Free School Dinners

Due to the Mayor of London's initiative, all children at Tidemill receive free school dinners. 

School Dinners

At Tidemill we work closely with our caterer, REAch Eat, to provide our children with a healthy, delicious and freshly prepared meal each day. The food children eat is critically important to their health and development and REAch Eat are committed to encouraging healthy and balanced eating by providing and promoting healthier choices. We offer a choice of three hot meals per day (including a vegetarian option) and a well-stocked salad bar.

Menu

Our school meal menu works on a three week rotation. To see the current menu please click on the link below. We do not serve pork as part of our hot school meal menu and our meat is halal.

Meeting Special Dietary Requirements

Some of our pupils may require special diets (due to allergies or special educational needs) and we will do our very best to meet these. If your child has a food allergy or needs a special diet, please speak to the office so that we can write an individual Health Care Plan with you.

Please read our Allergy Safety Policy here. Miss Lokier is the school's named leader for allergy safety.

Due to allergies, kiwi fruits, nuts and products containing nuts, should not be brought to school.

Theme Days

We also offer special menus through the year to tie in with festivals and celebrations. If your child usually has a packed lunch but you would like them to have a school dinner on the theme day, please inform the office so they can book the meal for you.

Paying for School Dinners

School meals are free for all children in Reception to Year 6 as part of the Mayor of London's initiative. Full time nursery children are given a free meal at the school's expense.

Packed Lunches

Whilst we feel that all children benefit from a freshly cooked meal at lunchtime, we understand that some parents still prefer to send in a packed lunch. If this is the case, we ask that you provide a healthy lunch which includes a balanced variety of food groups. Sweets and fizzy drinks are not allowed. Glass bottles are not allowed for health and safety reasons. Due to allergies, we ask parents not to include kiwi fruits, nuts or products containing nuts in children’s packed lunches. This also applies to packed lunches for educational visits. Please note that food brought in from home cannot be heated in school. Please read our Packed Lunch Policy if you would like further guidance.

Healthy Eating

We are a healthy eating school and therefore request that children do not bring the following into school:

· Nuts (including peanut butter or Nutella)

· Sweets

· Chocolate

· Fizzy drinks

As we actively promote healthy eating in our school, we kindly request that you do not bring birthday cake or party bags into the classroom.