School meals and breakfast clubs

Breakfast Club

Only some of the county's primary schools have a breakfast club. Contact your school for more information. 

There is a cost of £1 per child for the child care element before the breakfast club. You must pay £1 for your first and second child. There is a discount for families with 3 or more children in primary school.

£2 a day is the maximum a parent will pay.

You must book a space through your Gwynedd Council on-line account.

 

School lunch

Primary schools: 2 courses - free for all children in Reception up to Year 6.

Pay primary school dinner on-line

Parents guidelines: pay your school online


Secondary school: Prices vary – please contact the school directly

 

Free school meals

From September 2023, every primary school in Gwynedd will offer free school meals for all children in Reception up to Year 6.

By 2024 all primary school children in state schools in Wales will get free school meals.

Free school dinners are also available for some pupils from low income families. To find out if your child is eligible, go to the Free school meals web page.

If you receive any of the qualifying benefits, you should still register for free school meals through the Local Authority as you may be entitled to grants such as school uniform and PE kits. 

 

What is there for lunch? 

Primary schools

School lunch
  MondayTuesday Wednesday  Thursday Friday
 Week 1

Bubblecrumb

Salmon fillet  

(v) Filled jacket potato

cheese

baked beans & salad

potato wedges


 

Pineapple sponge & custard

 Pork meatballs in tomato sauce 

(v) vegetable sausage in tomato sauce broccoli & cabbage 

pasta 

 

 

 

 

Oaty biscuit & milk

 Roast turkey or beef 

(v) quorn roast

or fillet 

carrots & swede

roast potato

gravy 

 

 

 

 Ice cream

& chopped peaches

 Beef bolognese

(v) quorn bolognese

sweetcorn & peas

pasta 
salad 

 

 

 

Chocolate & banana cupcake & milk

Bbq chicken &

spinach wrap

(v) Bbq quorn &

spinach wrap

salad 

chips 

 

Strawberry whip with coulis & raisins
 Week 2

fish bites

(v) fishless fingers

baked beans or

broccoli & salad

potato wedges

 

 

 

Chocolate sponge &

chocolate custard

 sausage pasta bake

(v) vegetable sausage

pasta bake

sweetcorn &

green beans

garlic bread

 

 

 

 

Shortbread &

banana pieces

 savoury minced

beef

(v) quorn mince

with a yorkshire

pudding peas &

carrots, creamed

mashed potato

 

 

 

Yogurt &

apple pieces

 chicken pie

(v) quorn & vegetable

pie

broccoli & cabbage

boiled or new

potatoes

gravy

 

Fresh fruit salad & dream topping

(v) cheese & tomato pizza

vegetable sticks

beetroot

chips

 

 

 

 

Apple crumble muffin

& milk   

 
 Week 3

v) Mac ‘n’cheese

(v) Neopolitan bake garlic bread

peas & pepper sticks

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate krispie square

 

 Fish stars or breaded salmon fillet

(v) Fishless finger baked beans or salad

creamed mashed potato

 

 

 

 

Sticky toffee sponge & custard

 Roast pork

(v) quorn roast or fillet

apple sauce & gravy roast potatoes or boiled potato carrots & broccoli

 

 

 

 Cheesecake & mandarins

Chicken korma

(v) Vegetable korma peas & sweetcorn

rice naan bread

 

 

 

Rasberry bun & milk

Beef burger in a bun

(v) Quorn fillet in a bun chips

coleslaw & cucumber

 

 

 

 

Yogurt & apple pieces

 
CThe Gwynedd Primary Schools Summer Menu meets the The Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013. And has been approved by the Welsh Local Government Association’s School Food Co-ordinator.

  • A fresh drink of water is available  to all at lunchtime. Fruit is available every day as an alternative to the pudding. Bread (without spread) is available throughout lunch. Oil free potatoes are offered as an alternative to chips and roast potato. We prepare food from the original ingredients and we do not knowingly use food that has been genetically modified.

 

Secondary schools

  • every secondary school in the county offers a variety of fresh hot and cold food every day.
     

Milk

A third of a pint of milk is provided every day, free of charge to:

  • pupils Under the age of 5
  • Key Stage 1 Pupils (National Assembly for Wales Initiative)
  • pupils in special schools
  • any pupil of primary age who requires milk on medical grounds in respect of when a certificate has been submitted by the School’s Medical Officer.

Key Stage 2 pupils can purchase a third of a pint of milk for 10p.

 

Pupils bringing sandwiches

A beaker, plate and drinking water is provided for pupils who choose to bring their own food.

 

Eating Healthily

Every school in Gwynedd is part of the healthy schools’ scheme. For more information go to the Gwynedd Healthy Schools website.