The School Day and Lunches

School Times

There is a member of teaching staff on the playground from 08:30am, school doors open at 8:45am and the school day begins at 9am

The school day ends at 3:30pm

Breakfast Club

Our Breakfast club is open every school day at the Grainthorpe site and begins at 7:30am. Children who attend from Marshchapel are transported to school on our minibus for the start of the school day.

Children are provided with a range of cereals, toast, fruit and juices.
There is always a varied selection of fun activities provided up until the start of the school day.

After School Club

We offer an after-school club until 5pm daily, this is also at Grainthorpe and any Marshchapel pupils who attend are brought over by our minibus.  

The children are given a healthy snack and entertained with a variety of activities which follow the children’s choices. Clubs are run by Mrs Alvarez with Mrs Wilson and Miss Brine.

Please contact the school office for more details.

School Meals

Our provider of School Meals is Good Lookin Cookin 
They provide a very high standard of meals for our children.   To order meals for your child/ren, you will need to create an account on their website:
Register With Good Looking Cookin (goodlookincookin.co.uk)

The children will be offered a variety of two course lunches each day and include theme days which appear on the menu for special occasions throughout the school year.  

At Marshchapel, your child is entitled to a free school meal if they are in Reception, Year 1 or Year 2. You will still need to order meals via the Good Looking Cookin website

Order Deadline - Thursday morning at 10am the week prior to meals being required.  Orders for the first week after each half term, must be placed before Thursday afternoon at 3pm during the final week of the previous term.

More about Good Lookin Cookin (PDF)

Healthy Packed Lunches

School meals are a great choice, but if parents/carers prefer to make a packed lunch, please look at the range of quick, easy healthier lunchbox ideas and tips:
Lunchbox ideas and recipes – Healthier Families - NHS (www.nhs.uk)