{"id":85,"date":"2015-06-19T09:34:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2023-03-20T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T10:41:24","slug":"school-dinners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/school-information\/catering\/school-dinners\/","title":{"rendered":"School Dinners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our Lady & St. Joseph\u2019s has a production kitchen.\u00a0 The meals are very well prepared and the serving area is attractive.\u00a0 Our kitchen staff look after the children very well.\u00a0 The management teams from both schools on the joint campus ensure that the children are supervised at all times in the dining hall.\u00a0 Children from both Our Lady & St. Joseph\u2019s and Glenboig are encouraged to socialise while having their meal.\u00a0 Special diet may be arranged after consultation with parents and the school medical officer. Children who bring packed lunches are catered for in the main dining room.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The availability of special diets<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 A medically prescribed diet form <\/u>must be completed by the child\u2019s Registered Dietician or General Practitioner.\u00a0 Procedures and forms can be accessed from the child\u2019s school or dietician, or from North Lanarkshire\u2019s catering service.\u00a0 Occasionally, parents\/carers may be asked to supply prescription foods or attend a meeting to discuss the child\u2019s dietary requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some children with additional support needs may require food to be adapted to an appropriate texture and consistency.\u00a0 In this instance the child\u2019s Registered Dietician or Speech and Language Therapist will liaise with the Head Teacher and school catering service to ensure appropriate food provision.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

All children who bring packed lunches will be seated in the dining hall with all other pupils.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nursery snacks are taken within the nursery.<\/span><\/p>\n

All P1-P3 pupils are entitled to a free school meal.\u00a0 Children of parents receiving Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance (income based), Employment & Support Allowance (income related) are entitled to a meal without charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Early Years Provision \u2013 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Information and application forms for free school meals may be obtained from schools, first stop shops and online through the North Lanarkshire Council Website.\u00a0 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).\u00a0 Employment & Support Allowance (income related), housing benefit, council tax rebate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only those children who receive a free school meal are entitled to free milk.\u00a0 Milk may however be available for purchase in the school during the lunch period.\u00a0 Nursery children are entitled to free milk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Lady & St. Joseph\u2019s has a production kitchen.\u00a0 The meals are very well prepared and the serving area is attractive.\u00a0 Our kitchen staff look after the children very well.\u00a0 The management teams from both schools on the joint campus ensure that the children are supervised at all times in the dining hall.\u00a0 Children from … Continue reading School Dinners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11652,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/11652"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}