Autumn/Winter lunch menu Special diets and allergies

Welcome to the autumn/ winter menu, Please let your school know if your child has
2015/2016 TERM DATES this menu will run from after the October any special dietary needs and they will ask
break until the Easter holidays. you to complete a special diet request form.
AUTUMN TERM
Our menus have been awarded the Soil Further information
• Wednesday 21 October 2015 – All start Associations Bronze Food for Life catering For further details on menus, nutritional
• Tuesday 22 December 2015 – Term ends mark as well and continue to comply with and allergen information:
City of Edinburgh Council is working in partnership with the Schools (Health promotion and nutrition) www.edinburgh.gov.uk/foodinschools
Food for Life Scotland to ensure the food served in all (Scotland) Act 2007. Menus are freshly foodinschools@edinburgh.gov.uk
council-run schools maintains the Bronze Catering Mark. WINTER TERM prepared and where possible produce is
sourced from local producers so you can be
The Catering Mark offers a clear signal that the catering
• Thursday 7 January 2016 – All start
sure healthy choices are on offer at lunch times.
Get Going
• Friday 12 February 2016 – Mid-term, All break Worried about your child’s weight? Want to
services in our city’s schools serve fresh food using
• Monday 22 February 2016 – All start help them lead a healthy, happy, active life?
seasonal menus which are free from undesirable additives and trans fats and use meat that Thank you to everyone who contacted us about
Then let’s Get Going! Get Going is a free family
complies with UK welfare standards. • Thursday 24 March 2016 – Term ends school meals, your comments are welcome
healthy lifestyle programme which supports
and help us continue to improve the service.
children to work towards a healthy weight. It’s
We help food providers boost the health, economic and environmental benefits of the food
The Easter break incorporates the following holidays: about working together as a family to make
they serve and together we are helping Scotland become a Good Food Nation.
• Good Friday – Friday 25 March 2016 Theme menus small lifestyle changes. Supported by a trained
coach, you’ll learn more about eating well
The Catering Mark encourages and rewards caterers that: • Easter Monday – Monday 28 March 2016 Theme menus give pupils an opportunity to try
and being more active. Children will get the
new foods and participate with special events
opportunity to take part in fun, active games,
during the year. The following theme lunches
Free school meals will be taking place in the coming sessions
while parents share ideas and experiences.To
find out when the next courses are available in
Serve fresh food • 28 October – Halloween menu your area or for more information please contact:
Your child may be eligible for free school meals if you receive one of the following:
• W/C 7 December – Christmas
• Income Support Get.Going@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Lunch (Day TBC in School)
• Income based job seekers allowance 0131 537 9209
Further information will be available
Champion local Source environmentally • Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance in school closer to these dates. http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/
food producers sustainable and ethical food • Support under Part VI of the immigration and Asylum Act 1999 getgoingGet Going!
• Child Tax Credit ONLY with an annual income of less than £16,105
Menu and prices Your local Get Going Co-ordinator is: Autumn/Winter 2015
• Universal Credit Conor McLean: 0131 458 2147
The cost of a primary school meal
• Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit with an annual Income of less than £6,420 is £1.95 (August 2015). weightmanagement@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Make healthy eating easier
Please ask your child’s school for an application form or contact For this price your child can have a two course
the schools Grants, Awards and Placements. meal – either soup and a hot main meal, or a
Tel: 0131 469 3033 hot main and a pudding plus vegetables/ salad
But that’s not all. Food for Life Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council are also working on an and bread.
e-mail: school.grants@edinburgh.gov.uk
exciting new initiative for Edinburgh’s schools. The Food for Life Scotland Education Framework A drink is also provided with the meal.
is helping Edinburgh schools embed and celebrate a whole-school approach to food education,
bringing together catering and the curriculum. Free School Meals for P1 - P3
As part of a Scottish Government initiative, all
pupils in primary 1 to primary 3 are now entitled
To find out more about Food for Life Scotland please visit our website:
to a free school meal (from January 2015).
You can get this document on tape, in Braille, large print and
www.foodforlifescotland.org various computer formats if you ask us. Please contact ITS
on 0131 242 8181 and quote reference number 15-0738B.
ITS can also give information on community language
Designed by the City of Edinburgh Council Corporate Governance 15.163/C&F/GC/September2015 translations.
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Pizza/Pasta Day
WEEK 1
Home Made Soup Chicken Meatballs in Tomato Sauce with Pasta Beef Steak Pie with Mashed Potato Filled Rolls/Sandwiches

