School Canteen
Healthy Eating
The school promotes a healthy balanced diet to help children stay focused and attentive during the school day. All children need to have a mid-morning snack. We encourage fruit and vegetables, and would ask you not to send your child with chocolate, crisps or sweets of any kind.
*The school has a NO NUTS policy due to the number of children who suffer from nut related allergies.
FS - Year 4
Children can bring in a packed lunch with their familiar foods from home. Alternatively, they can have lunch provided by the canteen, which is delivered to the classroom as a packed snack and lunch.
Year 5 onwards
Children will have the option of packed lunch or use the online top-up/tap & go catering service provided by the school canteen.
- Online Meal Plan (FS-Y4)
- Online Top Up/Tap & Go (Y5 onwards)
- You can pre-order online from our wide variety of hot and chilled food and drinks menu.
- Please look through the options with your children before placing orders as there are a lot of options that you will become familiar with over time.
- All menu items include the price, full ingredients and allergies are highlighted in red for ease.
- The hot lunch menu can be seen by clicking ‘View Menu.’
- Once you have confirmed your child’s choices you can proceed to the payment.
- Orders can be placed weekly, monthly or termly.
- Orders must be placed by 10am on Sunday for the week ahead.
- If you miss the deadline please provide packed meals for your children that week.
- If your child is absent, you can cancel the order from your personal online account and the funds will move to an online wallet for future use.
- Please note SBS and TSC staff cannot cancel the meals, this can only be done from your own personal account by 7am that day.
- Pupils will be provided with a card from Safa British School.
- They must bring the card to the school canteen to purchase meals during snack and lunch break. If the card is lost, your child must report this to SBS Reception.
- To set up your account please visit Tuck Shop Website to set up your personal account and top up your children’s cards.
- As soon as your children’s cards have been topped up, they can start using them.
- Pupils will tap the card readers, their photo, balance and any allergies they may have will be shown on the screen for our staff to see.
- The value of the chosen items will be deducted and the next pupil served.
- You will receive automated emails when the balance is low alerting you to top-up.
- You can view your child’s balance and purchase history at any time directly for your account.
- Pupils that have no food, have not placed an order or have insufficient funds on their account will be asked to visit reception to call their parents to top-up. Reception will give the student a yellow card to bring back to the canteen, they will then be provided with a lunch item which will be deducted once the card is topped-up.
- Please note if the card has not been topped up before the third meal, parents will be called and asked to bring in a packed lunch or top-up instantly so that the previous meals can be deducted and a lunch meal served. Please try to avoid this, as it slows the lunch service down and even though we try to reassure children, it can cause some distress.
Lost Tuckshop Card? Request a Replacement Here
If your child misplaced their Tuckshop card, simply fill out this form to request a replacement.
Cashless Canteen Service
Welcome to the Tuckshop Cafe at Safa British School
Our menus are freshly prepared daily in the SBS on-site kitchen. This allows us to prepare additional food to avoid running out, it also allows us to top up fresh food for each break and for after-school activities. Rather than transporting food in delivery vans, we believe preparing on-site to be a safer, more hygienic and fresher experience for the students. All meals will be served from the SBS pre-packed in eco-friendly packaging with bio-degradable cutlery.
Our daily menus include non-vegetarian, a vegetarian hot meal of the day, whole-wheat pasta with our protein-rich vegan tomato sauce or beef bolognaise. Our hot and cold snack options include pitta pizzas, quesadillas, fruit pots, freshly baked banana bread, and more. Our pitta pizzas and quesadillas are made with our tasty protein-rich tomato sauce which includes lentils and a blend of many vegetables to add protein, fibre, flavour and nutritional goodness.
Research shows that a healthy lunch time meal helps concentration and learning ability in the afternoon. We believe in a pleasant environment for students, our staff are friendly, knowledgeable and helpful when serving.
We are passionate about creating the best school meals for students of all ages and look forward to providing your children our new dining experience.
FRESH
All meals are made fresh everyday on SBS site
HEALTHY
Meals are nutritious, nut free, sesame free and varied
EASY
Meals that are easy to grab and go