1.
Eating times.
Pupils have two opportunities to eat during the school day.
2.
Suitable food and drinks.
Healthy lunches can include any of the
following:
Bread
Fillings
Wholemeal / White
Bread
Chicken
Brown / White Soda Bread
Ham
Brown / White
Bread Rolls
French Stick
Corned Beef
Pitta Bread
Egg and Onion
Scones
Grated Cheese
Crackers
Tuna/sardines/salmon
Crispbread / Rice cakes
Fruit
ands Veg
Drink
Mandarin
Milk
Apple
Water
Banana
Yoghurt
Strawberry
Homemade Soup
Kiwi
Unsweetened Fruit Juice
Pear
Sugar free Squashes
Grapes etc
Salad veg e.g. lettuce,
tomato, cucumber
Vegetable sticks
Foods
not Recommended
·
Fizzy drinks.
·
Bars including cereal bars.
·
Sweets, chocolate, chocolate spreads.
·
Biscuits, cakes.
·
Crisps, Chipsticks etc.
·
Chewing gum.
·
Popcorn (not because it’s not healthy, but because it is messy and hard
to manage).
·
Fruit Winders.
·
Peanut butter and nuts (due to possible allergy risk).
Source:
Health Promotion Department S.W.A.H.B.
3.
Food Hygiene and Safety
·
Every
pupil in the school should
have a lunch box with his/her name on it
·
No glass bottles or cans are allowed.
·
Noodles are not permitted as the use of boiling water is considered a
hazard.
4.
Waste disposal/recycling
·
Bins will be provided for fruit waste, which will be composted.
·
Food wrappings and uneaten food will
be returned to the lunch box for children to take home.
·
Drinks should be put in small screw cap bottles – these bottles can be
taken home in lunch box and re-used.
·
If drink cartons and straws are used, they must be brought home by the
children, as they cannot be recycled in school.