Nut Free School

We would like to inform parents/carers that St. Mary's School is now a nut free school, as we have several children who have severe nut allergies.

Children who suffer from nut allergies can develop a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.

If someone has a nut allergy, it is not just eating nuts that can cause a severe reaction, just being touched on the skin or smelling the breath of someone who has had nuts or a product containing nuts can trigger anaphylactic shock (which can cause breathing and swallowing difficulties).

First aid staff in the school are trained to use the Epi-pens (an injection of adrenalin) which is required immediately if this happens.

So please can we ask that you have no nut products in lunch boxes or brought into the school as treats eg:

• Peanut butter sandwiches
• Chocolate spreads eg Nutella
• Cereal bars
• Some granola bars
• Cakes that contain nuts
• Biscuits / Cookies that contain nuts
• Peanut butter cakes
• Some Asian food, including satay
• Sauces that contain nuts

This list is not exhaustive, so please check the packaging of products closely.

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.

School Dinners

• From 1 September 2022, a school lunch will cost £3.30 per day.  Payment to be made in advance on a weekly or half termly or termly basis through your Parentpay account. We can no longer accept cash or cheque.
• Non payment/arrears may result in your child being unable to receive a school meal, in which case a packed lunch would be required from home (please see the School Meal Debt Policy below). 
• In line with the school kitchen food ordering service, a minimum of 3 weeks notice is required if your child wishes to change from packed lunches to school meals.  This is to ensure adequate supplies are ordered.  Similarly, notification is also required if your child is changing from school meals to packed lunches.

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Please note that we cannot accommodate daily/weekly changes to children's meal patterns.