School Meals & Milk
From 8th January 2024 school meals will move from a three week rota to a two week rota. The revised menus can be downloaded on the links below.
School Meals
We have an extremely good take up of school meals here at Thurstonland First School. The meals are provided by Kirklees Catering Services. Children are also able to bring a packed lunch from home.
Packed lunches should be healthy with no chocolate, sweets or fizzy drinks included and should not include nut products of any kind as we have pupils with a nut allergy. Please do not send hot food to school in flasks or other containers.
We are also pleased to have been awarded the Healthy Schools Award.
Please use the link below to view our current school menu: -
The cost of a school meal is £2.55 per day as of September 2023 (£12.75 per week).
School meals are paid for using the PARENT PAY online payment facility (credit or debit card payments) or via local Paypoint facilities (cash payments).
Please remember to top up your dinner accounts regularly - it should always be in credit by at least one week's worth of meals
You can top up weekly or half-termly (please work out the cost based on the number of days during the half-term when your child will have a school meal) or any amount over £12.75 can be paid using Parent Pay as long as the account is kept in credit.
When a child is ill or absent from school there is no charge and any money paid will be carried over. Reminders for overdue accounts will be sent out weekly either by e-mail, letter or text.
Univeral Free School Meals Programme
This is a Government initiative which provides a free school meal for all pupils up to and including Year 2.
Please do not top up your child's ParentPay dinner money account if they are in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 as they will not be charged for school meals until they move into Year 3 or the UIFSM scheme ends.
Milk
Our milk supplier is currently under review (September 2023) WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP WITH A NEW SUPPLIER - PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR INFORMATION COMING HOME VIA EMAIL.
Free School Meals
Free school meals are available to pupils who meet the following criteria: -
Children and young people who live in Kirklees who:
- attend full-time at a local authority school or sixth form
- are under 19 years of age
and whose parents or carers receive one or more of the following:
- Universal Credit.
- Income Support.
- Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance.
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit.
Please click here to find out how to apply for Free School Meals.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Even if you do not want your child to receive a free school meal (or they qualify for a free meal anyway under the UIFSM scheme) it is important that the free school meals application is still made as school receives additional funding to support the learning and development of pupils who qualify for free school meals.
If you require any further information or guidance please do not hesitate to contact us in confidence.