School Lunch, Breakfast Club and After School Childcare Club

School Lunch - Main School Site - Reception to Year 6

On the main school site, we offer children the opportunity to have either hot meals which are cooked on the premises by Tower Hamlets catering staff or to bring their own packed lunch. Hot meals provided comply with national requirements for healthy eating in school.

In Years One to Six (Key Stage 1 and 2) meal supervisors supervise children during their lunchtime in the middle hall. Teachers who are having hot meals sit alongside the children at the tables. Meal supervisors supervise children in the playground and we always ensure that there are qualified first-aiders on duty.

Reception children eat lunch with the staff who teach them and they eat together in the middle hall before the older classes.

All primary meals (not Nursery) in Tower Hamlets are now offered to pupils free of charge. This has been possible by extending the Government’s Universal Infant Free School Meal scheme to Key Stage Two pupils too through the Mayor's Meals Scheme. 

Our menus are on a two weekly cycle and are revised every six months after the Autumn half term break and the start of the Summer term. All our menus meet or exceed the Government's food based guidelines.

If a child has a special dietary requirement we make every effort to accommodate this.

Please note that occasionally our cook may have to make menu changes at short notice (for instance if there is a problem with food deliveries) but we aim to keep this to a minimum.

Click here to download the current school Lunch Menu 

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Nursery Lunch on the Rachel Keeling Nursery site

Only full time (30 hours) Nursery children eat lunch in school. We know how important it is to ensure children have a positive experience of eating together.  Children enjoy their lunch in a family style service. They eat in Rose classroom with their friends. Children help set the table and clear it away afterwards. 
Because of the small number of children having lunch on the Nursery site, it is not viable to operate and staff a full kitchen, therefore it is a packed lunch only site.

If your child stays all day, please provide a healthy packed lunch. All children have access to fresh water and milk and are encouraged to enjoy their food, try something new and chat during this sociable experience. 
Nursery lunch is a calm and enjoyable experience. 

Packed Lunches on the Main School Site

From Reception onwards the vast majority of children have a daily hot lunch with very few children having a packed lunch. In conjunction with Tower Hamlets Healthy Schools Team and a dietician we have developed a Healthy Packed Lunch policy in order to ensure that all packed lunches brought from home and consumed in school (or on school trips) provide the pupils with healthy, safe and nutritious food.

The content of our packed lunch policy reflects the requirement of schools to meet minimum food and nutrition standards for school meals. Packed lunches should provide a nutritious, balanced diet to support the child’s learning and development.

Please click here to view our Packed Lunch policy.

Breakfast Clubs               

In order to support working parents we run two breakfast clubs, one on each site.  It is important to note that breakfast club charges includes childcare as well as food. Staff are specifically employed to be in the school office and run the breakfast club at this time. Breakfast club payments contribute to these costs, though they do not fully cover them, and as such are partly subsidised by the school and in the case of the main site, by the National School Breakfast Programme. 

Main School Site Free Breakfast Club - Reception to Year 6 -  8:20am to 8:50am

This Breakfast Club is funded by the National School Breakfast Programme. It:

• is based in the bottom hall.
• is open from 8:20am until 8:50am, when the school day starts.
• is free but if children arrive before 8:20am then there is a charge as it is only free from 8:20am until 8:50am.
• must be booked in advance on Arbor. 
• accommodates children from Reception to Year 6.
• is supervised by school staff.
• provides the following menu - scrambled eggs, beans, toast, porridge, a range of cereal, crumpets, pancakes, fruit, yoghurt, smoothies and juice.
• provides activities for the children.
• can be used by parents whenever they require childcare.

Main School Site Paid Breakfast Club - Reception to Year 6 -  7:45am until 8:50am

This Breakfast Club is partly funded by the National School Breakfast Programme with an additional charge to parents. It:

• is based in the bottom hall.
• is open from 7:45am until 8:50am, when the school day starts.
• is charged at £1.50 per day.
• must be booked in advance on Arbor. 
• accommodates children from Reception to Year 6.
• is supervised by school staff.
• provides the following menu - scrambled eggs, beans, toast, porridge, a range of cereal, crumpets, pancakes, fruit, yoghurt, smoothies and juice.
• provides activities for the children.
• can be used by parents whenever they require childcare.   Breakfast Club Menu

Rachel Keeling Site Breakfast Club - Nursery Only

This Breakfast Club:

• is based in Rose classroom.
• is open from 7:45am until 9am classes start 
• is charged at £3 per day
• accommodates 3+ children only. 
• is charged at a fixed rate regardless of the time children arrive.
• is supervised by school staff.
• provides the following menu - toast, porridge, a range of cereal, crumpets, pancakes, fruit, yoghurt, smoothies and juice.
• provides activities for the children.
• can be used by parents whenever they require childcare.

Bethnal Green After-School Club

This is a not-for-profit after-school childcare club which has been based at Globe since October 2015. The club is registered with Ofsted (2549328) and is run by a group of qualified staff. The club takes children from 3 to 11 years. It is not run by Globe but based within our premises, we do not allocate places or manage the provision. Children from other schools also attend. It runs from 3pm to 6pm daily in term time. It costs £13 per child, per afternoon. If you require a place, the details are below.

Directors: Lulu Grimes, Katrina Power, Chiho Sharp

Ofsted Registration URN: 2549328

Manager - Muna Hassan

Club's Mobile Phone Number: 07593 618663

Email: BGASCoffice@yahoo.co.uk

Website: www.begasc.com

Please click here for the After-School Club flyer.