Stir Food is delighted to be the chosen caterer that will provide lunchtime meals to the
children at Clipstone Brook Lower School. We’re really looking forward to welcoming
them into the dining room and serving them delicious, home-cooked food.

Menu Highlights:

Fresh and Local
We are proud supporters of local and regional farmers. There are so many incredible producers right on our doorstep, so we make the most of it! This has lots of benefits, including supporting the local economy, safeguarding local jobs, telling important stories about local farming families and of course, ensuring we’ve got the best, freshest ingredients on our menus!

It also helps us to be sustainable – we’re passionate about enhancing our customers’ lives and that means helping combat climate change to support their futures. We use local, seasonal, traceable ingredients in our menus to reduce the carbon footprint of our services.

Menu

At Clipstone Brook you have the Pupils Choice Extra Menu for Primary schools includes a daily choice of four menu choices including:

• A meat or fish option
• A vegetarian option
• Alternate options of Jacket potatoes with varied fillings or Pasta options.
• Dessert (including fruit)
• Medical need meals

Making Nutrition Clear and Accessible
We believe that transparency is key when it comes to the food we serve. Parents should feel confident
about what their children are eating, and pupils should be able to make informed choices about their
meals.
Stir Food wants to make sure everyone knows what’s in their food. We use simple icons on our menus.
These icons show things like if a meal is high in protein, vegetarian, or good for your gut. This analysis is
done by qualified Nutritionists . This helps parents easily see what their kids are eating, and it helps
students learn about healthy choices in a simple way. We believe knowing what’s in your food makes
everyone happier and healthier.
For parents, this means an easy way to compare meals at a glance, ensuring they align with their child’s
dietary needs. For students, it’s a way to build awareness of balanced eating in a way that’s straightforward and engaging. By making nutrition more visible and accessible, we’re empowering children to make healthier choices and giving parents peace of mind.

Allergy Management

Stir is committed to providing meals for children with special diets for medical and cultural requirements.
It is essential that all parties concerned work together when providing a safe, special diet and that this is
reviewed with every menu change. Therefore, please ensure this form is fully completed.
If the parents and Head teacher are happy, we will also display a ‘Food Allergy Record Sheet’ and a photo of the child on the kitchen wall near the server.

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School dinners are free for all children who qualify for Pupil Premium and those from reception to year 2 otherwise they cost:

£2.70 per day 
£13.50 weekly 
 

Pupil Premium (Free School Meals)

Depending on a families personal circumstances children may qualify for Pupil Premium (Free School Meals).  

The government gives the school additional funding for every pupil premium child so it is very important that every child, regardless of year group, registers if they qualify.  Although every child in Reception class, Year 1, and Year 2 in any state-funded school will get a free school meal every day older children can also get free school meals, but you have to apply. Your child will get a free school meal if you receive a qualifying benefit.

Children in our nursery may be eligible too. If they are they will receive a free school meal on the days they attend school for a full day. 

Regardless of the year group it is important that you apply for pupil premium if you qualify.  The additional funding not only supports the school it can help you too!  It helps us fund any additional learning support your child may need in class.

In order to claim FSMs a parent must be claiming one of the following benefits:

• they are 3 or 4 years old and receiving government-funded Free Entitlement in any OFSTED registered childcare provider and their parents are in receipt of one or more of the benefits used to access eligibility for free school meals
• Universal Credit
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State 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 Credits

or if they have been:

• looked after by the local authority for at least one day
• have been adopted from care in the local authority
• have left care through special guardianship; and subject to a child arrangement order setting out with whom the child is to live (formerly known as residence orders) in Central Bedfordshire

If you think that you are eligible to apply for FSMs for your child, or if you are not sure, you may want to contact the CBC Customer Services helpdesk on 0300 300 8000 to advise you. Please have your National Insurance number available when you ring.

Alternatively,  if you do qualify please contact CBC on 0300 300 8306 to apply.

Please click here to find out if you might qualify. 

Packed Lunches

Ever struggle to know what to put in your child’s lunch box to make sure it is healthy and varies day by day?  Have a look at healthy packed lunches for ideas and for further practical guide to packed lunches.