School Meals
All meals are cooked fresh each day, using the best ingredients and freshest produce. Portion sizes will be appropriate to each child’s age/size. We have used the feedback from the children and come up with new menus which will run on a four week rota. We will from time to time have ‘Special Days’ and eventually hope to introduce a homemade soup and roll option, Panini and toasted sandwich days – we will let you know about these via the weekly newsletter.
Our menus will be reviewed regularly and hopefully with feedback from the children, we can establish healthy, tasty meal options that the children will enjoy eating. Please encourage your child to let us know if there is something they have loved or something they disliked.
Online Payments
Parents now have the facility to make payments for school meals and expenses such as trips, online with your debit or credit card. However, at the moment we will only be using the system for the payment of Dinner Monies.
To log into SchoolMoney, visit the website www.eduspot.co.uk and click on the sign in button in the top right hand corner. In the drop down, select the SchoolMoney Parent Login option and this will send you through to a page where you need to enter your mobile number, email address, the password we have sent to you, and your child’s first name. If for any reason you are struggling to log in, it may be because you have not provided us with the correct contact details. Please let us know immediately if either your mobile number or email address changes.
Meals at Crossgates
At lunch-time, children have three options:-
1. Home for lunch
Parents should remember that our lunchtime supervisors are not there to supervise children who go home for lunch. When returning from home children should arrive at school just before the start of the afternoon session.
2. School Meals
Children have a choice of main courses including a “butty box” type option including a sandwich and salad bar and a choice of sweets, including fruit. All our menu's are in line with National Food standards for schools.
All meals will be cooked fresh each day, using the best ingredients and freshest produce. Portion sizes are appropriate to each child’s age/size. We will have a homemade soup and roll option, Panini and toasted sandwich days and from time to time, ‘Special Themed Days’. We will be continuing to hold ‘family lunch’ days when you can come along and try our menus with your child.
We like children who are having school meals to stay for a complete week.
From September 2018 school meals will cost £2.15 per day - £10.75 per week. Children are served water or juice with their meal.
Universal Free School Meals
All Reception, Year 1 and 2 children will qualify for Free School Meals. However, if your child is currently in receipt of Free School Meals, you must renew your application as normal ready for September; all other children will qualify automatically.
Our menus run on a four week cycle and the dates for each menu are detailed below:
Weeks commencing:
| Week 5 menus - week beginning | Week 6 menus - week beginning | Week 7 menus - week beginning | Week 8 menus - week beginning |
| Tuesday, 30th October * | 5th November * | 12th November * | 19th November |
| 26th November | 3rd December | 10th December | 17th December * |
| Thursday 3rd January 2019 | 7th January 2019 | 14th January 2019 | 21st January 2019 |
| 28th January 2019 | 4th February 2019 | 11th February 2019 | 25th February 2019 |
| 4th March 2019 | 11th March 2019 | 18th March 2019 | 25th March 2019 |
| 20191st April |
Please click on the links below to view the menus:
'Special Menu' Days *
On the dates listed below, that days menu will be replaced with a ‘Special Menu’. Please click on the date to view the meal choice.
Week 5
Halloween Lunch
Week 6
Bonfire Lunch
Week 7
Children in Need – Pudsey & Friends Teddy Bears Picnic Lunch
Week 8
Christmas Dinner
Christmas Buffet Lunch
3. Healthy Packed Lunch - from home
Please use plastic containers (not bottles). We prefer children to drink from a cup or through a straw (not straight from a bottle). Please ensure packed lunches are healthy. Fizzy drinks and sweets are not allowed in school. A small chocolate bar is appropriate for lunchtime.
If your child stays at school for a school meal or a packed lunch then she/he will dine in the school hall with other children from the class and with children from three other classes. Children sit a table with their friends, including children who may be older and younger. Children chat, find out about each other and learn to care for each other.
The children are supervised by lunchtime supervisors and teachers.
4. Refreshments/Snacks
Milk and fruit is available to our youngest children (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) free of charge. We encourage all children to bring fruit to school for a snack during the day.
Family Lunches
Coming soon..........
