School Day

Opening Hours

Our school gates open from 8:45am each morning, and close at 9:00am. After this time, children should come in through the office. School is open for 32 hours 30 minutes per week.

Reception		Key Stage 1		Key Stage 2
Children do not have a designated morning breaktime in Reception, but have a rolling snack throughout the morning.		Break	10:25am to 10:40am	Break	10:45am to 11:00am
Lunch	11:45am to 1:00pm	Lunch	12:00pm to 1:00pm	Lunch	12:10pm to 1:10pm

School finishes at 3:30pm each day.

Lunchtime Arrangements

Children can either bring a packed lunch or have a hot school lunch, which currently costs £2.80 and is both ordered and paid for online via the SCOPAY website or app under the balances/dinner money tab.

ALL Key Stage 1 children (Years R, 1 & 2) are offered school lunch FREE OF CHARGE and we would encourage parents to take advantage of this. These meals will still need to be ordered in advance and online.

Lunch Menu

Allergen Free Menus

Allergen free lunches are an integral part of our catering provision, whether as a result of an ethical or religious belief or a food intolerance or allergy. To register any requirements please complete the Aspens allergy & lifestyle notification form and return to the school office as soon as possible. Please note, Aspens can only feed your child from the allergen free menu if you register them as having an ethical or religious belief or a food intolerance or allergy.

Allergy Free Menu Allergy & Lifestyle Notification Form

We ask parents not to include nuts or nut related products (e.g. peanut butter or Nutella) in lunchboxes as they pose potential risks to health with a number of children in school having serious nut allergies. We are also a sesame free school and ask you to check houmous ingredients and sushi for example, before adding into packed lunch boxes.

Please note that fizzy drinks, thermos flasks and glass bottles or containers of any kind are not allowed in school.

Food for Aspens school meals continues to be locally sourced wherever possible and Aspens are committed to the healthy agenda and to providing high quality food. Please check out the Family information pack.

Family Information Pack

Free School Meals Eligibility

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

Income Support
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
income-related Employment and Support Allowance
support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.

Applying for Free School Meals

There is an online service, where you can check your own eligibility for free school meals, or you can check on behalf of someone else.

To complete a check you will need the following information for yourself, or the person you are checking on behalf of:

Name, home address and email address.
National Insurance Number or National Asylum Support Service reference number.
Child's name, date of birth and school.

Find out if your child is eligible for free school dinners by following this link:

https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals/winchester

or pop into the school office and ask one of the team

Please ensure you have chosen your child's lunch choice on SCOPAY each day (by midnight the night before) or why not book for the whole week or even half termly. The menus are on a 3 week rotation. If your child will be having a packed lunch from home, please indicate this with the relevant option on SCOPAY also. If we do not see a lunch choice made for the day, we will assume your child has brought a packed lunch from home.

If you have any questions about our catering provision, please speak to a member of the office team.

Additional Information

For health and safety, we do not allow dogs onto the school grounds, and we ask you to please keep our neighbours in mind when parking at drop-off and pick-up times.

At the end of the school day, no child will be allowed to go home without an authorised adult. If your child is not collected by 3:30pm, they will be taken to wait at the school office. If you know you will be late collecting your child, please let us know. Years 5 and 6 are allowed to walk home independently - school must have permission on Arbor for this.