School Lunches

LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS

The process of ordering school lunches is to select and pay for (if applicable) your child’s meals at the time of ordering through Arbor.

Weekly menus will close at 10am the Tuesday of the previous school week. Additionally,  orders for the first week of every term must be placed the week before the end of the previous term to give the kitchen enough notice to purchase ingredients before the holidays.  Once you have ordered lunches, you will be able to view the choices made on Arbor, which can be a helpful reminder when ordering in advance!

Children in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to free school meals through the government initiative, Universal Infant Free School Meals, and so will not be charged at time of checkout. The system is aware of which children this affects. This is the same for free school meal families who are entitled to Income Based Free School Meals from EYFS to Year 6.

Please note that it is the parent/carers responsibility to order their child’s lunch. If a child arrives at school without a home packed lunch and a school meal has not been booked, it will be the parents’ responsibility to arrange for a packed lunch to be brought into the school.

If you require any assistance in using the system, please click  the button below for more help and information.

If you still need help, please email admin@malmesbury-pri.wilts.sch.uk and we will do our best to help you.

How to book and pay for school meals on Arbor

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The school kitchen provides a choice of hot meals and school packed lunches daily. Hot lunches are served every day on a three-week menu rotation. There are different menus for the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms. We offer main and vegetarian options, jacket potatoes with various fillings and sandwiches with cheese, ham or tuna.

If your child is absent due to illness you will NOT be charged for the meal that you have booked. If you have booked a meal but subsequently sent your child in with a packed lunch, we will ask your child to eat the meal that has been booked for them and take the home packed lunch back home.

Finally if your child is on a class trip and away over lunchtime, the meal choices will not apply for that day.  You will be offered the choice of booking a school packed lunch for the trip separately.

Paying for lunches

Lunches are provided free of charge for pupils in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2.  For children in Years 3-6 lunches are charged at £2.90 per day, and are booked and paid for in advance via Arbor.

If you are experiencing any difficulties in making payments then please contact the School Office in confidence. Once we understand your circumstances we can identify ways to help, and provide other sources of information and support. This is always best done sooner rather than later so please do not hesitate to get in touch.

In Years 3-6 you may be eligible for free school meals, depending on your circumstances.  Click the button below to see more detailed information on the Wiltshire Council website.

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