Canteen News
Hello from the Canteen
We are now halfway through term 2 and its starting to get cold now. Why not order one of our in-house hot cooked meals like lasagna or macaroni cheese. We also have pies and sausage rolls back in stock from our new supplier Balfours. As the year 5 & 6 students were on camp earlier this week, we recommended to Governing Council that the canteen close. We thank you for your understanding with this.
So that our canteen remains a viable business, it is necessary for us to make small price increases as they are passed on to us. The menu on QKR! will always be the most up to date, reflecting the correct prices and availability of items.
How can you help us to keep our price increases minimal and ensure we continue to open for 4 days each week? Place orders and volunteer! We really do need more parent volunteers so we can continue to bring you wonderful in-house cooked meals. You do not need to make a regular commitment to volunteer. Even helping us out when we have a canteen special and need volunteers to help cook really makes a difference. It can be one day a week or one day a month. It is all appreciated.
Student reminders
Students with frozen treat vouchers need to make sure they bring them to the canteen to be able to receive their treat. Treat vouchers are now being stamped and checked to ensure students get the correct items. When possible, please don't send children with notes larger than $10.00 unless you are ordering lunches for more than one child.
Stock and menu update
Most of our canteen items still remain on the menu. The crispy chicken wraps (available Tuesday and Wednesday only) continue to be very popular. Our QKR! menu has undergone a re-vamp, especially the sandwich menu. This is to make it simpler for parents and students to navigate and easier to order from. This menu will also show current availability and specials so please use QKR! to order if you can. Parents and students are also still able to come into the canteen to purchase food for lunches or a special treat from our frozen range.
Preschool
It has been great to see some preschool orders coming in the last few weeks! Preschool students are welcome to order lunches, drinks, and snack foods (unfortunately not frozen treats unless you are wanting to order one of our Birthday Buckets) however they must use QKR! to order because they do not bring a lunch tray to us in the mornings.
If you (parent/carer) need to do a preschool cash order you will need to visit the canteen in person between 9-9.30am to place the order. If you need help setting up QKR! please come in and see us in the in the canteen or the school office, we can help you do this. Any lunch orders will be delivered to the preschool at lunchtime by our team of year 5/6 helpers.
Ordering cut-off time
The cut-off time for QKR! orders is 8.50am each morning. Please check orders carefully and make sure you have selected the right day for your order. Sometimes QKR! gets overloaded and takes some time to process orders, so try not to leave ordering until the last minute! Any cash orders still need to be brought down in the class tray by 9.15am.
If you have pre-ordered food on QKR! and your child is going to be absent, please cancel the order by 9.30am or it will be charged for. (Applies to lunch food items only. Drinks, snacks, and ice-creams can be held until the next day) To cancel, ring the front office and ask to be transferred to the canteen. Children arriving late wanting to do cash orders will have limited choices and will not be able to order after 10.30am
Our CANTEEN needs YOU
We really need volunteers to keep the canteen running.
Volunteers enable us to cook our delicious and health meals onsite and keep our pricing LOW, students also love to see their families being involved in the school community. We welcome mums, dads, grandparents, carers etc., no experience is necessary. The canteen supervisor will guide you through the morning with preparation of lunches, bulk cooking or even cleaning, any help is greatly appreciated.
The canteen operates 4 days per week – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Our volunteer shifts are from 9.00am until Midday (once lunches have been distributed). It doesn’t need to be every week. Just times that suit your schedule!
A Working with Children Check is required but easily obtained and you also must complete a Volunteer Induction course online and the school will assist you with this. If you are able to give the canteen some of your time, please see Karran or Michelle at the canteen or email parent.support483@schools.sa.edu.au.