School Meals

School meals at Boughton-under-Blean & Dunkirk Methodist Primary School are cooked daily at St Mary of Charity School in Faversham and provided by Caterlink. Healthy eating menus are planned on a three-week cycle and change in line with the seasons, offering an autumn/winter and spring/summer menu. Jacket potatoes are also available to order. School dinners need to be ordered online in advance on schoolcoms to Caterlink and payments (if necessary) need to be made before 8am.  Download here for the latest menu

Free School Meals

If your child is in Years R-2 they are entitled to universal infant free school meals.

In addition, regardless of what year your child is in, they may be entitled to free school meals because of the level of family income. You must receive one of these benefits to qualify:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Apply online at http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals

Healthy Lifestyles

Boughton-under-Blean & Dunkirk Methodist Primary School is very keen to encourage and to teach the children about how they can lead a healthy lifestyle.

• All children are provided with a piece of fruit or vegetable for their mid-morning snack.
• All children should have a bottle of water in class that they may drink freely from during the day. These should have a non-spill top.
• All children under the age of five and children in receipt of free school meals are provided with a portion of milk on a daily basis through Cool Milk.
• Parents of children over the age of five may pay for daily milk. Parents can register their child online at www.coolmilk.com/register. Milk usually costs around just £15 a term. By registering online, you’ll be able to make a payment straightaway and if your payment is received by 5pm on a Tuesday, your child will receive milk the following week.

We encourage all children to eat healthily at lunchtime to ensure they are alert and ready to learn in the afternoon.