Lunch Menus

Our menus are:

Gold Standard Food for Life award winning
Seasonal and changed twice a year
We have monthly theme days and we run fun cooking events to educate children about healthy eating and cooking

All key stage 1 (KS1) pupils, including reception children, are entitled to free school meals. Your child could also get free school meals if you are receiving certain benefits.

If your child has any special dietary requirements, please can you inform us as soon as possible.

Thurrock Catering

Every day more than 15,000 school meals are served in Thurrock.

Thurrock provide affordable, nutritious meals for local school children.

Over 75% of the food is made using local ingredients:

organic and traceable farm fresh British meat
200,000 kilograms of fresh fruit and vegetables every year
fish that is caught from sustainable sources

Breaktime Snacks

Bulphan Academy is part of the Government’s School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme. Under the scheme, each child aged four to six (Early Years and Years 1 and 2) receive a free piece of fruit or vegetable each school day.

All children are allowed to bring in the following snacks for breaktime:

Fruit
Dried Fruit e.g. raisins
Vegetables
Bread sticks
Plain crackers

Week 1 – Week commencing 17th April, 8th May, 29th May, 19th June, 10th July, 4th Sept, 25th Sept and 16th October

Week 1
	Red Band	Blue Band	Jacket Potato	Sides	Desserts
Monday	Pork Sausage with Mash Potato	Salmon Fingers with Mash Potato	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Peas	Ice Cream
Tuesday	Sweet & Sour Chicken with Rice	Tomato & Vegetable Pasta Bake	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Mixed Vegetables	Lemon Drizzle Cake
Wednesday	Roast Chicken with Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding	Roast Quorn Fillet with Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Fresh Carrots	Fruit Jelly
Thursday	Cheese & Tomato Pizza with Potato Wedges	Meat Free Sausage Roll with Potato Wedges	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Sweetcorn	Ice Cream Roll
Friday	Breaded Lemon Fish Bites with Chips	Vegetable Fingers with Chips	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Peas	Apple Crumble Cake with Custard

Week 2 – Week commencing 24th April, 15th May, 5th June, 26th June, 17th July, 11th Sept and 2nd October

Week 2
	Red Band	Blue Band	Jacket Potato	Sides	Desserts
Monday	Pork Sausage Hot Dog with Herby Diced Potatoes	Macaroni Cheese	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Sweetcorn	Fruit Smoothie
Tuesday	Chicken Burgers with Potato Crispers	Quorn Burger with Potato Crispers	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Baked Beans	Cocoa Sponge & Cocoa Sauce
Wednesday	Roast Gammon with Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding	Roast Quorn Fillet with Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Carrots	Fruit Jelly
Thursday	Cheese & Tomato Pizza with Potato Wedges	Quorn Dippers with Potato Wedges	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Sweetcorn	Lemon Shortbread
Friday	Fish Fingers with Chips	Tomato & Vegetable Pasta Bake	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Peas	Banana Muffin

Week 3 – Week commencing 1st May, 22nd May, 12th June, 3rd July, 18th Sept and 9th October

Week 3
	Red Band	Blue Band	Jacket Potato	Sides	Desserts
Monday	Beef Bolognese Bake	Quorn Vegan Balls in a tomato sauce with Pasta	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Peas	Frozen Yoghurt
Tuesday	BBQ Chicken with Rice	Quorn Vegetable Curry with Rice	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Green Beans	Fruity Iced Sponge
Wednesday	Roast Chicken with Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding	Roast Quorn Fillet with Roast Potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Broccoli	Fruit Jelly
Thursday	Cheese & Tomato Pizza with Potato Wedges	Quorn Dippers with Potato Wedges	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Sweetcorn	Carrot Cake
Friday	Fish Fingers with Chips	Cheese & Red Onion Quiche	Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, or Cheese or Beans	Peas	Rocket Ice Lolly