Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School & Nursery
School Meals - FSM's - HAF - Healthy Lunch Boxes - EYFS safe eating
Free School Meals (FSM'S)
Meals in our school
“We are proud to provide freshly cooked, nutritious meals prepared daily. We deliver fresh, seasonal, and sustainable food that helps our pupils stay energised and focused throughout the day.
Each day, students can choose from diverse meal options that cater to various tastes and dietary needs, featuring familiar family favourites and popular high street concepts. Throughout the school year, we also offer exciting themed day dishes.
Explore our latest menus and themed day promotions to see the range of options available for your child.
Allergens and Intolerances
Benedict’s Law
Shrewsbury Cathedral School is fully compliant with the safety protections set out for all schools in September 2026 under Benedict’s Law, named after Benedict Blyth. Benedict’s Law – Benedict Blythe Foundation
- All our staff hold up-to-date allergen training.
- We have clear policy in place and procedures for ensuring safety protection for all pupils, staff and visitors
- We have an emergency Auto-Injector on site (Epi-Pen’s)
- Individual Healthcare Plans and Allergy Plans are in place as required.
We arrange meetings (either face-to-face or via phone/Teams) with parents of children with food allergies or intolerances so that we can agree on the most appropriate menus for them to follow.
Diabetes
If your child has diabetes, and you need a meeting to discuss your child's individual requirements, please contact the school catering manager.
Drinking at school
Children are required to bring a water bottle to school each day pre-filled with fresh water. Fizzy drinks, juice and flavoured water are not permitted. Children can fill their water bottle throughout the day. We encourage all children to drink water to support their learning and promote a healthy lifestyle. Children are provided with a drink of water with their meal at lunchtimes.
Diabetes
If your child has diabetes and you need a meeting to discuss your child's individual requirements, please contact the school catering manager.
Food safety advice for children age 5 and under
How to reduce the risk of choking
Food preparation:
- remove any stones and pips from fruit before serving
- cut small round foods, like grapes, strawberries and cherry tomatoes, lengthways and into quarters
- cut large fruits like melon, and hard fruit or vegetables like raw apple and carrot into slices instead of small chunks
- do not offer raisins as a snack to children under 12 months – although these can be chopped up as part of a meal
- soften hard fruit and vegetables (such as carrot and apple) and remove the skins when first given to babies from around 6 months
- sausages should be avoided due to their high salt content, but if offered to children these should be cut into thin strips rather than chunks and remove the skins
- remove bones from meat or fish
- do not give whole nuts to children under five years old
- do not give whole seeds to children under five years old
- cut cheese into strips rather than chunks
- do not give popcorn as a snack
- do not give children marshmallows or jelly cubes from a packet either to eat or as part of messy play activities as they can get stuck in the throat
- do not give children hard sweets
Supervision
Infants and young children should be seated safely in a highchair or appropriately sized low chair while eating. Infants and young children should never be left alone while they are eating, and staff should be familiar with paediatric first aid advice for children who are choking.
The criteria for effective Paediatric First Aid (PFA) training can be found in the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage, Annex A.
Useful resources
Healthy Lunch Boxes