School Lunch

All food is prepared and cooked on the school premises and complies with the Health and Nutrition Act.  A “Hungry for Success” 3-week menu is followed unless exceptional circumstances apply.

New menus are always distributed in advance to allow parents to plan lunchtimes with children. There is a choice of snack and main meals, and either a starter or dessert. A selection of home baking and fruit is also available alongside milk and fruit juice.  Fresh drinking water and a selection of bread is freely available for all pupils. The menu is displayed in the hall to help pupils to make their choice.

We operate a pre-order lunch service so that pupils receive their first choice of lunch each day. Pupils are given a coloured wristband to indicate their first choice and this is handed over to the catering staff when they receive their lunch.

We operate a cashless cafeteria system where children pay for meals daily using a cashless system. The children preload their cards with money then use this at break and lunch times to pay for their meals.  Primary 1-4 children are entitled to a free school meal.

Children sometimes forget or lose their money. No child will ever not be able to get a meal due to shortage or lack of appropriate payment. A child who has not paid will be issued with a slip to let you know what the cost of the meal was so it can be paid the next day.

 Home Lunch

Children who are going home for their lunch must be collected at the front office by a parent/guardian or other adult family member. Please arrive 5 minutes beforehand to collect your child.  Please ensure that the adult collecting your child signs them out in the visitor’s book on the reception desk. Children should be returned to the front office by 12.45pm/ 1.00pm where a clerical assistant will sign them back in to school.

Pupils are not allowed to go to the shops at breaktimes. This measure is in place to protect your child from the busy roads and to give you peace of mind that your child is safe within the school grounds.

 Availability of Special Diets

Diets required as a result of a medical condition (a medically prescribed diet e.g. coeliac disease, diabetes, food allergy, or intolerance) can be provided in school.

A medically prescribed diet form must be completed by the child’s Registered Dietician or General Practitioner. Procedures and forms can be assessed from North Lanarkshire‘s website www.northlan.gov.uk or dietician, or from North Lanarkshire’s catering service. Occasionally, parents may be asked to supply prescription foods or attend a meeting to discuss the child’s dietary requirements.

Some children with additional support needs may require food to be adapted to an appropriate texture and consistency. In this instance, the child’s Registered Dietician or Speech and Language Therapist will liaise with the Head Teacher and school catering service to ensure appropriate food provision.

Special diets required for ethical, religious, or cultural reasons should be requested in writing to the Head Teacher, who will liaise with the school catering service.

Please click on the link below to view North Lanarkshire Council’s special diet procedures and request form.

Special Diet Procedures

Packed Lunch

Children may prefer to bring packed lunches to school.  As we are a health-promoting school, can we ask you to help us by ensuring that your child has a healthy packed lunch?  These are stored on the packed lunch shelves, situated at the back entrance to the hall, by pupils.  Children eat their packed lunches in the hall and they can sit beside their friends if they are on the same lunch sitting. For safety reasons, we ask that children do not bring glass bottles, and please remember that Glenmanor is a nut-free school.

Free School Meals

All P1-4 children are entitled to a free meal. From January 2022, P5 pupils will also qualify for a free meal.

Early Years Provision – If your child is aged between 2 and 4 years and attends a North Lanarkshire Council or Partnership Provider Nursery, in the middle of the day, may now or in the future be entitled to a free meal.  Parents must be in receipt of any of the qualifying benefits above or in receipt of State Pension Credit or Incapacity and Severe Disablement Allowance. Your child will also be entitled if they are or have been at any point since their second birthday looked after; the subject of a kinship care or guardianship order.

Information and application forms for free school meals may be obtained from North Lanarkshire’s website, Learning and Leisure Services, area offices, first stop shops and Municipal Buildings, Coatbridge. Parents are entitled to receive a clothing grant if they are in receipt of any of the following benefits: Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance (income-based), Employment & Support Allowance (income-related), Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Rebate.

Only Primary School children in P1-5 or who are are entitled to a free school meal in P6-7 are entitled to free milk.  Milk may however be available for purchase in the school during the lunch period. All nursery children are entitled to free milk.

Free School Meals and Clothing Grant

NLC School Meals