NUT FREE

All food entering the school must not contain nuts or nut products. This includes personal lunches and treats brought for others in the class. Food brought in as class treats for birthdays or other celebrations, must be store bought with labeling on the product which indicates the contents of the food and that it is nut free. No home baked items should be distributed within the class. We have students and staff with various food allergies, some of which are life threatening, and we want to ensure that any food that is distributed to our students is safe for all to eat.

EATING EXPECTATIONS

1. Remain in seats while eating lunch, leave tables clean.
2. Uneaten portions of lunch must be taken home.
3. There are 2, 20 minute eating times for Nutrition breaks.
4. Use environmentally friendly containers when possible.
5. Compost and recycle appropriate parts of your lunch.
6. Respect the lunch room supervisor’s directions.
7. Students who normally eat at school must hand in a note to the office (with the date and a parent’s signature) if they need to leave the school property.

FOOD AND BEVEAGE POLICY

We are now following the Ministry of Education’s new food and beverage policy which came into effect in September 2011. All food items sold to students must meet a certain standard level of nutritional content. Some of the products we have sold in the past have had to be altered or deleted for us to meet this standard. Check out the Ministry’s web site for more information on this topic.