Lunchtime at CJS
Please note that no nuts or shellfish are allowed to be brought into school as we have pupils with serious allergies.
Children are welcome to bring packed lunches to school or take up the hot school meals offer from Aspens. Please see below for more information about our hot school meals.
Children are also permitted to bring in a healthy snack for break time, such as fruit, vegetables or a bread roll. Crisps and chocolate bars are not considered to be suitable for break time.
Packed lunch guidance
Packed lunches must not contain nuts (including chocolate nut spreads such as Nutella) or shellfish. We ask you to be mindful of what your child eats for lunch, providing them with a healthy and balanced meal containing starchy foods, fruit, vegetables, protein and limited sweet items, such as chocolate, biscuits and cakes. We ask that you do not pack fizzy drinks or sweets in lunchboxes.
We are always in the mood for good food!
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.
Menu
The school menu rotates on a three-week basis and refreshes for Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer seasons. Our current menu is at the bottom of this page.
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 to find out more about the the Governments School Meals Food Standards: https://www.gov.uk/school-meals-food-standards
Free school meals
Check if your child can get free school meals in England and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.
Please request the relevant form from the school office or scan/click to find out more or click here: https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
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.