Weeks Commencing
or or
Salmon Fish Fingers with New Potatoes Vegetable Fajitas with Potato Wedges Homemade Soup Quorn Sausage Casserole with Potatoes Yoghurt
19 October 2015
or or or
Cheesy Pasta with Crusty Bread Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings Vegetable Pasta with Garlic Bread Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings Fresh Fruit 9 November 2015
or or 30 November 2015
Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings A selection of seasonal vegetables will be Pizza with Chips A selection of seasonal vegetables will be Juice Carton
available daily to accompany main meals. or available daily to accompany main meals. 21 December 2015
A selection of seasonal vegetables will be Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings 18 January 2016
available daily to accompany main meals. Sponge Cake with Custard Home Baking Selection
8 February 2016
or A selection of seasonal vegetables will be or
Fresh Fruit Selection Fresh Fruit Selection available daily to accompany main meals. Fresh Fruit Selection 7 March 2016

Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Fresh Fruit Platter Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables,
Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection
Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables,
Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection

Pizza/Pasta Day
WEEK 2

Breaded Fish with Boiled Potato Homemade Soup Gammon with Roast Potatoes Filled Rolls/Sandwiches

Weeks Commencing
or or 26 October 2015
Homemade Soup
Veggie Meatballs in a Yorkshire Pudding with Potatoes Chicken & Vegetable Casserole with Potatoes Veggie Korma with Rice Yoghurt 16 November 2015
or or or Veggie Lasagne with Garlic Bread
or 7 December 2015
Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings Quorn Pasta Bolognaise Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings Fresh Fruit
or Pizza with Chips 4 January 2016
A selection of seasonal vegetables will be Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings A selection of seasonal vegetables will be or Juice Carton
Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings 25 January 2016
available daily to accompany main meals. available daily to accompany main meals
A selection of seasonal vegetables will be 22 February 2016
A selection of seasonal vegetables will be
Fruit Crumble with Custard available daily to accompany main meals. Banana Loaf with Custard available daily to accompany main meals. 14 March 2016
or or
Fresh Fruit Selection Yoghurt Selection Fresh Fruit Selection Fresh Fruit Platter

Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables,
Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection

Pizza/Pasta Day 2 November 2015

WEEK 3

Homemade Soup
Cod Chunks with Chips
or
Quorn Chilli with Rice
or
Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings
A selection of seasonal vegetables will be
available daily to accompany main meals
Yoghurt Selection
Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables,
Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection
Weeks Commencing
Homemade Soup Pork Sausages with Mashed Potato and Beans Filled Rolls/Sandwiches
or 23 November 2015
Neapolitan Pasta with Garlic Bread Minced Beef with Potatoes Veggie Haggis with Clapshot Yoghurt
or 14 December 2015
or or
Pizza with Potato Wedges
Macaroni Cheese with Crusty Bread Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings Fresh Fruit 11 January 2016
or
Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings or 1 February 2016
Baked Potato with a Choice of Fillings A selection of seasonal vegetables will be Juice Carton
available daily to accompany main meals 29 February 2016
A selection of seasonal vegetables will be
available daily to accompany main meals A selection of seasonal vegetables will be 21 March 2016
available daily to accompany main meals Chocolate Beetroot Brownie
Lemon Sponge with Custard or
or Fresh Fruit Salad Fresh Fruit Platter
Fresh Fruit Selection
Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Mixed
Available Daily: Seasonal Vegetables, Mixed Mixed Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection
Salad, Drinks & Bread Selection
Vegetarian option
Bread available every day