Feb / 10th Mar / 31st Mar
Menu 2: w.c: 11th Nov / 2nd Dec / 6th Jan / 27th Jan / 24th Feb / 17th Mar
Menu 3: w/c 18th Nov / 9th Dec / 13th Jan / 3rd Feb / 3rd Mar / 24th Mar
Lunchtimes at Lacey Green are invaluable opportunities for educating our children for the future. We use local suppliers wherever possible to reduce air miles and our recipes make use of fresh, seasonal fruit, vegetables and herbs that are packed full of flavour. The meat and chicken we buy is ethically farmed and we choose fish from a sustainable source. Our eggs are free-range and the milk we use is organic.
It comes naturally to us to teach our children about where and how food is grown and produced and why making healthy choices is so very important in life.
Website: https://www.mellorscatering.co.uk/
Cost:
Lunches cost: £2.50 per day = £12.50 per week
Lunches can ONLY be paid online via ArborPay. No cash or cheques can be accepted in school.
Lunches must be paid for at least a week in advance.
There is an option just to opt in for a Wednesday (Roast) / Friday lunch - this must be for a half term pattern.
Please see the Lunch Payment Policy below.
Healthy Eating
At Lacey Green, we are committed to ensuring our pupils learn how to stay healthy. The Personal Development curriculum teaches the importance of healthy eating, why we need exercise and how to care for our bodies.
We have a healthy eating policy in school.
Children in Key Stage One have a piece of fruit at morning break provided by the school and the older children can bring in a healthy snack (preferably fruit).
Packed Lunches
Whilst the school dinners provide the children with a healthy and balanced meal, packed lunches brought from home can vary enormously in nutritional value.
The following information is from healthylunch.org;
A good packed lunch contains:
- A starchy food, such as bread, rolls, pitta bread, naan bread, potatoes, rice, noodles.
- These foods are good for children to fill up on.
- A good source of protein, iron and zinc such as meat, fish, beans or eggs.
- A good source of calcium such as milk, cheese, yoghurt or fromage frais.
- And one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetable or salad to provide all the other vitamins and minerals. A piece of fruit could be a 100% juice or piece of fresh fruit, dried fruit or tinned fruit in fruit juice. A piece of vegetable could be a fresh vegetables such as carrot stick, salad or a vegetable soup or vegetable dish.
No single food contains all the essential nutrients the body needs to be healthy and function efficiently so it is important that the content of the packed lunch is varied.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL!