Lunchtime at William Austin Infants
Lunchtime at school will be a new experience for your child so here is some information to help put your child and your mind at rest.
- All meat served is Halal
- Each class is allocated a midday supervisor for the whole lunchtime
- Lunch is eaten in the school hall
- Each child will choose their lunch first thing in a morning with help from a member of staff. They will have a meat choice, a vegetarian choice or the choice of a jacket potato. They will then have a choice of vegetable and desert. (see the link below for a sample of the dinner menu)
- Children will have time eating their lunch in the hall and then some time outside or inside playing.
- At the beginning of the academic year the children are supported in the hall by the class staff and the midday supervisor
- There will be someone in the hall to help the children cut up their food.
- Children are encouraged to use cutlery to eat their food.
- If your child is not eating their dinner the staff will pass this message on at the end of the day.
- Each child will be given a cup of water to have with their lunch
What will happen at lunchtime
- Your child will line up in the hall ready to collect their lunch.
2. Next they will pick up their plate, knife, fork and spoon and wait in the line.
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3. Then they will go into the kitchen hatch and get their lunch that they chose in the morning. The children will need to choose their vegetable and desert.
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4. After that your child will walk out of the kitchen hatch and be guided to sit down at a table to eat their lunch.
5. Finally once they have finished their lunch they will be helped to put their plates and cutlery away.
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How to help your child prepare for lunchtime
- Give them a choice at lunch time - cheese or jam sandwich, orange or apple, peas or sweetcorn, chips or mashed potato
- Encourage them to speak in a loud voice to say what they have chosen for their lunch
- Help your child use a knife, fork and spoon correctly
- Encourage your child to carry their plate to the sink once they have finished their food
- Support your child to cut up their food
- Encourage your child to eat their main dinner before having their pudding
All Infant school children are entitled to a free school meal, but if you would prefer your child to have a packed lunch it must be a healthy packed lunch with no chocolate, no nuts (this includes chocolate spreads, such as Nutella!) and no fizzy drinks. We are a NUT FREE school. The school will need a weeks’ notice if you wish them to change their lunch preference.
If your child has diagnosed allergies and cannot eat certain foods the kitchen manager will need to see a doctor’s note proving these allergies to enable her to cater for their allergies.