From 15 April 2024 parents and carers will need the Arbor parent app to top up their child's school dinner account. Please see attached guidance note.
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Lunch Menu
We have a school kitchen on our site which provides hot meals to our pupils everyday. With effect from 4 November 2024 our catering provider will be Nourish. They regularly update their menu and sometimes offer special lunches to coincide with special events.
The kitchen provides FREE hot dinners to all children in Foundation and KS1 (Years 1 and 2), including a dessert. There is a daily vegetarian option. The children can also choose a jacket potato with a choice of toppings.
Children in KS2 (Years 3- 6) can also order a hot dinner, a jacket potato or a sandwich from a weekly menu. With effect from 4 November 2024 lunch will cost £2.70 per day and includes a main meal and a pudding.
Nourish School Dinner menu (from 4 November 2024 onwards)
All children may choose to bring in their own packed lunch. This must include a healthy option for their lunch boxes i.e. cereal bars, yogurts and/or fruit. Whitefriars aims to promote healthy eating at our school. We do not allow children to have any sweets or chocolate. A biscuit covered in chocolate is allowed.
Food Allergies/Intolerances
We do have several pupils with severe nut allergies which we ask parents to be aware of. We ask that you do not send pots/packets of whole nuts to the school.
More information about the meals prepared in our kitchen can be found on the Nourish website.
Free School Meals - is my child eligible?
Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 automatically get free school meals if they go to school. This is called universal infant free school meals. This is different to benefit-related free school meals and you do not have to apply, but if you receive one of the benefits listed below, you should still register below. This is because it can help raise extra funds for your child's school (called Pupil Premium). This Government funding can help with extra tuition, teaching and after school activities.
If your child is in Year 3 or above, you must receive one of the following to get benefit-related free school meals:
- Universal Credit - with an annual earned income of no more than £7,400 after tax
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for the four weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)
- Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual gross income of no more than £16,190
You must apply for these free school meals.
Applying for Free School Meals
You can apply online for free school meals using your Norfolk Education Online (NEO) account. You can use the same account for 2-year-old childcare funding and school admissions. Alternatively you can use the form below (or collect a hard copy from the school office).
Free School Meals application form
Children of foreign nationals
Families with British National (Overseas) status and families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) are entitled to apply for free school meals by completing the NRPF free school meals application.