From September 2024 Edleston Primary has joined with a local group of schools to enable us to take over our school kitchen and provide all catering in house. We are very excited at this new venture. The current charge per paid meal is £2.75. Payment should be made online via School Gateway. 

Mrs Goodall is our Catering Supervisor and she is helped by Mrs Kertolli and  Mrs Burgess. 

NUT FREE SCHOOL

Children who suffer from nut allergies can develop a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.

If someone has a nut allergy it is not just eating nuts that can cause a severe reaction, just being touched on the skin or smelling the breath of someone who has had nuts or a product containing nuts can trigger anaphylactic shock (which can cause breathing and swallowing difficulties).

First aid staff in the school are trained to use the Epi-pens (an injection of adrenalin) which is required immediately if this happens.

We cannot have nuts in school in any form.

So please can we ask that you have no nut products in the lunch boxes or brought into the school as treats.

For example:

• Peanut butter sandwiches
• Chocolate spreads
• Hazelnut/Nutella chocolate dips
• Nutella
• Cereal bars                                                                                                   
• Some granola bars
• Cakes that contain nuts
• Biscuits / Cookies that contain nuts
• Peanut butter cakes
• Some Asian food, including satay
• Sauces that contain nuts
• Chocolate coated peanuts
• Pistachio nuts

This list is not exhaustive, so please check the packaging of products closely.

We appreciate that this is an additional thing to check and we know that you recognise the importance of it.

We do have to insist we are a nut free school. I know if this was your child you would expect that we all help, especially as it is a life-threatening condition.

Snacks 

Children can bring in a piece of fruit or a healthy snack for break time such as a cereal bar if they wish or they can buy a healthy snack from our kitchen.  We have orange juice, apple juice, forest fruits, toast, bagels and a bacon bap on a Friday.   The children can also have a piece of fruit from school which is provided by the Government as part of The Healthy Schools Initiative. This is for Foundation/Key Stage 1 children only. The Government also provide children with free milk in school up until they reach their fifth birthday. Payments for snack are accepted online via School Gateway. Please ensure school always has an up to date email address for the person who will make online payments for your child.  If your child has snack please pay before 8am either in advance or on the day. Snacks are found using the payment section. Please ensure you do not order a school meal instead of snack as these are not free!

Children are not permitted to bring sweets, chocolates or fizzy drinks in any form to school this includes if you provide a packed lunch from home for a school trip.

Meet our fabulous lunchtime team. 

 

Income related free school meals

If your child is in receipt of income related free school meals, they are automatically eligible for the Household Support Fund.

You can claim free school meals for each child who attends school in Cheshire East if you receive one of these benefits:

• Universal Credit with no earned income or with net monthly earnings less than £616.67
• Income Support
• Income based Jobseeker's Allowance
• Income related Employment Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit  - as long as you have a yearly household income of less than £16,190 (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs) and do not get Working Tax Credit
• Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit)

Universal infant free school meals (UIFSM)

For all Key Stage 1 children, Reception to Year 2 – this scheme is not based on your family income, any pupil up to Key Stage 2 can get a free meal automatically.
 

Income related free school meals (IRFSM)

For all children from Key Stage 2 onwards, Year 3 to Year 11 – your family income is used to assess entitlement to this scheme.

How to claim for free school meals or pupil premium

• Please complete an online application form www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/fsm
• Phone 0300 123 5012
• Pop into the school office.
• They will use the Government eligibility checker to confirm your entitlement; if successful your claim can begin the same day. If your claim is not successful or if they need you to send more proof they will contact you by phone or email, your entitlement will only begin once this information is provided.

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