Stanford Infant School

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1 Stanford Infant School Exploring and Learning Together, Inspiring Each Other School Food Policy Written by: Miss Denyer and the School Council Agreed by Pupils: 26 th June 2017 Agreed by Staff: 30 th June 2017 Ratified by Governors: 13 th July 2017 Review This policy will be reviewed every three years or when necessary due to changing circumstances.

2 Stanford Infant School School Food Policy The school is dedicated to providing an environment that promotes healthy eating and enables children to make informed food choices. This will be achieved by a whole school approach to food provision and food education documented in this policy. This policy has been developed and implemented with the whole school community, including: pupils, parents/carers, staff and governors. At Stanford Infant School we celebrate friendship, respect, excellence and courage. Our safe and happy learning environment engages, challenges and inspires our learners on the beginning of a journey of learning forever. Exploring and Learning Together, Inspiring Each Other Aims The main aims of our school food policy are: To provide a range of healthy food choices throughout the school day and in-line with the School Food Standards; To support children to make healthy food choices and be better prepared to learn and achieve; To ensure a consistent approach to healthy eating across the school community, including children, staff and families. At Stanford Infant School we aim to meet the School Food Standards ensuring our school food is: healthy, balanced and nutritious; provides children with the energy and nutrients they need to do well at school and helps children to develop healthy eating habits. After School Clubs & PTFA Events Whilst the School Food Standards do not apply to PTFA Events, we strongly encourage healthy eating and provide a range of food and drink for the children at after-school events. Fundraising events may include the sale of treat foods, such as crisps and cakes, but the inclusion of other foods will also be encouraged. Breakfast Club We are very lucky to have a Breakfast Club at our school. The menu is designed to ensure that children start the day with a healthy, nutritious meal and prepare them for the day ahead. Breakfast is an important meal that should provide 25% of a child s energy requirement and supports children to be ready to learn at the start of a day. Our school runs a daily Breakfast Club for children from 8:00 8:50am. Celebrations The school recognises the importance of celebrating special events, i.e. birthdays. For celebration events, i.e. Christmas Parties, we welcome a variety of foods, from different cultures, for children

3 to share. Class teachers will provide parents/carers with suggestion lists of celebration food (sweet and savoury) to ensure that we have a wide variety of food choices available. If children would like to celebrate their birthday with the class, then we welcome a book that can be shared and enjoyed, rather than teachers distributing 30 cakes or bags of sweets. This supports our Healthy Schools status and promotes a real love of reading at the school. Curriculum Our curriculum is designed to support children in establishing healthy habits. The National Curriculum states that children will need to learn to: Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes Understand where food comes from Our children s kitchen is a fantastic resource for children and families and helps us keep cooking at the very heart of our school. Eating Environment Children are welcomed to Stanford Swan Café at lunchtimes. Midday Meals Supervisors support the children whilst they eat their lunch. There are three sittings for each Year Group and a spare table for children who take longer to eat their lunch. Children who have packed lunches sit at the same tables as those who have school meals. There are Steps to Success for entering Stanford Swan Café which children are encouraged to follow. Year 2 Buddies help in the lunch hall with opening packets, cutting food, pouring water, etc. Food Recycling Each class has a compost bin for recycling snack waste and there are also recycling bins in the playground. The snack waste is used to make compost in our Green Zone in the top playground. The School Meals Team also operate a food waste recycling scheme and there is a Food Recycling Bin in the Hall at lunchtimes. The Local Authority collects the School Meals waste regularly. Healthy Snacks The school Fruit and Vegetable scheme delivers fruit and vegetables to school three times a week to ensure freshness. Children are offered fruit or vegetables at morning playtime. Depending on the season, there is a choice of: apples bananas carrots easy-peel citrus fruits, such as satsumas pears raisins tomatoes Children can also bring in a healthy snack from home. Some of our popular snacks are: fruit and vegetables rice cakes

