From April 2023 our catering suppliers are The Contract Dining Company (CDC).

They offer the children a range of freshly cooked, hot midday meals that are freshly cooked here on site.  The Governing Body and staff at Greenvale have spent time ensuring that CDC are a company who can provide high quality food using the freshest local produce for our children.

Allergens

Under new legislation brought in on 14th December 2014, food providers are obliged to have available information on possible allergens in the food that is being served.  If this is something that concerns you or your child, please contact the school office who will provide this information to you.  If there is anything that you would like added to your child's records relating to food allergens, please let the school office know who will pass this information through to the kitchen staff. 

Due to current allergens in school, we are not able to allow the following food in school:

Nuts

Eggs

Dinner Menu

The up-to-date dinner menu can be found below, and a paper copy is available in the school office.

Please beware that if the school is closed for whatever reason, i.e. a bank holiday or an emergency closure. The dinner on offer on the first day back will always be the Monday option for that week. This is due the fact that school was closed, and the meat could not be defrosted in a safe manner for that days lunch.

Updated snack time guidance:

The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) is a government programme that entitles every child aged 4-6 in fully state-funded schools to a piece of fruit or vegetable each school day, this equates to approximately 2.3m children in approximately 16,600 schools across England.
The School Fruit & Vegetable Scheme is part of the national 5 A DAY programme. Fruit and vegetables are key to a healthier lifestyle for all of us and experts recommend that everyone eats at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables in a day.
Eating fruit and vegetables every day helps children and teenagers grow and develop, boosts their vitality and can reduce the risk of many chronic diseases – such as heart disease, high blood pressure, some forms of cancer and being overweight or obese.

Children in Nursery to Year 2 will be provided with a daily snack in school from this scheme.

These snacks could be: Apples, Pears, Soft Citrus, Bananas, Carrots, Cocktail Tomatoes, Sugar Snap Peas, Raisins/Sultanas, Mini Cucumbers.

Children in Years 3 to 6 are encouraged to bring in their own 'healthy snack' for break time. At Greenvale Primary we know that parents and guardians know best when it comes to feeding the children. However, as a school we are expected by the Government and relevant agencies to strongly encourage children to eat fresh fruit and vegetables. The school canteen carry out a great job of introducing different vegetables into the daily meals at lunchtime. We hope that our parents and carers will support us in our quest to encourage our children to eat fresh fruit and vegetables to benefit their bodies. 

We have created a very brief list of food items that you may wish to give your child at playtime in school: 

Fresh fruit: Fresh vegetables: Dried fruit: Bread sticks/crackers/plain rice cakes

Please support us by not giving your child chocolate, nuts, biscuits or crisps for their morning snack. (Children will not be allowed to eat these types of snack, keeping them instead to bring home or to eat with their packed lunch. In these cases, we would try to replace snack if we have any fruit or vegetables available from that given to the younger years.)

Please remember that we have children in school with severe nut allergies. These allergies can be fatal. We are a Nut Free School in order to protect our children from harm.

Please remember that Nutella contains nuts and therefore should not be used in your child's sandwiches. You may find this a little frustrating if your child loves a Nutella sandwich but please think how you would feel if your child was put in unnecessary danger. We have a great community here who want the best for the children. We are confident that you will adhere to the requests in order to keep all children safe from harm. 

Thank you for your support.