Our Healthy School
At Harrow Lodge Primary School, we pride ourselves in offering a healthy, balanced menu of school lunches.
Packed Lunches
It is well documented that unbalanced packed lunches result in higher intakes of fat, salt and sugar and lower intakes of the healthy nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. As a result, this dietary intake can have an adverse effect on learning, growth development and long-term health outcomes which can affect education attainment and achievement.
We have developed a Packed Lunch Guidance Policy to assist in promoting Healthy Packed Lunches to the whole school community. We hope you find this useful. Please see the bottom of the page for this guidance.
Ordering Packed Lunches for School Trips
Natasha’s Law is a new legislation relating to the declaration of allergen information on pre-packed for direct sale (PPDS) food. The law takes its name from the tragic death of a teenager named Natasha, who died from an allergic reaction to undeclared sesame seeds in a pre-packaged baguette.
One of the requirements of the Law is to ensure the relevant information (allergen and ingredients data), is accessible and available at the point of pre-ordering to ensure an informed choice. We have produced access to this data for school trips.
Please click on the link below to view allergy information for pre-ordered school packed lunches.
https://www.haveringcatering.co.uk/schooldata/school-trip-packed-lunch
Snack List (1)
Healthy Packed Lunch Guidance
We have developed a Packed Lunch Guidance Policy to assist in promoting Healthy Packed Lunches to the whole school community. We hope you find this useful.
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| Fruit and vegetable food group
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At least:
One portion of vegetables e.g. vegetable sticks such as carrots, peppers or cucumbers or lettuce. One portion of fruit e.g. fresh fruit such as bananas, apples or canned fruits in fruit juice or dried fruits such as raisins or apricots. |
| Breads, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods
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Your child’s packed lunch should include at least one portion from this food group, for example:
Sandwiches made with a variety of breads such as pita, bagels, wraps, chapatti, roti, and rolls (offer a mix of wholegrain, brown and white varieties). Salads made with pasta, rice, couscous, noodles or potatoes. |
| Milk and dairy foods
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Choose at least one portion from this food group, for example:
Low fat yoghurt, custard or fromage frais, cheese, semi skimmed milk. Soya products that have added calcium. |
| Meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein
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Choose at least one portion from this food group, for example: Meat, chicken, fish and eggs.
Beans such as chickpeas, kidney, haricot or lentils. |
| A healthy drink
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A healthy drink should be included; water, semi-skimmed milk, pure fruit juice or fruit juice made from concentrate, diluted fruit juice, drinks with less than 5% added sugars or artificial. *Juice drinks and flavoured waters are not recommended. |
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| Foods / Drinks high in fat and or sugar
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No chocolate of any kind including chocolate biscuits, chocolate yoghurts or chocolate cakes.
No sweets. No fizzy drinks. No crisps except wheat type snacks such as Wheat Crunchies and Sunbites, mini cheddars and crackers are permitted. No nut products. |
| We will monitor the packed lunches in the following ways:
Incentives will be given to the children with balanced packed lunches. Packed Lunches regularly containing food and drinks not recommended will be recorded and a slip will be sent home to parents to outline which foods are not allowed. Foods which cannot be brought into school will be taken away and returned to your child at the end of the day. |
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Remember: Try to offer a variety of foods and drinks; this is important as it exposes your child to new tastes and flavours and offers a good mix of nutrients. If your child does not like the food or drink the first time, don’t despair as it can take up to 15 times before a child accepts new tastes. Keep lunch boxes in a cool place in hot weather.
Two Weeks of Healthy Packed Lunches
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| Monday | Turkey baguette with tomato and lettuce, low-fat spread
Fruit cocktail in natural juice & cherry tomatoes Low-fat fruit yoghurt Grapefruit juice (100% pure fruit juice or made from concentrate) |
Egg, cress and mayonnaise in brown roll
Canned peaches in juice & cucumber batons Plain popcorn, small packet (no added salt) Strawberry milk (less than 5% added sugars) |
| Tuesday | Ham, salad and tomato in a granary roll
Grapes & Peppers Cheese and crackers Fruit bun e.g. tea cake Apple juice (100% pure fruit juice or made from concentrate) |
Tuna and sweetcorn pasta salad Banana & cucumber sticks
Low fat fromage frais Currant bun Orange juice (100% pure fruit juice or made from concentrate) |
| Wednesday | Tuna, sweet corn and mayonnaise sandwich
Kiwi fruit & cherry tomatoes Rice pudding Water |
Chicken couscous with mushrooms, peppers and onion
Pineapple pieces & carrot sticks Banana flavoured milk (less than 5% added sugars) |
| Thursday | English muffin toasted, with reduced-fat hard cheese, tomato and ham slices
Grapes & pepper sticks Orange juice (100% pure fruit juice or made from concentrate) Malt loaf |
Bagel with salad, canned salmon and cream cheese
Apple & carrot batons Orange juice (100% pure fruit juice or made from concentrate) Pot of low fat custard |
| Friday | Potato salad with chicken pieces Ready-to-eat apricots & carrot sticks Fruit bun
Milk, semi-skimmed |
Cheese and salad wrap Satsuma & Cherry tomatoes Slice of malt load
Yoghurt drink |