School Meals Service
The Schools Health Promotion and Nutrition Scotland Act 2007 requires all local authorities to ensure that food and drink provided comply with nutritional requirements.
School meals are very much part of a whole school approach and part of the daily learning experience for children in school.
At Gordon Primary we believe that school meals should be an interesting and enjoyable time. Our philosophy is to help children toward a good diet by providing an attractive and interesting range of wholesome cooked food made from excellent fresh quality ingredients, and there is virtually no processed food offered or used at any stage in the process. Many of the foods used are sourced from local food providers in Scottish Borders.
Your child will have a choice of:
Menus are issued throughout the year and are based on a four week menu cycle. A pre-ordering system is in place which allows you to spend time discussing your child's weekly choices in advance.
One week prior to the actual menu running, your child will receive an envelope which highlights all choices for each day. You should tick the choices your child wants for the following week and return with the appropriate money to the school no later than the Wednesday of the week prior to the meal choices. For children entitled to free school meals the pre-ordering envelope system ensures anonymity where you tick the choices for your child for the week and return the envelope to the school.
Space is provided for pupils to take packed lunches in the school dining room.
Details of school meals can be found at: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20040/clothing_meals_and_transport/342/school_meals
P1/P3 Free School Meals
All Scottish P1-P3 pupils will get free school meals from January 2015.
Free School Meal Entitlement
To qualify for free school meals you must meet the one of the criteria on the Scottish Borders Council website, currently these are:
Online application is available on the website above and forms can also be printed off
It is the parent or carers responsibility to apply for free school meals and application forms can be obtained from your child’s school or by downloading from Scottish Borders council website.
The Schools Health Promotion and Nutrition Scotland Act 2007 requires all local authorities to ensure that food and drink provided comply with nutritional requirements.
School meals are very much part of a whole school approach and part of the daily learning experience for children in school.
At Gordon Primary we believe that school meals should be an interesting and enjoyable time. Our philosophy is to help children toward a good diet by providing an attractive and interesting range of wholesome cooked food made from excellent fresh quality ingredients, and there is virtually no processed food offered or used at any stage in the process. Many of the foods used are sourced from local food providers in Scottish Borders.
Your child will have a choice of:
- soup with a sandwich or
- one of two main course options
Menus are issued throughout the year and are based on a four week menu cycle. A pre-ordering system is in place which allows you to spend time discussing your child's weekly choices in advance.
One week prior to the actual menu running, your child will receive an envelope which highlights all choices for each day. You should tick the choices your child wants for the following week and return with the appropriate money to the school no later than the Wednesday of the week prior to the meal choices. For children entitled to free school meals the pre-ordering envelope system ensures anonymity where you tick the choices for your child for the week and return the envelope to the school.
Space is provided for pupils to take packed lunches in the school dining room.
Details of school meals can be found at: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20040/clothing_meals_and_transport/342/school_meals
P1/P3 Free School Meals
All Scottish P1-P3 pupils will get free school meals from January 2015.
Free School Meal Entitlement
To qualify for free school meals you must meet the one of the criteria on the Scottish Borders Council website, currently these are:
- Income Support
- Income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance
- Any income related element of Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit, but not Working Tax Credit, with an annual income less than £16,105
- Both maximum Child Tax Credit and maximum Working Tax Credit with an annual income less than £6,900
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Universal Credit with monthly earnings less than £610
Online application is available on the website above and forms can also be printed off
It is the parent or carers responsibility to apply for free school meals and application forms can be obtained from your child’s school or by downloading from Scottish Borders council website.
