Lunch Times:

• Grade 1 to 4: Monday - Thursday 12:28 PM - 1:12 PM (no lunch on Friday as 12:39 PM dismissal)
• • 12:28 to 12:48: Grade 1 & 2 students eating, Grade 3 & 4 students outside
  • 12:48 to 1:12: Grade 1 & 2 students outside, Grade 3 & 4 students eating

Students will eat in both their classrooms and in the Gathering Space. The organization and schedule for classes may change throughout the year.

A reminder that students are not to share food or drinks

Lunch Supervision

We provide lunch supervision for walk limit and bused students. As such, the CBE sets and reviews these fees on an annual basis. Information about fees and lunchroom registration is available through the school office or our Lunch Supervision page. All students must be registered prior to attending the lunch program. 

A “Drop in” service is made available for families in an emergency situation. The cost of the drop in service is reviewed annually and made available by contacting the school office. Student safety is always first and foremost and as such we appreciate as much notice as possible if a child needs to stay for lunch or if a child that normally attends the lunch program will not attend on a given day.

The Lunch Supervision Program has its own daily routines and guidelines that are consistent with the common expectations and discipline practices outlined in the handbook. Tax receipts will be issued and may be claimed as childcare expenses on annual income tax documents. 

Lunch Behaviour Guidelines

Students are expected to behave in a respectful, courteous manner during the lunch period. Generally students must:

• Remain seated while eating, engaging in quiet conversation
• Dispose of garbage appropriately in containers provided
• Participate in clean up of the lunch area
• Engage in appropriate indoor activities
• Request permission to leave the lunchroom area
• Show respectful behavior to the adults and other students in the lunchroom
• Engage is safe and respectful behaviour when outside over lunch break

Litter-less Lunches

We would ask families to have a litter less lunch.  This will help to minimize the amount of mess and movement in the classroom. This will also help students to understand the importance of reducing our impact on our environment.  Any items brought to school in their lunch bags will be returning home at the end of the day.

As we have many children in our lunchroom program, please label your child’s containers, drinking containers and lunch kits.  As a part of our lunch program, the students are outside for approximately 30 minutes per day. Please ensure your child is dress appropriately for all types of weather. When inclement weather occurs, (below -20 degrees Celsius or raining) the students stay inside in designated areas. 

Healthy Hunger | Fun Lunches & Snack Day

Royal Oak School has chosen to become a Healthy Hunger school. We have chosen Healthy Hunger for 4 main reasons:

• Convenience: No more Paper Order Forums, or need for exact change
• Pay for your meals On-line Pay online using Visa, MasterCard, or Interact Online with TD Canada Trust, BMO, Scotia Bank, and Royal Bank
• View all up-coming order dates: Never get caught by surprise last minute. Keep up to date on all up-coming orders.
• Security: Our Payment Gateway is PCI Compliant, and we adopt the highest standards in Payment Security.

This allows our Fun Lunch Coordinators the ability to offer more options to our children, support dietary needs and raise funds for school events. Families are able to order or make changes to their orders (even cancelling them, if required) up to 5 days prior to the event. This flexibility is ensures that any mistakes can be easily fixed.

Allergies

Royal Oak School will always strive to create and maintain a safe school environment. We recognize the growing need to balance the right and convenience of all students to eat what they like and the allergic child’s right to relative safety in the school setting. We hope that by being an Allergy Aware school we can continue to educate ourselves and the community to protect the dignity and personal safety of all our students.

We have a significant number of students at our students who live with allergies and food intolerances, some of which are life-threatening (e.g. nuts). As a result, we ask that students do not share food so that each family can control their own child’s food intake and as a school, we can support each child’s safety. Our staff is trained in how to respond in case of an allergic reaction and we would also ask for parent support. Please assist us by:

• Avoiding sending nuts, and nut products such as Nutella, to school. Parents will be notified if other foods are identified as life threatening for our students.
• Emphasizing the importance of only eating foods sent from your home
• Helping your child understand the discomfort and potentially life threatening nature of allergies.

To further reduce the risk and young children’s emotional upset related to their sense of fairness, we ask that you help reduce the risk by not sending treats into your child’s classroom, carefully reading the labels of products that you include in your child’s lunch and encouraging good hand washing practices. See more on our Illness & Medical page.