Meals

All meals in House are compulsory. We always take a register and we also use this as a roll call. Please be prompt to mealtimes (and absolutely no later than 10 minutes after the start of a mealtime). If you have any specific dietary requirements, please let the House staff know as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made with our Chef.

Mealtimes are as follows: Breakfast Monday – Saturday 7.15am (or 7.30am if no prayers) Sunday – 9.30am (if there is a morning service). 11.00am brunch (if there is an evening service)

Lunch Monday – Friday 1.00pm Saturday 12.00pm Sunday 1.00pm (unless there has been brunch at 11.00am in which case there is no lunch) Supper Monday – Friday 6.15pm Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 6.00pm (unless there is an evening Abbey Service, in which case it is at 5.30pm)

When arriving for mealtimes, please queue up in the corridor until the member of staff on duty says you can come through. You must wear something on your feet. At breakfast and supper, girls tend to sit with their year groups. Supper times (and all meals on Sundays) tend to be very relaxed – PJs are perfectly acceptable!

At lunch times during the week we have family service lunches. You must all wait until everyone has finished eating their main course on your table before you are dismissed to clear your plates.

Please remember table manners in the dining room. For example, no elbows on tables, don’t talk with your mouth full, etc. If your Tutor is in for lunch,

remember to be a good host: please chat to them – they have made an effort to come and spend lunch with you.

The dining room is a mobile-free zone. Please do not take your phone out in the dining room –expect it to be confiscated if it is seen! Takeaways You may order takeaways on Saturday evenings. However, you need to get permission from the member of staff on duty beforehand. You must also wait downstairs so that you can watch for the delivery driver and your takeaway must arrive before 9.00pm.