healthy breaks and snacks
We strongly encourage our families to support healthy eating at morning break and lunch time. For the safety of all our children, we are a nut free school.
Mid Morning Snack
Our mid morning break is an ideal opportunity for children to get some fresh air and recharge their batteries with a small snack. As it is only just over an hour between morning break and lunch, the snack should be something small that be eaten easily in 10 minutes. Fruit contains natural sugars that will provide a healthy boost to help concentration prior to lunch while water quenches thirst and helps the body function well. Snacks that contain lots of sugars are unhelpful and make concentration more challenging in lessons. Some examples of other foods that maybe useful are provided below. For children in Key Stage Two (P5 – P7), we would ask parents not to send foods for morning break that will require a spoon or other form of cutlery to eat them.
Our mid morning break is an ideal opportunity for children to get some fresh air and recharge their batteries with a small snack. As it is only just over an hour between morning break and lunch, the snack should be something small that be eaten easily in 10 minutes. Fruit contains natural sugars that will provide a healthy boost to help concentration prior to lunch while water quenches thirst and helps the body function well. Snacks that contain lots of sugars are unhelpful and make concentration more challenging in lessons. Some examples of other foods that maybe useful are provided below. For children in Key Stage Two (P5 – P7), we would ask parents not to send foods for morning break that will require a spoon or other form of cutlery to eat them.
Lunch
At lunch time, children will have between 20 and 25 minutes to eat. We encourage healthy choices for all our children but understand that families may want to include a small treat in their lunch eg- a small chocolate biscuit to help keep their child going. School Meals are available to families with payments being made via ‘SchoolMoney’ or online payments system. The menu for each term can be found on our school website: http://www.kirkistownprimaryschool.com/school-meals-menu.html
At lunch time, children will have between 20 and 25 minutes to eat. We encourage healthy choices for all our children but understand that families may want to include a small treat in their lunch eg- a small chocolate biscuit to help keep their child going. School Meals are available to families with payments being made via ‘SchoolMoney’ or online payments system. The menu for each term can be found on our school website: http://www.kirkistownprimaryschool.com/school-meals-menu.html
Advice leaflets
The following advice leaflets have been provided by the Food in Schools team to help guide parents in providing a balanced lunch.
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