{"id":310,"date":"2018-09-19T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/beithprimary\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2025-02-06T20:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:47:36","slug":"school-lunch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/beithprimary\/parents\/school-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"School Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What&#8217;s for lunch?<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/beithprimary\/uploads\/sites\/12115\/2025\/02\/06204414\/menu-ps.pdf\">Click to download the lunch menu-ps<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Primary lunches<\/p>\n<p>3 menus are rotated on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>All options are \u00a32.05<\/p>\n<p>Seasonal vegetables, salad bowls, potatoes, fresh fruit, yoghurts, home baking and free bread\u00a0are available daily.<\/p>\n<p>Vegetarian options are available every day on request.<\/p>\n<p>Free school meals are available from EYC \u2013 P5 currently with tasty new menus. To access this service you must register for iPayimpact (this system will be used for all school activities too), even if you are entitled to a free school meal. The links can be found on the North Ayrshire Website or click here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/school-meals\">https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/school-meals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please take some time to discuss the options with your child and select them each evening or for the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p>As we must now run a cashless system, iPayimpact will be used to pay for all school events and activities e.g. residential, pantomime etc. The office staff are happy to help if you have any difficulty with this.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to apply for free school meals,\u00a0Footwear and Clothing grants. Please click here: &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/grants-and-allowances\">https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/education-and-learning\/grants-and-allowances<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our lunch hall offers our children a selection of hot and cold meals with a healthy salad bar.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils are encouraged to sit with friends and enjoy their lunch before taking responsibility for tidying up their dishes.<\/p>\n<p>The lunch hall is supervised by members of SLT, Classroom Assistants and Parent Volunteers. Should you wish to help out please contact the school office.<\/p>\n<p>For those pupils who prefer a packed lunch we would encourage you to send in healthy options. Children with packed lunches enjoy them in the senior and infant open area. During the warmer weather children may eat their packed lunches outside.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lp-h-0\">Foods to put in a lunch box<\/h2>\n<p>Suggestions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fresh fruit<\/li>\n<li>Crunchy vegetables<\/li>\n<li>A meat or protein food such as slices of lean meat or hardboiled eggs<\/li>\n<li>Dairy food such as a cheese stick or slice, grated cheese, milk or yoghurt<\/li>\n<li>Starchy food such as bread, a roll, pita or flat bread, fruit bread or crackers<\/li>\n<li>Water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"back-to-top\"><a class=\"scrollup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au\/health\/healthyliving\/lunch-box-tips#lp-contents\">Back to top<\/a><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"lp-h-1\">Food suggestions for lunch boxes<\/h2>\n<p>There are lots of food choices available for lunch boxes. However, it can sometimes be difficult to decide which foods are healthy choices. Suggestions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fruit<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 best choices include fresh or tinned fruit. Dried fruit is sticky and high in sugar, so have it occasionally. Best left out of the lunch box are dried fruit bars and \u2018straps\u2019, which are very high in sugar, low in fibre and stick to children\u2019s teeth causing tooth decay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetables<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 try vegetable sticks with dip or a small container with mixed vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, capsicum and cucumber. Chips and packets of crisps are best left for parties and special occasions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Milk, yoghurt and custard<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 include a small drink of milk (freeze overnight) wrapped in a cloth in the lunch box. Fruit yoghurts should be kept cool in an insulated lunch box. Best left out of the lunch box are \u2018dairy desserts\u2019 and flavoured milks, which are high in sugar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dips, cheese and biscuits<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 pre-packaged or your own homemade versions of cheese and crackers are fine. Children enjoy mini packaged cheeses. Avoid sweet dips such as chocolate spreads. \u2018Oven-baked\u2019 savoury biscuits are just as high in salt and fat as chips and are best avoided.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Different breads add interest<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 include a variety of bread, especially if children begin to lose interest in sandwiches. Try bread rolls, pita bread, flat bread, bagels, fruit loaf or buns, foccacias, scones, pikelets, muffins, crumpets, crispbreads, rice cakes or corn thins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vary the fillings\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 fillings can include vegemite or other yeast extract, cheese (try different types), tuna, egg, sliced cold meats, baked beans, grated carrot and lettuce, chopped roast meat with pickles or chutney, and avocado. Dips like caviar (taramosalata), eggplant, chickpea (hommus), cucumber, yoghurt (tzatziki) or spinach also make good spreads. Avoid chocolate spreads, jams and honey, and fatty meats like salami and strasbourg.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muffins and cakes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 try making your own muffins and cakes as a great way to include more fruit and vegetables. Examples include sultana, carrot, zucchini, banana or pumpkin. Donuts and creamy cakes are best offered at birthdays and special occasions instead of in lunch boxes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muesli and \u2018breakfast\u2019 bars<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 almost all \u2018bars\u2019 are too high in sugar to include regularly, but cereal bars may be better for teeth than chewy sticky muesli bars. Try to avoid muesli bars and chocolate bars in lunch boxes. These are expensive and usually stuck together with fats and sugars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"back-to-top\"><a class=\"scrollup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au\/health\/healthyliving\/lunch-box-tips#lp-contents\">Back to top<\/a><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"lp-h-2\">Practical issues for busy families<\/h2>\n<p>Foods should be simple and easy to prepare, ready to eat and appetising after several hours storage in the lunch box. Foods such as sandwiches can be prepared the night before or on the weekend, frozen, then taken for each day\u2019s lunch box. Suitable foods to freeze include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bread<\/li>\n<li>Cooked meat<\/li>\n<li>Cheese<\/li>\n<li>Baked beans<\/li>\n<li>Mashed eggs<\/li>\n<li>Yeast or vegetable spreads such as Vegemite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Article 24 \u2013 The right to clean water and healthy food.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s for lunch? Click to download the lunch menu-ps Primary lunches 3 menus are rotated on a weekly basis. All options are \u00a32.05 Seasonal vegetables, salad bowls, potatoes, fresh fruit, yoghurts, home baking and free bread\u00a0are available daily. Vegetarian options are available every day on request. 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