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Healthy Eating
The lunches at New Christ Church Primary School
are provided by Chartwells, (part of the Compass Group), and ensure a healthy, balanced
diet for your child at school.
Reading Borough Council and Chartwells have a Website devoted to providing you with more information about the meals provided at school: Dine at School.
School lunches
Our two course meal costs only £1.90, milk, milkshake or pure fruit juice available to purchase separately (price correct at 6th February 2012). Paid school meals should be paid weekly in advance by cash or cheque on a Monday morning. Cheques should be made payable to Chartwells. The menu changes each week.
Our latest menus are available to download, so that you may print them out and choose your lunch ahead of time.
Latest Menu
Our new menu is available from Monday 31st October 2011.
Download the Lunch Menu, Winter 2011-12.
Lunchbox Survey
School Nutrition Action Groups (SNAGs), surveyed our childrens' lunchboxes on 29th November 2010, 10th January 2011 and finally on 7th June 2011. The results of their surveys and efforts to encourage healthy eating are available to download as a PDF file: SNAGs Lunchbox Surveys 2011.
About SNAGs
SNAGs or School Nutrition Action Groups are school-based alliances in which staff, pupils, parents and caterers supported where appropriate by health and education professionals such as Dietitians and school nurses, work together to promote healthy eating at school.
Read more about SNAGs at the Reading Council Website or watch a video on YouTube.
Free School Meals
As of April 2010 free school meals are available to children whose parents are in receipt of:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- An income-related employment and support allowance (ESA)
- Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Child Tax Credit (provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income that does not exceed £16,190 (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs).
Note: From 1 May 2009 where a parent is entitled to Working Tax Credit during the four-week period immediately after their employment ceases, or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week, their children are entitled to free school lunches.
The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit will be entitled to receive free school meals.
School Meals contact tel: 0118 937 4285
School Community Allotment
In our school allotment we have a fun time growing fruit, veg. and other plants.
Why not cook a healthy meal with your children - pdf downloads of Healthy Recipes are available in the right-hand column.
Milman Road Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0AY
Telephone: 0118 937 5437
e-mail: Headteacher | Administration