Food and Snacks
All children can have a mid-day meal or bring a packed lunch. School dinners are cooked on site daily and provide a varied selection of dishes with a healthy eating programme. Sample menus are available below. Those families who are on income support need to claim from the Town Hall for free school meals.
St Ambrose is part of the Healthy School Scheme and one of our targets is healthy eating at morning breaktime. For this reason, during morning breaktime snacks are limited to milk, toast and fruit. The Healthy School Scheme is a national initiative aimed at encouraging healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle and we follow these guidelines in school. As part of this initiative, the school is provided with free fruit for all Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. This fruit is distributed daily to the children and any spare is sent to the juniors to stop waste. We take our responsibilities for increasing awareness of health issues very seriously and rely on the support of parents in this.
School Meals - new menu
Click below to view the new menu for this term commencing 4th September (Week 1).
Following the recent announcement from the Food Standards Agencyregarding an Important Allergy Notice, we would like to inform you of temporary changes to our menu. Effective immediately, all curry dishes will be replaced with Italian Chicken and Rice until we receive further guidance from the FSA. This precautionary change is being made to prioritise the safety of those at risk. For those seeking a vegetarian option during this period, jacket potatoes will be available. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we navigate this situation to ensure everyone's well-being. All other products have been substituted.
All children can have a mid-day meal or bring a packed lunch. School dinners are available at a cost of £2.62 per day from 4th September 2024.
Parents are asked to pay weekly on a Monday. Please contact the school office if you would like to pay online.
Meals are prepared on site daily and provide a varied selection of dishes with a healthy eating focus. Parents are asked to give one week’s notice if children are changing from sandwiches to school meals or vice versa.
FREE SCHOOL MEALS
Those families who are on income support need to claim from the Town Hall for free school meals.
Click here for information.
Alternatively, visit our new system "Online Free School Meals" to apply
UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR INFANTS
You may be aware that the Government has announced that, from September 2014, funding will be provided to enable schools to offer a free lunch to every infant age child (reception, year 1 and year 2)
Pilot projects have found that universal free school meals can have significant benefits both for individual children and for the broader life of the school.
Stockport Council fully supports the initiative and encourages families to take up the free lunch offer which will provide the children of Stockport with a healthy and nutritious meal.
WATER
In addition, children can bring still water in a 500ml plastic bottle with a sports cap into school. They are able to drink this in class as it aids concentration and counters the effects of dehydration which affects learning.
MILK IN SCHOOLS - COOL MILK
Milk is available for the children from Cool Milk. This can be ordered directly from Cool Milk by clicking here.
TOAST MONEY
Toast money for the next half term starting is £4.50. Toast money for the remainder of the school year will be £17.55.
Please pay by Wednesday 18th December.
If you wish to pay online, please contact the school office. A receipt will be sent by text.