Pastoral Care
Healthy Eating

At St Peter’s, educating a child does not end in the classroom.  We firmly believe that learning about food is an important part of their development, as eating plays an important part in a person’s day-to-day life, not only as a means to provide the body with all the required elements to stay alive, but also because meal times are an important social occasion.  Pupils are taught all the essential facts about diet and the body’s needs, and this is complemented by the healthy, balanced meals that are cooked for them by our own kitchen staff. 

Furthermore, children eat together in the dining room under the watchful eye of the staff, which ensures that they eat sufficient quantity and quality and this also helps them to learn good table manners and etiquette whilst eating. 

Our menus are carefully devised to take into consideration the children’s likes/dislikes, repetition of choice, food colour, cooking methods, flavours and balance to provide variation and appropriate nutritional content.  Our food is freshly prepared daily, using the best ingredients that, where possible, are locally grown or sourced.  We also aim to use seasonal foods as much as possible and these changes are built into the menu every term.  We cater for most tastes and requirements, providing delicious hot and cold meals that are low in fat, sugar and salt and high in fibre, vitamins and minerals.  Just what growing children need!

In addition to the hot meal each day, there is a full salad bar which includes jacket potatoes, freshly prepared salad items, pasta, rice and cold meats and cheese. Due to the number of nut-related allergies and the risk of anaphylactic shock, we do not use or allow nuts to be brought into school.

Children may bring a snack in for mid morning break and this should consist of a piece of fruit, cheese and biscuits or a small sandwich, preferably with a healthy filling!

Devon is one of the richest counties in the country in terms of its production of high quality meat and crops and we are pleased and proud to be able to support the following suppliers:

Rosamondford Farm, Aylesbeare for all our beef and eggs

Kenniford Farm, Clyst St Mary for all our pork and pork products

T S Symons Butchers, Exmouth for all our other meat, including cooked