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“Students that eat a healthy, well balanced diet are better able to concentrate within class and are more likely to be receptive to learning.”
The school canteen is run by Innovate Services Ltd. Innovate offer a varied menu of good nutritious food that students enjoy in keeping with our Healthy Schools status. The menu rotates every six weeks and provides good value. Snacks, drinks and main meals are available every day.
The canteen is open during morning break and lunch break.
All purchases of food and drink are made via the cashless catering system. Students are issued with a cashless catering card when they join the school. (There is a charge of £5 to replace lost or damaged cards).
Allergies and Dietary requirements
Thamesmead is a nut-free school and the canteen can also accommodate allergy and dietary requirements. Labelling of products is in line with Natasha’s Law – more details are in the flyer below.
Labelling of products in the school canteen – Natasha’s Law
Generation Juice – cutting down plastic bottle waste – please see details in the flyer below
A4 Generation Juice Flyer Innovate
Payments for School Meals/Cashless Catering
Parents can top up their child’s canteen account using the online Tucasi system. Year 7 students are given a link code to use the Tucasi system when they join Thamesmead. Cash/cheque payments are no longer accepted for the canteen. Students are issued a lunch card on joining the school that they present in the canteen to access funds that have been added to their account. (They also use this card for copying and printing services in school)
If a student loses their card, replacement cards can be purchased for £5 cash from the school office. Any balance on the account can then be transferred to the new card.
Online payments by credit or debit card for Innovate Services are processed by Cunninghams, and so your bank statement would display ‘Cunninghams’ for payments made for the canteen via Tucasi.
School Menus and meal deals below.
Canteen Open for Breakfast Mar 2024
Canteen Open After School Mar 2024
Innovate Halal & Non Halal Restaurant Menus
Blue Dot Meal Deal – Item List Sept 23
Innovate Homebaked & Sweet Treats Tariff Poster
Innovate Ice Cream Tariff Posters
Innovate Jacket Potato Tariff Poster
Innovate Salad Bar Tariff Poster
Innovate Grab & Go Tariff Poster
Innovate Cold Drink Tariff Poster
Hot and Cold Meal deal posters 2023
Free School Meals
If you think you might be eligible for Free School Meals, please complete this form and we will process your application as soon as we can. Daily credit is added to a student’s canteen account if they are eligible. Any daily allowance is always used before any additional funds that parents may choose to add to their child’s account.
FSM Application Form April 2020
Please send the completed form to info@thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk and we will check eligibility for you.
Eligible parents will receive vouchers from Club 4 via email to book activities for the school holidays. Guide at the link below.
Local Foodbanks
Surplus to supper – Sunbury Cricket Club TW165PS
Every weekend there is a surplus shop where you can pick up some surplus food in exchange for a small donation
Jubilee Church Shepperton TW179EE
bagsoffood@jubileechurchshepperton.org
St Saviours Church Sunbury TW167TP
community@stsaviourssunbury.org.uk
St John’s Church Walton KT123JQ
info@waltonhersham.foodbank.org.uk
The Beacon Church Chertsey KT169AS
info@runnymede.foodbank.org.uk
Salvation Army Ashford TW153JY
staines@salvationarmy.org.uk
St Peters Church Staines TW197ER
info@mannafoodbank.org.uk
The Pavilion Stanwell TW197ER
info@stanwellfoodbank.org.uk
Further Financial Assistance
If you are on a lower income you can get help with your Internet tariffs at home.
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https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/broadband-social-tariffs/