School Dinners
School dinners.
Our kitchen team make every effort to cater for your child's needs at lunchtime.
Our kitchen runs on a 2 week cycle to ensure that children receive a varied diet with a vegetarian choice being available each day. Please see our 2 week menu below.
Week 1 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Mains options | Beef burger / cheese burger Falafel Burger and yoghurt & mint dressing | Bolognese and garlic bread Veggie Bolognese and garlic bread | Chicken Korma with naan bread Vegetable korma with naan bread | Roast sausage with yorkshire pudding Quorn sausages with yorkshire puddings | Fish Fingers |
Carbohydrates | Herby diced potatos Mashed Potato | Pasta Mashed potato | Rice Chips Mashed potato | Mashed potato New potato | Chips New Potatos Mashed potato |
Vegetables | Sweetcorn Peas Baked Beans Salad | Sweetcorn Peas Baked Beans | Broccoli Cauliflower | Sweetcorn Carrots Peas Salad | Sweetcorn Peas Salad |
Dessert options | Fruit Yoghurt Cheese and biscuits | Jelly and ice cream with peach slices | Fruit Yoghurt Cheese and biscuits | Raspberry ripple ice cream roll with mandarin oranges | Fruit Yoghurt Cheese and biscuits |
Week 2 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Mains options | Cheese and Tomato pizza Spicy bean casserole | Pork meatballs in a tomato sauce and garlic bread vegeballs in a tomato sauce and garlic bread | Chicken tikka masala curry and naan bread Four cheese tortellini in a tomato and basil sauce and garlic bread | Chicken with stuffing and gravy Quorn fillet with stuffing and gravy | Fish bites Vegetable nuggets |
Carbohydrates | Rice Potato wedges | Pasta | Rice | Roast potatos Mashed potatos | Chips Mashed potatos |
Vegetables | Sweetcorn Carrots Salad | Sweetcorn Salad | Sweetcorn Peas Salad | Sweetcorn Carrots Broccoli Salad | Sweetorn Peas Salad |
Dessert options | Fruit Yoghurt Cheese and biscuits
| Jelly and ice cream with peach slices | Fruit Yoghurt Cheese and biscuits | Raspberry ripple ice cream roll with mandarin oranges | Fruit Yoghurt Cheese and biscuits |
Free School meals
Primary and secondary school pupils will get free school meals if their family receives:
- Income Support
- Income Related Employment Support Allowance
- Income Based JobsSeeker’s Allowance
- Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit, or
- Child Tax Credit with an income less than £16,190
- Universal Credit if the net household earnings is less than £7400.
*Families who get Working Tax Credit do not qualify.
Once you submit an application, you will be notified in writing of the outcome.
If you are eligible for free school meals, your child’s school will be notified so that they can update their records.
Free school meals are awarded for each child separately and not for the household.
You do not need to re-apply if your child moves to another school in the borough. When we are advised by your child’s new school that they are a pupil there then we will amend our records and inform them of your eligibility.
Click here to apply for free school meals.
Changes from 1st April 2019
Any pupil eligible for free school meals on the 1st April 2019 will have their eligibility protected, and this will apply until the end of the rollout of Universal Credit (currently scheduled for December 2023), regardless of whether their circumstances change.
Any pupil who becomes eligible under the new criteria during the rollout of Universal Credit (from 1st April 2019 to December 2023) will also retain their eligibility until the end of Universal Credit rollout, regardless of whether their circumstances change.
Once the rollout of Universal Credit has completed, transitional protection will continue until the protected child comes to the end of their current phase in education, such as the end of primary or secondary school.
If you would like more information the Welsh Government have put together some useful informationExternal link opens in a new window.
For more information about free school meals please contact Cardiff Council on 029 2053 7250, email Email: freeschoolmeals@cardiff.gov.uk or
Packed Lunch.
Ty Gwyn follows the healthy schools initiative and therefore, encourage you to pack a healthy lunch for you child. We understand that due to your child's needs, there may be a limited amount of food they will eat but we are happy to keep trying different foods with them at lunch and snack time.
Below is some information on healthy lunch boxes: