School Food
Quality Food Experience
Food is made freshly on site by our in-house Chef and catering colleagues. We offer balanced hot and cold meals available to purchase using Parent Pay or through the Free School Meal scheme. Menus are available on our website. We cater for all dietary needs and/or cultural restrictions. Please ensure you notify us of any food allergies or intolerance for your child.
Free Breakfast from 8.30 am
All children have access to nutritious breakfast options on arrival and before Form time at no cost. They can choose from a selection of: Toast, bagels, crumpets, beans, fruit, cereals/porridge, milk, yogurts, smoothies, orange/apple Juice.
Lunches
Children will have a choice of the main meal of the day, or grab and go item, pasta pots or jacket potatoes. We also offer a selection of cold sandwiches and a popular salad bar.
The desserts offer is fresh fruit pots, yogurts, jellies and mousses. On selected days, we will offer home made cakes.
See our full price list on our website
Free School Meals
We collect and record details from all parents/carers at the point of first admission. This helps to ensure children can quickly and easily access support to which they are entitled, without needing to “apply” for free school meals.
If you haven’t already provided your details and permission to share with City of Wolverhampton Council, we would urge you to do so. Even if you aren’t currently eligible, your circumstances may change in future.
You simply need to provide the school with:
· your full name
· your date of birth and
· your National Insurance (NI) number
If you have an asylum support reference number instead of an NI number, we will also need to know your nationality to check eligibility with the Home Office.
If you have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), you will need to complete an application form and provide additional evidence to the school.
We will share your details with City of Wolverhampton Council. The Council checks eligibility using a secure Government website.
If you are found eligible for Expanded (EFSM) or Targeted Free School Meals (TFSM), we will let you know. If you aren't found eligible, the Council will continue to check your eligibility.
Even if your child chooses not to eat school meals (or they already get free meals under the Universal Infant Free School Meals – UIFSM – scheme), we would still encourage you to share your details for checking.
We receive valuable Government funding (Pupil Premium) for every child registered for TFSM and for children in Reception to Year 11 with historic FSM claims (for up to six years after the end of the claim).
If you are found eligible for Targeted Free School Meals (TFSM), your child/ren (in Reception to Year 11 inclusive) will also be entitled to access the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme during the main school holidays (Christmas, Easter and Summer). Please visit www.yowolves.co.uk for more information about HAF.
There is more information about free school meals and other help and support available to City of Wolverhampton’s residents at www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals
Free school meals eligibility:
We work with City of Wolverhampton Council to run frequent checks to verify new entitlements to free school meals and we will notify eligible families where appropriate. Please ensure you have provided your NI number for automatic checks. For more info: https://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/education-and-schools/free-school-meals-eligibility- checking-service
School Menu Information
Our three-week menu provides a guide to the meals we serve at St Matthias School. We are committed to providing nutritious, high-quality meals for our children using fresh produce wherever possible.
Please note that the menu is subject to change based on the availability of fresh ingredients and seasonal produce. We may occasionally need to make substitutions to ensure we continue to serve the freshest and highest quality meals to our children.
If your child has specific dietary requirements or allergies, please contact our catering team who will be happy to discuss how we can accommodate their needs.
Promoting Positive Choices
Packed lunches and snacks brought into school
All students are encouraged to eat a healthy balanced diet. Students are therefore not allowed to bring in items such as: large bars of chocolate, family sized packets of crisps, packets of biscuits or any sugar / energy drinks.
Drinking in Lessons
The school encourages students to drink water only and bring their own bottle which can be refilled in school. Fizzy drinks are not allowed.
Clear, unflavoured mineral water can be brought in and drank in lessons. This is healthy and stops any learning time being wasted discussing what type of drink it is.
Chewing gum is not allowed in school
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