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We are very excited to be part of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako (Healthy School Lunches Programme) where every student at Waihi College receives a free lunch, every day.
This programme is run in conjunction with Lunch by Libelle who provides the food for a locally employed team to assemble and distribute right from school. They have a Facebook page if you’d like to check it out.
Should you have any queries, please contact Mr Cochrane via phone on 07 863 8349 or by sending him an email.
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Libelle now offers a selection of 15 meals to choose from. Thirteen of these meals follow a recommended three week cycle incorporating varity, a mix of hot and cold meals as well as diversity in meal types.
Responding to popular demand, they are reintroduce pizzas and mac & cheese. Additonally, they’ve intorudced new meal: beef rissole, potato and gravy – which received positive feedback during their menu develoment phase. You can view their full meals descpiotns at www.lunchbylibelle.co.nz/Term-2-Menu
Students with specific dietary requirements such as allergies, vegan and vegetarian are also catered for. These requirements are provided to us via a school wide survey where whanau and students detail any dietary needs.
They are interested in your feedback and there are several ways you can let them know what you think about the lunches so far. Check them out below or head directly to their website by clicking this link.
Check out Lunch by Libelle’s “Trafic Light System” and how you can give your feedback by heading directly to their website.
Lunch by Libelle
With a wealth of experience and knowledge, Libelle Group and Lunch By Libelle is proud to deliver a premium, top quality school food service to all New Zealand schools that are part of the free and healthy lunch in schools programme.
For more information about Lunch by Libelle and the Libelle Group, download their information sheet: All about Lunch by Libelle.
You can also check our their website by clicking here or their Facebook page by clicking here.
Kai Care Packs
In early 2022 Waihi College set up an initiative called ‘Kai Care Packs’ where we used surplus ingredients from our Free Lunches Programme and turned them into meals for the freezer. These meals enabled us to assist lots of local families, primary schools and daycare centres who were unable to get out and about due to COVID or other illnesses. The packs were made up with the help of students and staff who gave up a lunchtime each Wednesday to create the meals under the guidance of our cooking and hospitality guru Siobhan Fitzgerald. The initiative was started with Siobhan, Tracy Te Wake (our staff Wellbeing Leader) and Wendy Shave (our Arts, Services & Communications Coordinator).
Currently, we still have plenty to offer. Instead of making up meals with left over ingredients – we simply freeze any lunches that were not needed each day. They are available for pick up from the Student Centre during standard school hours. Please come and help yourself if you, or someone you know, could use them.