School Meals
Your school lunches are provided by award-winning caterers HC3S.
At HC3S, our ethos is about tasty food to help your children flourish. And to do that it helps if they eat a healthy diet. By providing nutritious food, cooked fresh every day and which is responsibly sourced, we give your children a balanced diet with choices that aid concentration levels and give them energy to focus and to play.
But we go a step further. We also want children to understand about healthy lifestyles and take this positive message into adulthood. That’s why we’ve created a ripple (not just raspberry) with our ‘Ready Steady Cook’ sessions which are fun and engaging and why we introduced the ‘Food to Flourish Classroom’ to help teachers educate children using food in a way that cuts across the curriculum.
Where opportunity arises, we bring live cooking and workshops to the classroom and sometimes, out of the classroom, through partnerships with our suppliers and other local food organisations. We love schools to join in our celebrations for Nutrition and Hydration Week, British Food Fortnight, and National School Meals Week as key events in the food and drink calendar which are lots of fun.
HC3S can provide special diets for pupils with allergies and intolerances who want to have a school meal. If your child needs a special diet for medical reasons you will need to complete a medically identified special diet application form (HC300) which can be found here.
Lunch is served from 12.15pm with a three week rolling menu which offers an extensive choice of well-balanced home cooked meals suiting all tastes. A different hot lunch special and vegetarian choice is available daily. For more details download the current menu.
Downloads
HC3S Welcome letter
Biometric information and faqs for parents_May 2020_Final
Links
HC3S Website
Free School Meals
If your child qualifies for free school meals, not only will they receive a healthy meal on every school day, they’ll also get,
- access to free holiday clubs
- extra money for their school towards more teachers and activities
It’s easy to find out if you qualify – complete our confidential checker at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/free-school-meals or telephone 01305 221090.
