Children may choose each day to have either a packed lunch or a school dinner. Some children like to eat school dinners every day, whilst others like to examine the menu first and book their lunches accordingly.

At lunchtime, each year group is called from the playground in turn, and they line up at the servery and collect the dinner they have ordered - either a choice of hot meals, including vegetarian option, or a sandwich or wrap. They sit at long tables, and our Lunchtime Leaders encourage them to eat their food, adopt good table manners, and enjoy the social aspect of dining together without too much noise or mess.

To pay for lunches, please log in to the Arbor Parent and Guardian Portal or download the Arbor Parents app.

School dinners

Our catering contractors, AiP (part of Sodexo), provide a choice of hot meals and salad every day.  All of their meals are prepared according to the latest nutritional standards, using fresh produce, and avoiding unhealthy additives such as salt and sugar. They cater for any special dietary requirements. Every day there are three choices, including at least one vegetarian option, and children can always help themselves to salad. There is always fresh fruit available as well as a dessert choice.  More information is available here

We also support Meat-Free Mondays, when our lunches don't include meat.

Packed lunches

Children may bring their own packed lunch, or they may order our school packed lunch option.

We ask parents to think about the nutritional content of the packed lunches they provide, but we do not impose restrictions. We encourage children to think about healthy food choices.

Some of our children have food allergies, the most common being nut allergies. We ask parents not to include nut-based products in the packed lunches they provide. We ask children not to share their lunches with their friends.

Drinks provided with packed lunches should be healthy choices. No fizzy drinks and no products marketed as "energy drinks".

Snacks

Children may bring a healthy snack, such as a cereal bar or a piece of fruit, to eat during morning breaktime. Sweets and chocolate are not allowed, 

We encourage all children to bring a water bottle to school, which may be refilled at any time from the taps in the classrooms. We ask that bottles are named and are not made of breakable materials.