School Meals

Chicken are welcome to bring packed lunches to school or book hot school meals with Aspens. Please see below for more information on hot school meals.

Children are also permitted to bring in a healthy snack for break time, such as fruit, vegetables or crackers/ plain biscuits.

If you think you may be eligible for free school meals please see HERE for further info and how to apply.

Packed Lunches

A healthy, balanced packed lunch helps children stay focused and ready to learn throughout the school day. We encourage families to include:

A savoury main item such as sandwiches, wraps, pitta bread, pasta or rice dishes.
Plenty of fruit and vegetables.
A source of protein such as cheese, yoghurt, eggs, meat, fish or hummus.
Water as the preferred drink.

The safety of our pupils is our highest priority. As we have children with severe nut allergies, Stourfield Junior School is a nut-free school. Please do not include nuts or any nut-based products in packed lunches or snacks, including peanut butter, Nutella, cereal bars containing nuts, or products that contain whole or chopped nuts.

Further lunchbox ideas can be found on the NHS website HERE

Hot School Meals

Our Hot School Meals are provided by Aspens.

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We are Aspens Services, a market leading contract catering company specialising in school food.

We only work in the education sector so we know what our customers want. Mixing this knowledge with an understanding of what’s hot in the food world sparks creativity and excitement in our chefs. Our kitchens provide delicious home cooked food each day and cater for individual dietary requirements.

We make sure that our Food Festival menus are packed with comfort dishes and, at the same time, we help pupils to take their first steps with new tastes to explore.

We don’t just provide food, we play our part to educate children and raise awareness about nutrition, food and where it comes from, so that they can make informed and mindful choices. Feeding our future.

How school meals can support your child’s diet

All children need a nutritious, balanced meal to grow and meet their full potential.

School meals need to be compliant with the School Food Standards. These were created to help children develop healthy eating habits and ensure that they get the energy and nutrition they need across the whole school day. Therefore, parents should be able to trust that the school’s menu has been developed based on scientific nutrition research.

Click on the link here to find out more about the the Governments School Meals Food Standards.

Special Diets

Special diets are an integral part of our catering provision, whether as a result of an ethical or religious belief or a food intolerance or allergy. To register any special diets as a requirement please complete and return the special diets form to the school as soon as possible.

Our Planet

We work closely with our clients and suppliers to be as environmentally friendly as we can. By making lots of small changes, we can make a big difference. We care about the future and continue to focus on responsible sourcing, using seasonal produce, increasing our focus on plant-based recipes, making our menus more sustainable, keeping waste to a minimum and reusing and recycling to reduce the impact we have.

If you require further information or have any feedback about the catering service, please contact office@stourfieldjuniors.com

A reminder that regular HSM orders must be placed by 12:10pm 7 working days before the meal is due.

If meals are not ordered online by the deadline, you will need to bring a packed lunch in for your child. The kitchen cannot provide meals for those that have not ordered as this impacts on their supply ordering which could result in the kitchen not having enough prepared food available to feed your child.