Children who wish to stay for dinner, may either have a school meal or bring a packed lunch. However, they must do one or other during the course of one week; therefore, if they have school dinner they must have dinner every day of that week, and the same for packed lunch. They may change on a daily basis between home dinner and packed lunch, as this does not affect the school kitchens.
Our school meals are provided by Gateshead Council’s School Catering Service. As a school we subsidise the cost of your child’s meals; however, with the current funding crisis in school we are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the levels of subsidy. The cost of a school meal is currently £3.00 per day, that is £15.00 per week. Payment should be made using the School Gateway app.
School uses a cashless system for dinner money. Payment should be made on line each Monday morning, using the School Gateway App. Access codes for registering for online payments will be issued by the school office.
Children who go home for dinner must go home, and should not return to school until 12.55 p.m. Children are not allowed to leave school premises during the lunch break unless they are home dinners, or are being collected by parents for a medical appointment.
Week 1
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st choice | Flatbread pizza with coleslaw, mixed salad and veggie fingers | Breakfast bap with mini hash browns and baked beans | Chicken curry and rice with mini spring rolls and pea and sweetcorn mix | Savoury mince and Yorkshire pudding with mashed potato, sliced carrots, broccoli and gravy | Fish portion, chips, garden or mushy peas and curry sauce |
| 2nd choice | Veggie sausage pattie with mini hash browns and baked beans | Sweet potato and lentil curry with rice, mini spring roll and pea and sweetcorn mix | Savoury veggie mince and vegetables and Yorkshire pudding with mashed potato, sliced carrots, broccoli and gravy | Cheese and potato roll with chips, garden or mushy peas | |
| Jacket potato | Cheese and baked beans | Tuna mayo | Cheese | Tuna mayo | Baked beans |
| Deli option | Tuna and cucumber wrap with corn chips and salad | Chicken mayo wholemeal roll with mini hash brown and salad | Ham wholemeal sandwich with corn chips and salad | Cheese wrap with corn chips and salad | Ham and cheese panini with chips and salad |
| Dessert | Waffle with peaches and strawberry sauce | Traditional iced school sponge and custard | Cooks’ choice biscuit | Strawberry mousse and fruit salad | Carrot and orange muffin |
| Daily offer | Yoghurt, fresh fruit, cheese and crackers, wholemeal bread | ||||
Dates:
- 31 August 2026
- 21 September 2026
- 12 October 2026
- 9 November 2026
- 30 November 2026
- 4 January 2027
- 25 January 2027
- 22 February 2027
- 15 March 2027
- 19 April 2027
- 10 May 2027
- 7 June 2027
- 28 June 2027
Week 2
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st choice | Tomato or cheese pasta with garlic bread, salad and coleslaw | Southern style chicken burger in a bun with mayo and shredded lettuce, diced potatoes and corn on the cob | Meatballs with mashed potato, rainbow vegetable mix and gravy | Chicken fillet and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot medley and gravy | Sausage with chips, baked beans and ketchup |
| 2nd choice | Southern style veggie burger in a bun with mayo and shredded lettuce, diced potatoes and corn on the cob | Veggie meatballs with mashed potato, rainbow vegetable mix and gravy | Quorn fillet and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and carroty medley and gravy | Veggie sausage, chips, baked beans and ketchup | |
| Jacket potato | Cheese and baked beans | Tuna mayo | Cheese | Tuna mayo | Baked beans |
| Deli option | Tuna and cucumber wrap with pasta salad | Chicken mayo wholemeal roll with diced potatoes, salad or corn on the cob | Ham wholemeal sandwich with corn chips and salad | Cheese wrap with roast potatoes and salad | Ham and cheese panini with chips and salad |
| Dessert | Iced smoothie and fruit cocktail | Steamed marble sponge and chocolate custard | Cooks’ choice biscuit | Orange jelly, mandarins and swirl of chocolate mousse | Lemon drizzle muffin |
| Daily offer | Yoghurt, fresh fruit, cheese and crackers, wholemeal bread | ||||
Dates:
- 7 September 2026
- 28 September 2026
- 19 October 2026
- 16 November 2026
- 7 December 2026
- 11 January 2027
- 1 February 2027
- 1 March 2027
- 22 March 2027
- 26 April 2027
- 17 May 2027
- 14 June 2027
- 5 July 2027
Week 3
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st choice | Thin and crispy margarita pizza slice with coleslaw, mixed salad and veggie sticks | Posh dog in a roll with onions and ketchup with hand cut seasoned potato wedges, sweetcorn and mixed salad | Korma chicken curry and rice with naan bread and cauliflower, carroy and green bean mix | Roast of the day and Yorkshire pudding with skin on roasted mini potatoes, cabbage, carrot and gravy | Fish fingers with chips, garden or mushy peas and ketchup |
| 2nd choice | Veggie frankfurter in a roll with onions and ketchup with hand cut seasoned potato wedges, sweetcorn and mixed salad | Korma veggie, chickpea and lentil curry and rice with naan bread and cauliflower, carrot and green bean mix | Quorn fillet and Yorkshire pudding with skin on roasted mini potatoes, cabbage, carrot and gravy | Veggie fingers with chips, garden or mushy peas and ketchup | |
| Jacket potato | Cheese and baked beans | Tuna mayo | Cheese | Tuna mayo | Baked beans |
| Deli option | Tuna and cucumber wrap, corn chips and salad | Chicken mayo wholemeal roll, hand cut potato wedges and salad | Ham wholemeal sandwich with corn chips and salad | Cheese wrap with corn chips and salad | Ham and cheese panini with chips and salad |
| Dessert | Ice cream, pears and chocolate sauce | Jam sponge and custard | Cooks’ choice biscuit | Chocolate mousse with mandarins |
Banana flapjack |
| Daily offer | Yoghurt, fresh fruit, cheese and crackers, wholemeal bread | ||||
Dates:
- 14 September 2026
- 5 October 2026
- 2 November 2026
- 23 November 2026
- 14 December 2026
- 18 January 2027
- 8 February 2027
- 8 March 2027
- 12 April 2027
- 3 May 2027
- 24 May 2027
- 21 June 2027
- 12 July 2027
The school reserves the right at any time to withdraw the privilege of staying for school dinner if a child’s behaviour is not in keeping with the school rules. At dinner time, children are expected to behave for the lunchtime assistants; if this is abused, parents will be consulted about their child’s behaviour, and subsequent action taken. Hopefully this should never happen.
PACKED LUNCHES
We regularly qualify for the Healthy School Award, which demonstrates our commitment to the all-round well-being of our pupils.
We recognise pupils who are good role models in the content of their packed lunches through our Healthy Packed lunch award. This is given when the content of a packed lunch is nutritionally balanced.
Please ensure that children do not bring fizzy drinks in their packed lunch.
Allergies
We have a small number of children at school who have food allergies and they have Health Care plans completed once the allergy has been diagnosed. Most severe allergic reactions are the result of ingestion but other reactions can be triggered by touching surfaces, such as computer keyboards or books if these surfaces have previously been used by someone who has eaten nut products.
Nuts and seeds are part of a healthy diet for those without chronic allergy, but we would appreciate that pupils eat such snacks at home rather than bring them into school. Therefore we would ask all parents not to provide pupils with school snacks for break time or in packed lunches which include nuts/sesame seeds or products made from these.