Moss Valley pupils having lunch
Moss Valley pupils having lunch

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The School Day & Meals

Please see below the timings for our school day.

Times
Description
8:30am Children and families welcomed onto the playground
8:45am Doors opened, children make way to their classrooms
8:45am - 9:00am Chat and Play. All children must be in their classrooms by 8:45am for registration.
8:55am Schools gates are locked
10:50am - 11:00am Break time for all year groups
11:40am Lunch starts for our youngest children (Nursery and Reception)
12:00pm - 1:00pm  Lunch for Years 1 - 6
1:00pm Afternoon sessions starts for all year groups
3:15pm School day finishes
3:15pm - 4:15pm After school clubs offered

School Meals

At Moss Valley we are extremely fortunate to have our own on-site kitchen and a team of highly experienced school cooks. The meals are prepared daily and served to the children in our school hall.

The menu runs on a four week rotation system. You can download copies of our school menus on this page.

Meal Prices

Reception to Year 2 – (Universal Free School Meals)

Year 3 to Year 6 – £2.10 a day (£10.50 per week)

Meals can be paid for on a Monday morning, £10.50 for the week. If your child is on packed lunches they can pay £2.10 for a hot meal on our special ‘Fishy Friday’ lunch.

Packed Lunches

Children at school should have about a third of their daily nutrient requirements at lunchtime. This means they need food that is going to provide them with enough energy, protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals.

A healthy packed lunch should contain a variety of foods. 

A good packed lunch contains:

  • A starchy food, such as bread, rolls, pitta bread, naan bread, potatoes, rice, noodles.
  • A good source of protein, iron and zinc such as meat, fish, beans, nuts or eggs.
  • A good source of calcium such as milk, cheese, yoghurt or fromage frais.
  • And one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetable or salad to provide all the other vitamins and minerals.

Magic Breakfast

Moss Valley is proud to be in partnership with Magic Breakfast, providing healthy breakfasts to our pupils so that they are settled and ready to learn.

Magic Breakfast provides Moss Valley with nutritious breakfast food to ensure children start their school day in the best possible way. Breakfast gives children the energy needed for the busy school morning, enabling them to focus on their lessons.

Our breakfast provision is free to all children and is offered during Chat and Play. Toasted bagels, cereal, milk and fresh juice are available in all classrooms.

Click here for more information about our partner - Magic Breakfast

Evolve Payment System for School Dinners

It is the responsibility of all parents/guardians to order their child/ren's dinners at home through Salford's Online Evolve system. The cut off time is 9am on the day that the meal is required.

To log into your child's account you must go to Evolve by clicking here.

Please make sure payment is made by the Monday.

Ordering meals

To order meals for your child you will need to click on Service, and from the drop down list choose Primary meals:

If you are not already in your child’s account the screen will ask Who’s Eating, allowing you to click on a name
The school menu will open and defaults to the current day
PC/ Laptop View – with the days of the week down the right hand side of the screen

Phone or Tablet view - with the days of the week at the bottom of the screen on tabs.

To select a meal click on the picture. The meal choice will turn red on the main screen:
And will be added to your meal list on the left PC/ Laptop view

Phone and Tablet View: You can see the meals selected on the course headers. These headers also open and close up when you press on the arrows.

Note: All meals have allergen and dietary information next to their picture, to see what the icons stand for just click/ press on them.

Once all meals have been chosen click/ press on Add to Basket
The number next to the basket tells you how many meals you have added.

Once you have added to the basket all your meal choices will be highlighted in yellow. This is to show they have been selected but not yet processed.
Now click on the basket to make any payments and process your meal selections:
Before you click on Process you can Remove any items that you no longer want, or Save an item that you do not want to process yet.

Once you are ready to order click on Process, if you do not pay for your school meals you will see a message thanking you for your order
If you do pay for school meals you will be taken to the payment page.
After entering your card details you can choose for your card to be remembered. If you choose this option you will be asked to enter your phone number for security details.
     

Reviewing Allergies and Dietary Preferences

Your activation letter will also tell you if there are any food allergies or dietary preferences recorded against your child.
If these are wrong or incomplete you need to change these in the system, so that your child only sees meals that are applicable to them.
To change these you will need to click on Accounts in the top right of your screen and choose your child’s name.
You will notice once you have chosen a different Account name the name shown in the top left of the screen will change also.
Now go to Settings on the menu on the right hand side of your screen. (If using a Phone or Tablet click on the 3 black lines in the top left to open your menu options up)
To change any of these Settings click on Edit.
Please note that under Allergies only the 14 legally required allergens are listed, if you need to be more specific please speak to your school.

You can change these allergens and Dietary Preferences at any time if needed.