You may remember that the Governors food policy working group sent out a questionnaire last year (click HERE for a copy).  Some questions were resolved at the time but click HERE for an updated response to some of the issues raised. Many thanks to all parents for your responses which hopefully we have addressed as best we can.

Children are welcome to have a school lunch, to bring a packed lunch, or to go home for their midday meal.

What's for lunch?
Click here for the latest menus and click here for more details of the meals service.

direct link to latest school menu (pdf) 

School lunches - Good quality school meals are prepared and cooked on the premises from fresh ingredients in accordance with national nutritional standards.  Menus are displayed on the school notice board and on the website and include a vegetarian option for each day.  If your child has any specific dietary requirements please contact the school caterer via the office. The current cost of a school meal is £1.90.

A Food Policy group has encouraged children to eat a healthy school dinner or packed lunch. A picnic lunch may be eaten outside during fine weather Opportunities for exercise and organised games exist at lunch-times, as well as unstructured, creative play. Play equipment can be borrowed from the School Council Shed. A quiet area is a haven for more sedentary activities. The library is open at lunch-times and during lessons, for reading, research and ICT activities. Help with homework is available from our librarian. Supervision, play opportunities and first aid are provided by our highly trained staff, most of whom are also teaching assistants. Children are expected to have a change of shoes to wear outside, to protect our carpeted areas. A Behaviour Code is operational during lunch-times.

Lunch money is payable in advance and if possible should be paid for half a term at a time, as this saves considerable time and administration costs.  Money should be sent to school on the first day of term and thereafter on a half-termly basis in a sealed envelope, clearly labelled with the child’s name and class.  Cheques should be made payable to Cambridgeshire County Council.  If payment is made on a weekly basis it should be sent in regularly each Monday.  It is helpful if families with more than one child taking school lunches send payment in a separate envelope for each child.  Some children are eligible for free school meals, e.g. if their family is in receipt of income support, jobseeker’s allowance, support under the Immigration & Asylum Act or child tax credit (but not family tax credit).  If you think your child may be entitled to free school meals, contact the Education Welfare Benefits Service 01480 372307 or 372308.

The Mayfield School Food Policy is available to download HERE
(PDF file, right click and save as..)

Packed lunches - As part of the curriculum the children learn throughout their years at school about what makes a healthy balanced diet. We encourage them to apply those ideas to their lunchboxes, so that they get the protein and carbohydrates they need together with fresh fruit and vegetables, and avoid foods which are high in salt or fat. We have a ‘no sweets‘ rule. To help parents we have produced a Mayfield Healthy Packed Lunch Recipe Book full of great ideas from the children. Please ask at the office if you would like a copy or you can download it from this website.

Children eating packed lunches may eat in the dining hall or, in the summer, in the school grounds. Please avoid cans or breakable containers e.g. glass bottles in packed lunches. As an eco-school we are keen to cut down on waste packaging and to compost fruit peelings etc.
Snacks - All infant children are eligible for a daily piece of fruit or vegetable through the National Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. If Juniors require snacks at playtime, we encourage them to bring fruit.
Water - All children are encouraged to drink from a water bottle during the school day, and may refill it from a cooler if required.