Menu/Snacks/Nutrition
Mealtimes at Tinywoods are a sociable event where children are encouraged to speak and engage with one another, including staff members, who will regularly join in to enhance conversations. Good manners and self-help skills are promoted for all age groups. Children will eat in small groups, with fresh water and milk provided for morning and afternoon snacks.
Fresh, healthy food is provided daily courtesy of the chef at Lightwoods Primary Academy. We ensure that there is fresh fruit and vegetables on offer each day, with children encouraged to eat meals when offered. Deserts are also provided after lunch and will generally be low sugar options.
We cater for all food requirements, whether these are dietary, for religious purposes or the parent’s/carer’s wishes. However, we do not provide Halal meat, so children who require this will be offered a vegetarian option.
Parents are offered a choice of a hot school meal daily, (at a small additional fee of £2 per day) or to provide a healthy packed lunch for their child. For safety reasons, we highlight that we are not to have nuts/ nut products in packed lunches.
Sample Menus
WEEK ONE | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Snacks | Oranges and Kiwi | Buttered Toast | Cucumber and Breadsticks | Croissants | Bananas and Pear |
| Main | Beef Cottage Pie Mixed Vegetable Cottage Pie | Roast Lamb Quorn Fillet Roast | Chicken Korma Chickpea and Vegetable Balti | Vegetable and Butternut Squash Lasagne | Breaded Fish Fingers Parsley Sauce Quorn Sausages |
| Vegetables | Broccoli and Peas | Baby Roast Potatoes Carrots and French Beans | Pilau Rice Mini Naans | Tossed Mixed Salad Garlic Bread Slices | Peas and Carrots Mash Potato |
| Desserts | Fromage Frais yoghurt | Fruit Salad | Banana and Custard | Tinned Peaches (in juice) Pouring Cream | Trio of Melon Salad |
| Afternoon Snack | Toasted Teacake | Pitta Bread Coriander Hummus | Soft Cheese Cream Crackers | Malt Loaf Sliced Cheese | Ham/Cheese Sandwiches |
WEEK TWO | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Snacks | Croissants | Plums and Blackberries | Buttered Toast | Apples and Pears | Breadsticks, Cucumbers and Bananas |
| Main | Chicken and Vegetable Hotpot Vegetable Hotpot | Lamb Stew Butternut Squash | Cod and Spinach Pie Cheese, spinach and potato bake | Jacket Potatoes Baked Beans Grated cheese | Honey Glazed Herb Sausages Quorn Sausages Onion Gravy |
| Vegetables | Mixed Vegetables New Potatoes | Roasted Vegetables Croquette Potatoes | Green Peas and Carrots | Jacket Potatoes Baked Beans Grated cheese | Fresh Potato Wedges Green Beans |
| Desserts | Apple and Sultana Sponge with Custard | Mixed Berries | Honeydew and Watermelon Salad | Fromage Frais Yoghurts | Tinned Pears (in juice) Pouring Cream |
| Afternoon Snack | Tuna/Cheese Sandwiches | Soft Cheese Cream Crackers | Toasted Crumpets | Buttered Fruit Loaf | Toasted and Buttered Teacakes |
