St. Brigid’s has a healthy lunch policy. Please do not give your child sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks or crisps or popcorn for lunch.
St. Brigid’s GNS is a nut-free school as some of our students have serious nut allergies. Please ensure your daughter’s lunch has no nuts or nut products. We request that the following items would be excluded from your daughter’s snack / lunch in school :
- Peanuts
- Peanut butter
- Nutella
- Bars etc which contain nuts or nut traces
- Yogurts containing nuts (e.g. Hazelnut yogurt)
- Bread / cakes containing nuts.
- All “Kinder” bars / products should be excluded as they are made in a factory which uses hazel nuts extensively and could be contaminated by hazelnut dust, even if nuts are not listed in the ingredients section.
The welfare of all our pupils is of the utmost importance to us and we request your full co-operation relating to the above.
Lunch should provide one third of your child’s food requirements for the day. The most effective way to plan a healthy lunch is to include one food from each of the food groups – one piece of fruit, milk/yoghurt, two slices of bread and meat / poultry /cheese. This will aid your child to stay focused and aid their energy levels throughout the whole day.
Chewing gum is not allowed in school.