We have had a lot of enquiries in relation to the new lunch menu switchover, not being able to access the lunches….. app looking for codes etc. We do not have any codes as they were to be given out directly to parents/guardians from Glanmore Foods.

If you have changed your email address or contact number, please let the school know so we can update our records and please inform Glanmore Foods if you have changed your email address. 

Glanmore Foods can be contacted by telephone on 01-8976026  

or by email at hotmeals@glanmorefoods.ie  

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Below is the correspondence we received from Glanmore Foods on 30th August 2024:

A Chara, 

We hope you enjoyed your summer break and that the new school year has gotten off to a positive start.  We apologise for any frustration with the roll-out of our new menu which didn’t go to plan.  We will endeavour to resolve any issues you or parents may have, we will continue to help in any way with the transition to the new menu.

We sent an email before the break to let you know we would be changing our menu to move to a compliant menu in line with the Healthy Ireland guidelines as set out by the Department of Social Protection.  We also communicated that we would set up a default menu, so no child is left without a meal on the first few days of school. It was decided to rotate the default menu options, however after feedback from schools and parents today we understand this has caused some confusion and frustration, this was not our intention and we will revert to Baked Potato and Beans as the default option every day until the student has selected their menu.

We realise this has not been an ideal start to the school year, but we have made these changes with the best intentions for all and the feedback on the new menu has been extremely positive.

We will continue to work with your school to make sure that parents have access to their child’s menu selections via the App.  We believe the App is the most efficient way to communicate directly with parents and it will allow them to change selections for their child as often as they wish, it will also allow us to make menu changes more regularly and efficiently to avoid menu fatigue.

We will continue to work on our side to ensure as many students have selected a menu.  If you haven’t sent us a list of email addresses for parents, can you forward them to the office so we can input them and send login details directly to parents.

If you need any more information or we can assist in any way, please contact your Area Manager.

Kind regards,

Anthony Nugent

Operations Manager

 

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HOT LUNCHES

Lunchtime is an important part of the day for the pupils and an opportunity for them to learn valuable lessons that will benefit them throughout their lives. 

Here in St. Bernadette’s SNS, we are lucky to receive free school lunches in line with the Urban School Meals Scheme. All of our children are supplied with a free morning snack and a free hot meal in the middle of the school day. 

The children choose from a long, varied list with a choice to have something different every day. Parents can help children order from an extensive range of healthy and nutritious snacks and hot lunches.

Simply login on to the Glanmore Foods website with your personal access code to order your child’s lunch.

To change your child’s lunch please click the    Login Area   picture below to log in to change your child’s lunch. You can change your child’s lunch as often as you like.

If you are registering or cannot remember your log in info call Glanmore Foods on 01-8976026. They will advise you of your log in name and your password. 

The school does not have this information. 

 

  • Children need a good breakfast to start the day, and plenty of time to eat it. Hunger can make them sleepy, and also makes it difficult for them to concentrate and learn at school.
  • Lunches are provided in the school – sandwiches, fruit, yoghurt drinks and crackers are included in this, as well as water and milk. There is no need to send a lunch in for your child, unless you deem the school lunches to be unsuitable.
  • If you do send a lunch for your child, please ensure that it is healthy, as we have a Healthy Eating Policy in our school.
  • We are a Green Flag school and so are trying to decrease the amount of rubbish that we produce. For that reason, we ask you to send in an empty lunchbox in your child’s schoolbag, so that they can bring home their leftovers.
  • We ask all children to have their own water bottles which can be refilled in the school.

We encourage healthy eating in our school community. Milk and water are the only permitted drinks. Both are available free in school. 

The wide and varied menu provides a choice of 5 different meals per day – 25 choices in a week!
It also provides vegetarian or vegan options that cater for pupils’ religious and/or dietary requirements.
The children can choose between chicken tenders, beef, lasagne, roast chicken with vegetables and gravy, chicken curry, Chicken Korma, vegetarian sausages and baked fish fingers, to name but a few.
Parents and guardians can help their child choose their daily meals at home online.

 

 

Here is the menu that the pupils can choose from

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