Chingford C of E Primary School

Packed Lunch Guidelines

Parents sending a packed lunch for their children, please comply with the following:

• Supply a small lunch box, clearly labelled with your child’s name and class.

• A typical packed lunch would be: a sandwich or roll, a piece of fruit, yoghurt and a drink.

• No glass drink containers. This avoids leaks and breakages. The children may take their water bottle from the class to accompany their meal. If you are sending an additional drink, it must be packed within the lunch box. No fizzy drinks.

• No chocolate or sweets to be included in the lunch. However, chocolate biscuits may be included on Fridays as a special treat. No fruit winders.

• No nuts or peanut butter including Nutella. Nuts and nut products are suitable for most people; however, a child who has a nut allergy can be affected even if there are nuts in someone else’s lunchbox. Please check the ingredients for any trace of nuts in anything you are including in a packed lunch.

Thank you for your co-operation.

As of the 2024 - 2025 Academic Year - all primary school children will be entitled to a free school meal as part of the Mayor of London's Sadiq Khan's 'No child should go hungry' scheme. 

If your child already qualifies for free school meals, please continue to apply as you would normally so your school doesn’t miss out on vital pupil premium funding. 

No child should go to school hungry

Primary school children in state-funded schools in London will get free school meals for the 2024/25 school year. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is providing the funding as an emergency cost of living support measure. 

The Mayor recognises that families are in urgent need of support. The meals will help families with the spiralling cost of living by making sure that children in state-funded London schools will receive free school meals in this academic year.

The introduction of universal free school meals for the 2023/24 academic year could save families upwards of £440 per child^*.

This is vital support to families who are facing a cost of living crisis. This funding will ensure that primary school children will get at least one nutritious meal a day. All children deserve that safety net.

• When they are hungry, children struggle to concentrate and learn in the classroom. A free school meal will help children to reach their potential.  

• This initiative builds on the Mayor’s existing work helping families to cope during the cost of living crisis. Find out about other cost of living support available to Londoners on the Cost of Living resource hub.