School Meals
Breakfast Club
Start your day the healthy way at Rosebrook Primary School! We meet at 8am each morning in the dining hall. When you arrive, we offer a healthy menu of cereals, fruit, toast and fruit juice or milk and water.
The cost is just £1 per day per child.
Places must be booked well in advance for at least a half term. Follow this link to our downloadable application form (or collect one from the school office).
School Meals
School meals are cooked on site daily by Stockton Borough Council Catering Service. School meals cost £2.80 per day (£14.00 per week). All payments should be made in advance using ParentPay, ideally the Monday of each week.
If you haven’t already signed up to ParentPay, follow the link below:
https://app.parentpay.com/public/client/security/v2/#/login
Alternatively, please contact the school office or Miss Ibbetson if you need any assistance with getting started with ParentPay. They will be happy to assist.
All payments are closely monitored, and reminders will be sent out weekly should you miss a payment. In the event a debt is beginning to build up, parents will be required to provide their child with a packed lunch until the debt is cleared.
Packed Lunches
Children may also bring a packed lunch to school; however, nut products, fizzy / energy drinks or sweets are strictly not permitted. We do have children onsite with severe nut allergies, so we kindly ask that it is essential you do not bring nut products into school. If our lunchtime supervisors see a product containing nuts, they will ensure your child packs it away safely to return it home, and you will be informed by your child’s teacher at the end of the day.
We ask for at least a fortnight’s notice if your child wishes to change from a school meal to a packed lunch, and children should not alternate between packed lunches and school meals during the week.
If you find yourself running out of ideas on how to provide a healthy lunch box, there are hundreds of websites you can look on. Change4Life have some suggestions here: https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes#lunchbox-recipes
Free school meals
Universal free school meals are provided to children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Free school meals are also provided to children whose families are in receipt of certain support payments.
If your circumstances have changed, and you think your child may be entitled to free meals, you can check your eligibility here:
https://sbceyesliveportal.stockton.gov.uk:34600/web/portal/pages/fsmapplication#h1
Alternatively, please contact the school or the Free School Meals Section, Education Department, Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton.
Free School Meals Team Telephone: (01642) 526606
Weekly Menus
Please click on the links below to view our weekly menus which are on a three-week cycle. Menus will change each term. Please note: some meals can be subject to change depending on the availability of ingredients and delivery times.
Week 1 – January to April 2025
WEEK 2 – January to April 2025
WEEK 3 – January to April 2025
Milk
As well as being available in the dining hall, milk is also available to all children in Nursery and Reception during their snack times. Healthy habits start young!
Fruit
Children in Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1 are provided with a piece of fruit at playtime as a healthy snack. Please remember to advise us of any allergies.
Water
We follow Public Health guidance on encouraging all children (and staff) to drink fresh water at school. Currently, children bring in their own water bottles and it is up to parents and carers to ensure these are washed and refilled daily. Water bottles can be refilled at school should children wish: the best time to do this is decided on within each year group. Water bottles can be purchased from the school office at £1.00 each. While ideally all children should have their own water bottle, cups are provided for those without.
For more information, please click on the link: https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/Water%20Provision%2009_10.pdf
In line with advice from the British Dental Association & British Dietary Association around sugary drinks, juice is not allowed in children’s water bottles (unless there is a medical reason which can be supported with a note of advice from a medical practitioner).