Wakefield Pinders Primary School
School Dinners
Packed lunch from home
Many children at Pinders Primary School bring a packed lunch from home. These need to be brought in a lunch box at the start of the day to keep the food inside cool and fresh. We cannot accept warm food and if it is found, the child will be ordered a school dinner.
If your child does bring a packed lunch to school, please support us in encouraging healthy choices at lunchtime. We politely request that fizzy drinks, sweets and chocolate bars are not brought to school.
Most parents are very good at providing children with a balanced, packed lunch, but we could all do with a little help when it comes to providing the children with a good variety. Here are sites that may be of interest:
Our school catering team
School Meals
School dinners are made in our own kitchen and provided on the premises and are available to all children from Reception to Year 6. All the food is fresh to create a delicious, healthy and balanced nutritious menu.
During registration, pupils select a school meal with the help of their teachers to ensure everyone in school has dinner selected. Each day there are plenty of options for pupils to choose from, including Halal, Vegetarian, Hot and Cold options.
We are able to cater for various diets and allergies, so please ensure the office has any relevant information relating to your child's dietary needs, prior to them booking a school lunch.
Children in Reception, Y1 and Y2 are entitled to a school meal free of charge. Some families will be eligible for free school meals. You can find out if you are eligible to apply by clicking on the link below. If you know your child is entitled to Free School Meals and you have not made a claim, please do so.
School Dinner prices:
The cost of dinners for children in Years 3–6 is £2.63 per day or £13.15 per week.
Online payments for school meals with ParentPay:
We accept online payments for school meals through ParentPay. You will receive a login upon starting at Pinders Primary. ParentPay offers you the freedom to make payments whenever and wherever you like, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – safe in the knowledge that the technology used is of the highest internet security available.
Making a payment is straightforward and ParentPay holds an electronic record of your payments to view at a later date; no card details are stored in any part of the system. Once you’ve activated your account, you can make online payments straight away.
Your support in using ParentPay will help the school enormously. Thank you.
What's on the school menu?
The menus are set on a rolling 3-week rotation. The menu can change termly, we will update the menus when the changes occur.
Please note: some variations in the menu may occur due to theme days.
Please see the menus below