The children eat their lunch in the dining hall and are supervised by Teaching Assistants and Play Leaders. Meals are cooked on the premises. A cooked meal is available to each child or if they prefer, they may bring a packed lunch from home. As we are a Healthy School’s Gold Award winner, we do not allow children to bring fruit juice or fizzy drinks of any kind with their packed lunch. Water is provided for every child at lunchtime.
Eating a healthy lunch every day is really important for children’s development and for their teeth. It helps children stay fit and well, feel energised and be ready to learn.
Our school dinners are already healthy and balanced, but if you stick to the green foods below and only include amber foods occasionally, then your child’s packed lunch can also be healthy.
Please only provide water for drinking (there is always water available at school).
Be Safe!
- Please do not bring in nuts. This includes nut-based foods such as Nutella and peanut butter. Please check on the packaging whether the product contains nuts. We are a nut free school!
- For younger children, please cut grapes, tomatoes and blueberries into half lengthways, due to the size and possible choking hazard.
Want some ideas?
- Healthy lunch box recipes from the NHS:
- Phunky Foods
- Packed lunch ideas for parents
At The James Cambell Primary School we follow our own Set Menu. Our menu follows a two-week cycle.
Week one commences from 1st September and week two from 8th September.
As a school we feel the health, safety and wellbeing of children is paramount and we are always working to ensure that our children are educated in this subject.
Awards are given to schools in recognition of their achievements in supporting the health and wellbeing of their pupils. We have received the highest award- the Gold award. In order to achieve this, we had to show the impact of the changes we have made and that these are sustainable. The school also needed to show how we have engaged the wider community, and supported others to help children maintain a healthy weight, healthy lifestyle and wellbeing.