At Somervale School, our dedicated, friendly Catering Team works hard to create new and exciting meals for our students at the school as well as producing a wide range of hot and cold meals and snacks to suit all tastes. The canteen is open to students at break time and lunchtime.
If you have any questions about the menus or have special dietary requirements, please contact our Catering Manager via Main Reception on 01761 414276.
Click here to view the three week rotation menu.
What is cashless catering?
Cashless catering is a computerised system which removes the need for cash to be used at the till in the canteen. Spending is recorded in the student’s account by a lunch card. The luch card allows recognition of each individual student, holds individual cash balances, records cash spent and cash received.
Money can be put into the system by credit/debit card via the Internet using our Arbor system.
What is a Cashless System?
At the heart of the cashless system is a computer controlled program which will:
How are students recognised by the system?
Each student will have a lunch card with an individual code to their account.
How is this then used to obtain a school meal?
The student simply places their card on a scanner at the point of sale; a display will show the kitchen supervisor the student’s name, class and current cash balance held within the system. The selected food items will be entered into the system from an itemised keyboard while the amount spent and the new cash balance will show on the display.
Payments for all trips and visits are online using our Arbor system. The Arbor payment system will not only create a new payment option for parents, but it will also record and store details of all financial transactions quickly and efficiently. On starting at the school you will be provided with a username and password to use once the app has been downloaded.
If you have any queries regarding Arbor payments or have not received your user name and password details, please contact Somervale School Reception.
