School lunches will now be charged at £2.50 per day. Payment to be made through the My child at school app.
School Lunch
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Lunchbox Shopping Lists
Packed lunches or school dinners?
These days, school dinners are probably healthier than most packed lunches. But if you want to make a packed lunch, we’ve got some great ideas for you. Just choose a week from the list below, and in no time you'll have delicious lunchbox ideas for all the family.
Take the lunchbox list with you when you shop - it will help you avoid reaching for tempting, less healthy foods, and it could save you time and money too!
Lunchbox Shopping Lists
Monday
- Banana sandwich with wholemeal bread
- Tomato
- Boiled egg
- Low-fat fruit yoghurt
- Small box of raisins
- Semi-skimmed milk
Tuesday
- Tuna and sweetcorn wholemeal roll
- Reduced-fat cheese triangle
- Satsuma
- Apple juice, unsweetened
Wednesday
- Pasta and sausage salad (with spring onion and red pepper)
- Stewed apple and blackberry with crumble top
- Reduced-fat natural yoghurt
- Bottle of water
Thursday
- Edam cheese, ham and lettuce pitta pocket
- Tomato
- Small flapjack
- Nectarine
- Reduced-fat yoghurt drink
Friday
- Houmous, red pepper and grated carrot wrap
- Grapes
- Creamed rice pot
- Slices of malt loaf
- Bottle of water
Monday
- Tinned sardine bagel
- Tomato
- Kiwi
- Bottle of water
Tuesday
- Egg and tomato roll
- Two oatcakes and low-fat cheese
- Carrot sticks
- Dried apricots
- Semi-skimmed milk
Wednesday
- Potato and sausage salad (with spring onion, pine nuts and low-fat plain yogurt)
- Fruit and low-fat fromage frais
- Slices of fruit bread
- Pear
- Bottle of water
Thursday
- Corned beef sandwich on wholemeal bread
- Low-fat soft cheese with vegetable dippers (cucumber sticks, red and green pepper strips)
- Banana
- Yoghurt drink
Friday
- Wholemeal English muffin pizza (with cheese, cherry tomatoes and spinach)
- Nectarine
- Banana and blueberry smoothie (made with semi-skimmed milk)
Monday
- Double-decker sandwich with ham (reduced salt) and salad
- Mini blueberry muffin
- Mixed dried fruit
- Kiwi
- Bottle of water
Tuesday
- Tuna pasta salad (with spring onion, green pepper and cherry tomatoes)
- Fresh fruit salad with low-fat fromage frais
- Slice of banana cake
- Apple juice, unsweetened
Wednesday
- Mexican chicken wrap
- Carrot sticks and baby corn
- Mixed fruit salad
- Slices of malt loaf
- Yoghurt drink
Thursday
- Spicy beans and vegetables
- Mini pitta pockets
- Raspberries
- Low-fat fromage frais
- Fruit smoothie (made with semi-skimmed milk)
Friday
- Tinned salmon salad baguette (with cucumber, lettuce and low-fat plain yogurt)
- Flapjack with dried apricots
- Orange
- Bottle of water
Monday
- 6 oatcakes
- Double Gloucester cheese
- Chutney
- Salad
- Fruit scone
- Apple juice, unsweetened
Tuesday
- Cold spicy chicken strips
- Rice with beans and peas
- Slice of Jamaican ginger cake
- Low-fat plain yoghurt
- Fruit smoothie
Wednesday
- Smoked mackerel and potato salad (with mushrooms and spring onions)
- Yoghurt
- Slice of carrot cake
- Apple
- Orange juice, unsweetened
Thursday
- BLT (grilled bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich)
- Mixed seeds
- Grapes
- Dried apricots
- Drinking yoghurt
Friday
- Poppy seed bagel with liver pate and cucumber
- Carrot sticks
- Small box of raisins
- Semi-skimmed milk
Monday
- 6 oatcakes
- Double Gloucester cheese
- Chutney
- Salad
- Fruit scone
- Apple juice, unsweetened
Tuesday
- Cold spicy chicken strips
- Rice with beans and peas
- Slice of Jamaican ginger cake
- Low-fat plain yoghurt
- Fruit smoothie
Wednesday
- Smoked mackerel and potato salad (with mushrooms and spring onions)
- Yoghurt
- Slice of carrot cake
- Apple
- Orange juice, unsweetened
Thursday
- BLT (grilled bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich)
- Mixed seeds
- Grapes
- Dried apricots
- Drinking yoghurt
Friday
- Poppy seed bagel with liver pate and cucumber
- Carrot sticks
- Small box of raisins
- Semi-skimmed milk
Monday
- Meat spread and cucumber sandwich
- Low-fat soft cheese and carrot sticks
- Nectarine
- Apple juice, unsweetened
Tuesday
- Turkey ham baguette with lettuce
- Tomato
- Low-fat fruit yoghurt
- Fruit cocktail
- Grapefruit juice, unsweetened
Wednesday
- Egg, cress and reduced-calorie mayonnaise in granary roll
- Plain popcorn (small packet)
- Cucumber and carrot batons
- Canned peach slices in juice
- Milkshake
Thursday
- Potato salad with spring onion, mixed beans and avocado (in low-fat plain yogurt)
- Cherry tomatoes
- Ready-to-eat apricots
- Mango slices
- Bottle of water
Friday
- Mackerel and rice salad with tomato sauce and mixed vegetables
- Orange
- Fruit fromage frais
- Semi-skimmed milk
Monday
- English muffin toasted, with reduced-fat hard cheese, tomato and ham slices (reduced salt)
- Grapes
- Slices of malt loaf
- Orange juice, unsweetened
Tuesday
- Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich (brown bread with reduced-calorie mayonnaise)
- Kiwi fruit
- Muesli yoghurt, low-fat
- Scotch pancake
- Bottle of water
Wednesday
- Chicken salad (tomato, cucumber, lettuce) with West Indian bread
- Mango slices
- Pepper slices
- Fruit scone
- Semi-skimmed milk
Thursday
- Rye bread and low-fat cream cheese
- Green salad with celery sticks and apple slices
- Small packet of mixed seeds and raisins
- Low-fat fruit fromage frais
- Grapefruit juice, unsweetened
Friday
- Skinless chicken drumsticks
- Salad with sweetcorn and tomato
- Banana bread
- Melon
- Bottle of water
Monday
- English muffin toasted, with reduced-fat hard cheese, tomato and ham slices (reduced salt)
- Grapes
- Slices of malt loaf
- Orange juice, unsweetened
Tuesday
- Tuna and sweetcorn sandwich (brown bread with reduced-calorie mayonnaise)
- Kiwi fruit
- Muesli yoghurt, low-fat
- Scotch pancake
- Bottle of water
Wednesday
- Chicken salad (tomato, cucumber, lettuce) with West Indian bread
- Mango slices
- Pepper slices
- Fruit scone
- Semi-skimmed milk
Thursday
- Rye bread and low-fat cream cheese
- Green salad with celery sticks and apple slices
- Small packet of mixed seeds and raisins
- Low-fat fruit fromage frais
- Grapefruit juice, unsweetened
Friday
- Skinless chicken drumsticks
- Salad with sweetcorn and tomato
- Banana bread
- Melon
- Bottle of water