avanti
school meals
An important part of our ethos is the provision of hot, fresh, nutritious meals. Sharing tasty, healthy school lunches is an integral part of the educational experience at an Avanti school. It’s also an opportunity to enhance social and communication skills, ensuring lunchtimes are a positive experience for all. School staff often enjoy taking lunch with pupils, creating a family atmosphere. School meals are prepared and cooked on site by the catering providers, Govindas. Please click on their website for further information.
The Culture of Food
Food is an important part of school culture and the art of cooking is a sacred practise. The preparation and eating of food should be based on principles of compassion, non-violence and balanced living. Lunches provide nourishment and satisfaction to the body and minds of pupils and staff allowing them to feel re-energised for teaching and learning.
Aligned to our ethos and in order to cater to pupils and staff of all backgrounds all food served is vegetarian. Menus and recipes are designed to provide a healthy balance for each meal. Avanti Schools are vegetarian schools. Pupils are not permitted to bring food and drink from outside onto the premises.
Menus are regularly updated and developed based on pupil feedback groups, so that pupils can feel comfortable and satisfied with their daily lunch that is provided.
The lunch meals cooked on-site are vegetarian (in line with the faith ethos of the school) and half-termly menus are also available on the School’s website.
We Are A Sesame & Nut Free School
It is vitally important, due to allergies of some of our pupils that the following foods are not included in pupil’s packed lunches.
Please do not send any peanuts or other nuts in any form e.g peanut butter and snack bars containing them.
Please do not make sandwiches using seeded bread, rolls with sesame seed topping, bread sticks with sesame, hummus or any products containing tahini or snack bars containing sesame. If you are unsure then all products show clearly on ingredients any allergen contents.
Children suffering from such allergies can be affected and then become seriously ill very quickly after accidentally eating, touching or coming into contact with surfaces which have been contaminated with nuts and sesame.
Any nuts or sesame brought to school premises will be appropriately disposed of.
Please help us to ensure that all our pupils are safe during the school day.
“An important part of our ethos is the provision of hot, fresh, nutritious meals. Sharing tasty, healthy school lunches is an integral part of the educational experience at an Avanti school"