Canteen News

Hello from the Canteen

Term 1 is in full swing and flying by! We have been busy from the start, with a big cook-up day to start week 1, but we are sold out of our homemade lasagne already! We really need volunteers to help out in the canteen, to help keep our prices down and keep the in-house cooked meals on the menu. If you can spare even one day to help us with cooking it would be hugely appreciated. If you can help, please ask the front office for a volunteer pack to get started. 

Thank you to our current year 6 helpers and parent volunteers. We really value your help! Thank you also to all the families who supported us during swimming week by purchasing from the swimming specials menu. We hope your children enjoyed it. Keep an eye out for the Harmony Day Special flyer and also information about the special Sports Day menu.

When possible, please don’t send students with notes larger than $10 unless you are ordering lunches for more than one child, as the canteen does not keep a lot of change. Thank you.

Canteen menu update

The online QKR! menu shows current item availability so please use that to order when possible. We are aware there are still some ongoing issues with QKR! working on new Android phones and the issue is being worked on by QKR! Hopefully, it is resolved soon. Cash orders can still be placed in the tray if needed.

Have you spied the new item? We are trialling adding ham to the Mac and Cheese and would value your feedback. Ask your kids to let us know what they think. Hot chicken and mayo rolls are also back on the menu again. If you have other new menu ideas please let us know. As the term goes on we will continue to assess which items are popular and which are not and changes may be made.

Preschool

Preschool students are welcome to order lunches, drinks and snack foods (unfortunately not frozen treats except on special days) through QKR!  If you need to do a preschool cash order, please 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 canteen or via the school office, we can help you do this. Any lunch orders will be delivered to the preschool at lunchtime by our wonderful team of year 5/6 helpers.

Ordering cut-off time

The cut-off time for QKR! orders is 8:50am each morning. Please check that the date and child you are ordering for is correct to help avoid mix-ups and make sure you complete the payment before 8:50am. 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 and wanting to do cash orders will have limited choices and will not be able to order after 10 am.