School Lunches & School Milk
We are very lucky at St. Mary’s to have delicious and nutritious meals prepared on site by a highly experienced catering team.
Our school meals provider from February 2024 are Dolce who are a family run, third generation catering company who are passionate about creating healthy home cooked meals for our children to enjoy.
Dolce use fresh, high quality ingredients. Every day there will be a hot meal, vegetarian option, jacket potato and salad cart and all the meals are homemade and cooked on site daily.
All children, who are in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, will still be entitled to receive a daily free school meal. For children in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6, the price of a school dinner from 1st September 2024 £2.65per day or £13.25 per week.
All meals can be ordered through Schools Grid online system, please Click here.
Alternatively children may bring their own packed lunch to school and are encouraged to provide food in line with our healthy eating aims. Please remember we are a nut free school.
Welcome letter to parents from Dolce
School Grid Ordering System - Parents Information
Character Favourites Themed Meal - 3rd October 2024
Bonfire Night Themed Meal - 5th November 2024
Free School Meals
Your child may be able to claim free school meals if you receive any of the following:
- Universal Credit (with income of less than £7,400)
- Child Tax Credit (with income of less than £16,190)
- Income Support, Income-based jobseekers allowance, Income-related employment and support allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The "guaranteed element" of Pension credit
- Working tax credit
If you think you may be eligible you can find out instantly by completing the South Gloucestershire on-line application.
South Gloucestershire Free School Meals On-Line Application.
School Milk
All reception children under the age of 5 are entitled to a free carton of milk daily. Once your child reaches their 5th birthday, the school milk service are able to offer a scheme where you can pay for your child to continue to receive daily milk. All orders should be placed directly with the school milk service using the details in the letter below: