Lunchtime at School
Lunchtime is a lovely opportunity for the school community to come together. The Reception children come into the hall at 12.00pm and eat their dinners and are joined by the Year 1 and 2 children at 12.10pm.
The junior school dinner children come in after this, followed by the children having packed lunches.
We encourage the children to eat and drink healthily and our school meals reflect this. We have a wide range of healthy options available to the children and they select their preferred choice from the half termly menus.
Children have a choice of three options every day.
Menus are sent home via ParentMail for you to choose the lunch for the required day.
School meals are £12.50 per week.
Snacks
All children are invited to bring a healthy snack to school that can be eaten during morning break time. We encourage children to bring healthy snacks rather than sugary or chocolate based ones. We are a healthy school and offer toast as a morning snack or would encourage fruit as an alternative. We are a nut free school, so please ensure any snacks sent to school do not contain nuts.
For more information on healthy snacks, please follow this link.
If you would like your child to receive toast, money must be paid via Parent Pay for the term.
Milk
If you would like your child to receive daily milk please order online at Milk4Life.
Universal Free School Meals
From September 2014 all pupils in Reception, Year One or Year Two in primary schools have been entitled to a free school meal. Some pupils have a statutory entitlement to free school meals, ie those pupils whose parents/carers are in receipt of certain benefits. The benefits are listed below for information.
Please let the authority know if you are in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits as our school can benefit from additional funding. This is known as Pupil Premium which is worth over £1300 per pupil for the school your child attends.
For children in Year three and above they could be entitled to free school meals if you receive:
- Income Support (IS).
- Income Related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
- Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance.
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit.
- Child Tax Credit and are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and your annual income, as assessed by the Inland Revenue, is less than £16,190.
- Working Tax Credit ‘run on’- the payment you receive for a further four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
- Universal Credit.
Parents whose children are eligible for free school meals must have applied for them otherwise we will have to charge the full amount of £2.50 per day until we receive confirmation from the local education authority (Tel. 01772 531809) of your successful claim.
Your child does not have to have a free school meal if they are entitled to one but please still register as the school will receive Pupil Premium funding.
Click here to find out how Lancaster Lane spends Pupil Premium funding and the impact this has had.
Register for Free School Meals
If you have not claimed for free school meals for your child before, ring the Area Education Office. It must be the person claiming the benefit that rings. You will need to provide your name, date of birth and national insurance number. They will confirm whether you are entitled immediately over the telephone.
Phone - Area Education Office - 01772 531809.
You can also contact the Area Eduction Office by post.
Post - Download the application form and return it to:
Pupil Access Team South
Level 1
Christ Church Precinct
County Hall
Preston
PR1 8XJ
What Happens Next?
If you are eligible, Lancashire County Council will let the school know that your child can have free school meals.
Each school makes its own arrangements for telling the dinner service staff who will receive free school meals. Contact your school if you have any questions.
Once your application has been granted for free school meals or pupil premium you never need to complete another application. We will check on a regular basis that your children are still entitled to free meals. We will let you know if you are no longer eligible. You should still contact the area office if you are no longer entitled to any benefits.