Canteen
Our school canteen offers healthy, affordable food options for students. Learn about our canteen opening hours, how to order lunch, our menu and information about the Healthy School Canteen Strategy.
Opening times
Monday, Tuesday Wednesday and Friday, before first period 8:30-8:55 AM, Lunch 11:00 - 11:40 AM and Recess 1:40 - 2:00 PM.
Thursday, before first period 8:30-8:55 AM, Recess 10:20-10:40 AM and Lunch 12:30 - 1:10 PM.
Order on Flexischools
Our canteen is online with Flexischools, all food orders must be completed online. The canteen counter will be open at recess and lunch for students to purchase drinks, ice blocks, and snacks over the counter. For over the counter purchases they accept cash and Eftpos by card but not mobile phone.
Order online
Make your lunch ordering experience easier and quicker, all lunch orders will only be accepted exclusively through Flexischools.
With Flexischools you can:
• Place and pay for canteen orders in seconds
• See up-to-date menus and items
• Quickly re-order family favourites
Simply download the Flexischools app from the Apple or Google store and follow the prompts to create an account.
Download the app today.
Winter Canteen Menu 2025
Our exciting Winter Canteen Menu is available now! Packed with cozy comfort foods and seasonal flavors, this menu is designed to warm you up this winter.
- view our Canteen Menu
- order via Flexischools.
Allergy List
This is a supplementary document for the Newcastle High School Canteen Menu. Please check with the canteen staff for the most current allergen information.
Healthy School Canteen Strategy
School canteens play a vital role in providing healthy food and drink choices for students.
A healthy school canteen supports a 'whole-of-school' approach to student health and wellbeing, and reinforces healthy eating messages taught in the classroom.
The NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy supports a culture of healthy eating in school by:
- promoting access to healthier foods & drinks
- decreasing access to less healthy food & drinks
- supporting water as a drink of choice
- making a healthy choice an easy choice.
School canteens will promote freshly-made foods and only stock packaged goods that have a minimum 3.5 star Health Star Rating. A new Healthy School Canteens Strategy replaces the current “traffic light” system in schools, which experts have found to be overly complex and too narrow in its consideration of nutrition. The new strategy offers simpler, easier to understand menus consistent with the latest Australian Dietary Guidelines.
Under the Healthy School Canteens Strategy:
- fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, salads, pasta, and stir fries will make up at least 75 per cent of the menu
- occasional foods, will make up the remaining 25 per cent, need to have a Health Star Rating of 3.5 stars or higher
- pies, sausage rolls and pizzas that are above the 3.5 star rating can be available at all times
- cake stalls or fundraising initiatives will not be affected
Providing healthier options in school canteens is one of the ways the NSW Government can achieve its target to reduce childhood obesity by five per cent by 2025. Obesity has significant health impacts for children with around one in five NSW children between the ages of five and 16 being overweight or obese. The new strategy stipulates that food sold in school canteens is healthy for children.
Parent Portal
At Newcastle High School we use parent portal apps to make communication and admin easier for families.
Bell Times
Learn about our start and finish times, breaks and activities.