Healthy Lunch Policy
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***IMPORTANT INFORMATION :
St. Nicholas’ Primary School has a number of pupils with ‘Severe Nut Allergy’, and as a precaution, all nuts, and any food item which contain nut products, are banned, and not to be eaten in the school building.
This ‘Nut Ban’ applies to pupils, staff and visitors. For more information, please read ‘Nut Advice’ link on school website.
Healthy Lunch Ideas
The enclosed guidelines from the Health Education Bureau may be of help in providing quick, appetising, and nutritious lunches for children and this guide will be encouraged in school.
Bread & Alternatives
Bread or rolls, preferably wholemeal Pasta – wholegrain
Rice – wholegrain
(Fillings – meats/coleslaw etc.)
Treats
Rice cakes/crackers Raisins/dried fruit/cheese
Home baked confectionery: scones/ queen cakes etc.
Fruit/ Vegetables
Apples, Bananas, Peaches
Mandarins, Orange segments,
Fruit Salad, Grapes. Sweetcorn, Chopped raw vegetables
Drinks
Water, milk
Foods not allowed in school
All nuts and food items containing nut additives
Fizzy/drinks
Sweets
Crisps
Chocolate/Bars
Chewing gum
Popcorn (jun.inf./sen.inf./1st)
Biscuits
Please note:
To assist parents in gauging how much of the lunch is being eaten, left over lunch and unfinished drinks will be brought home in the child’s lunchbox.
All drinks containers are to have caps/lids which, if unfinished, can be closed and put back in lunch boxes.
(Drinks with straws are not allowed for reason outlined above.)
St. Nicholas’ Primary School has a number of pupils with ‘Severe Nut Allergy’, and as a precaution, all nuts, and any food item which contain nut products, are banned, and not to be eaten in the school building.
This ‘Nut Ban’ applies to pupils, staff and visitors. For more information, please read ‘Nut Advice’ link on school website.
Healthy Lunch Ideas
The enclosed guidelines from the Health Education Bureau may be of help in providing quick, appetising, and nutritious lunches for children and this guide will be encouraged in school.
Bread & Alternatives
Bread or rolls, preferably wholemeal Pasta – wholegrain
Rice – wholegrain
(Fillings – meats/coleslaw etc.)
Treats
Rice cakes/crackers Raisins/dried fruit/cheese
Home baked confectionery: scones/ queen cakes etc.
Fruit/ Vegetables
Apples, Bananas, Peaches
Mandarins, Orange segments,
Fruit Salad, Grapes. Sweetcorn, Chopped raw vegetables
Drinks
Water, milk
Foods not allowed in school
All nuts and food items containing nut additives
Fizzy/drinks
Sweets
Crisps
Chocolate/Bars
Chewing gum
Popcorn (jun.inf./sen.inf./1st)
Biscuits
Please note:
To assist parents in gauging how much of the lunch is being eaten, left over lunch and unfinished drinks will be brought home in the child’s lunchbox.
All drinks containers are to have caps/lids which, if unfinished, can be closed and put back in lunch boxes.
(Drinks with straws are not allowed for reason outlined above.)