Lunchtime is an important, social time in school. All of our children have lunch together in the hall. Classes 1 and 2 start their lunch at 12pm and have a head-start (because they are younger) before they are joined by Classes 3 and 4 at 12.15pm. Many have school lunches, cooked on-site by our caterers; Hampshire County Council Education Catering, whilst others have sandwiches. They are all mixed up together so they can enjoy social chat and interactions before going outside to play.

Table Manners and Role Models

We expect our children to use good table manners when eating. Our oldest children are great role models to our youngest ones - nothing helps a child learn better than another child! Our Year 6 children in particular will sit with their Year R buddies and role model using a knife and fork and eating politely. Of course our lunchtime staff are also there to help.

Cooked Lunch Choices

The menus for cooked lunches from Hampshire County Council Education Catering change seasonally through the year.  Current menus can be found below with a limited number of printed copies available in the school office.

In addition to this menu, Hampshire County Council Education Catering also offer alternating jacket potatoes and hot pasta - menu above.

Paying for cooked school lunches

Once your child moves up to KS2 their lunches are no longer free and will cost £3.20 each day. The preferred method of payment for school lunches is online via Arbor.  Website - Arbor.

If you haven't already registered your Arbor account please contact the office on adminoffice@upham.hants.sch.uk and they will send you a link to enable you to register. 

The account will enable you to make payments online for dinner money as well as trips and breakfast club. 

There is no minimum transaction amount and there are no transaction charges. Alternatively, cheques or cash can be brought in to the school office.

Free School Meals

Eligibility for free school meals depends on the circumstances of the parents or carers.

You will need to make a new application for each child but your information will be remembered to help you to complete multiple applications quickly. You will get an immediate response regarding eligibility after you've completed your application.

To check your child's eligibility for pupil premium or continued free school meals (from Key Stage 2), use the online checking facility

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

• your own name, date of birth, and contact details
• National Insurance number or National Asylum Seekers number
• child's name and date of birth
• school your child is attending or will attend

More Information from HCC Education Catering

If you would like to know more information about our caterers, including menus for children with food allergies, information about local food sourcing, nutritional information and food standards, please follow the link below:

Special Diets

Medical special diets are prepared for children at Education Catering schools who have been advised to avoid a certain food by a medical professional.

Special diets are managed through our dedicated special diet portal.