4 fruit bars / nibbles Ideas for Healthy Snacks can be found on the Change4Life website by clicking here: Let s Get Cooking We are an accredited provider for Let s Get Cooking and run weekly cooking activities. Our cookery club inspires children to learn to cook and enjoy good food, giving them the confidence and skills they need to get hands-on in the kitchen and make healthier food choices throughout their lives. Find out more by clicking here: Further information can also be found on our website by clicking here: Milk Milk is available from Cool Milk; children have their milk either before or after morning play. Milk is completely free for all children aged under five, or entitled to the Pupil Premium, and is subsidised for children aged five or older. The cost per child is subsidised at 22p for 189ml carton per day. Simply register at or complete a registration form available from our school. Payments are administered by Cool Milk. Nut-Free Zone Our school, as far as practically possible, endeavours to be a nut-free school. We often have several children in the school with severe nut allergies and can be seriously affected if by someone else who is eating, or has recently eaten, nut. Therefore, children should not bring nuts or anything containing nuts into school. We ask that you do not provide the following foods for your child s snack or in their lunch box: any nuts, fruit and cereal bars that contain nuts, chocolate bars or sweets that contain nuts, sesame seed rolls (children allergic to nuts may also have a severe reaction to sesame), Nutella, Peanut Butter, Cakes made with nuts, Chocolates, Muesli Bars, Baklava, Nougat, Biscuits and Turkish Delight. This list is not definitive and we would encourage all families to exercise sensible caution when providing items of food to be consumed at school; thank you for your co-operation. Packed Lunches Some families choose to provide their child with a packed lunch. We encourage our packed lunches to be healthy. Some top tips for preparing a healthy packed lunch can be found on the NHS Choices or Change4Life Heathier Lunchboxes by clicking here: or School Meals The Corporate School Meals Contract is provided by Autograph (part of the Interserve Group and formally Eden Foodservice) and administered by the School Meals Team at the Local Authority (LA). The menus meet the Silver Food for Life nutritional standards; this ensures that children are provided with a healthy balanced meal. Brighton and Hove School Meals Team work with Autograph to create the menus which include: a variety of red meat and poultry dishes all to the red tractor standard

5 sustainable fish including omega-3 rich oily fish local free range eggs balanced vegetarian dishes rice pasta a wide choice of fresh fruit, vegetables and salad fresh bread, cooked on site daily. The menus include carefully selected ingredients that are environmentally sustainable, ethical and British. None of the ingredients contain any undesirable Additives, Genetic Modification (GM) or any Artificial Trans Fats. Their Eat Well Live Well Strategy outlines their commitment to supporting children to gain healthy eating habits for life, including; providing nutritionally balanced menus that children will enjoy using nutritionally preferable ingredients which are lower in fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt and ensuring their homemade desserts contain a restricted amount of sugar and are in line with portion size guidance. A copy of the Eatwell Guide can be found in Appendix 2. Further information can be found by clicking on this link: We have a two-choice menu which can be viewed here: Your child is encouraged to indicate their meal choice each morning on the class dinner chart, either dish of the day (usually a meat option), vegetarian dinners or packed lunch. There are coloured trays to distinguish the school meal choices: blue = dish of the day, green = vegetarian and red = specialist diet. Many parents/carers have asked for further support and information to help them make an informed decision around school meals. The Little Book of Goodness written by the School Food Trust is designed to address these concerns. If there are any further queries, comments, compliments or complaints, please the School Meals Team directly at: schoolmeals@brighton-hove.gov.uk or call Special Dietary Requirements The School Meals service strives to provide menus for children with special dietary requirements, including allergies, intolerances, religious or cultural practices, whenever possible. If your child has a special dietary requirement, you will need to complete a referral form. These can be found by clicking here, be downloaded from our website or a copy requested from the School Office. School Trips There is an option for the School Kitchen to provide a Free Packed Lunch for school trips. The menu is: Cheese sandwich, carrot sticks, apple, fruit shortbread and a juice couplet (unfortunately it is not possible to accommodate other dietary restrictions or requirements on school trips, therefore a child who is unable to have the menu above will need to provide their own lunch). Water All children are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school on a daily basis. They take them home every night for washing and refilling. Water is available in school and there are two water fountains outside; one it the top playground and the other in the bottom playground. In our school we call water Brain Juice and children are encouraged to drink water regularly throughout the day. All children are given a cup of water at lunchtime.

6 Appendix 1

7 Appendix 2 More information about the Eatwell Guide can be found by clicking here: