School Dinners
At Downham we provide a hot lunch service for children every day. This service is contracted to ISS Caterhouse.
A meal costs £1.92 each day and cheques are made payable to Essex County Council. Please mark on the dinner money envelope which days your child requires a dinner and let your child hand the envelope to their class teacher, this should be handed in on Monday morning. Application forms for those families entitled to Free School Meals are available from the school office.
Every day the children are given a choice of meals and the menu is changed on a 3 weekly rotation basis.
The table below gives details of the menu avaliable each day.
Week 1: 3rd January, 23rd January, 20th February, 12th March
Week 2: 9th January 30th January, 27th February, 19th March
Week 3: 16th January, 6th February, 5th March, 26th March
Spring Term 2012 Menu
| WEEK ONE | Monday
| Tuesday
| Wednesday
| Thursday
| Friday
|
| Dish of the Day 1 | Pasta Boblognaise | BBQ Chicken Served with Rice |
Roast Turkey
served with Roast or New Potatoes | Chilli Con Carne Served with Rice | Fish Fingers served with Chips |
| Dish of the Day 2 | Jacket Potato topped with Cheese | Jacket Potato topped with Tuna Mayonnaise | Jacket Potato topped with Chesse & Beans | Salmon & Leek Fish Cakes | Jacket Potato topped with Chicken Mayonnaise |
Vegetarian Dish | Vegetable Curry Served with Rice | Cheesy Leek Pasta Bake | Quorn Sausages Served with Roast or New Potatoes
| Homemade Pizza with Topping of the Week | Cheese & Onion Quiche Served with Chips |
Vegetables | Vegetable Medley Green Beans | Vegetable Sticks Sweetcorn | Carrots Peas | Broccoli Sweetcorn | Vegetable Medley Baked Beans |
| Dessert | Fruity Ice Cream Pot
| Jam & Coconut Sponge Served with Custard | Fruity Flapjacks | Marble Sponge Cake Served with Custard | Fruity Shortbread Biscuit |
| WEEK TWO | Monday
| Tuesday
| Wednesday
| Thursday
| Friday
|
| Dish of the Day 1 | Sausages & Gravy Served with Mashed Potatoes | Chicken Curry Served with Rice | Roast Chicken Served with Roast or New Potatoes | Lamb Cobbler Served with New Potatoes | Fish Fingers served with Chips |
| Dish of the Day 2 | Jacket Potato topped with Cheese | Jacket Potato topped with Tuna Mayonnaise | Jacket Potato topped with Baked Beans | Jacket Potato topped with Ratatouille | Jacket Potato topped with Chicken Mayonnaise |
Vegetarian Dish | Cheese & Spinach Lasagne | Quorn Noodle Stir Fry | Quorn Pasta Bolognaise | Homemade Pizza
with Topping of the Week | Vegetable Chilli Served with Rice or Chips |
| Vegetables | Vegetable Sticks Sweetcorn | Vegetable Medley Green Beans | Broccoli Sweetcorn | Carrots Peas | Vegetable Medley Baked Beans
|
| Dessert | Cheese & Crackers | Lemon Drizzle Cake Served with Natural Yoghurt | Fruity Crumble Served with Custard | Rice Pudding Surprise | Chocolate Crispie Cake |
| WEEK THREE | Monday
| Tuesday
| Wednesday
| Thursday
| Friday
|
| Dish of the Day 1 | Homemade Burger Served in a Bun | Chicken Casserole Served with Dumplings | Roast Turkey served with Roast or New Potatoes
| Meat Burrito | Fish Fingers served with Chips |
| Dish of the Day 2 | Jacket Potato topped with Cheese | Jacket Potato topped with Tuna Mayonnaise | Jacket Potato topped with Baked Beans | Jacket Potato topped with Ratatouille | Jacket Potato topped with Chicken Mayonnaise |
Vegetarian Dish | Homemade Fafafel Burger Served in a Bun | Macaroni Cheese | Vegetable Sausages Served with Roast or New Potatoes | Homemade Pizza with Topping of the Week
| Cauliflower & Broccoli Cheese Bake Served with Chips |
| Vegetables | Vegetable Medley Green Beans | Vegetable Sticks Sweetcorn | Carrots Peas | Broccoli Sweetcorn
| Vegetable Medley Baked Beans |
| Dessert | Fruity Ice Cream Pot | Squash Sponge Served with Vanilla Yoghurt Topping | Fresh Fruit Salad Served with Natural Yoghurt | Mandarin Cheesecake | Fruity Jelly Pot |