Food and nutrition are important to us and we know that a healthy balanced diet is essential to your child’s growth and development. Every day is an opportunity for us to satisfy your child’s appetite with delicious and nutritious meals and snacks, designed with their needs in mind, with a menu planned to broaden their food experiences.
Our menus have been devised by a nutritionist and have won awards for healthy eating for the under-fives. We aim to provide fresh, balanced meals to all children at each meal or snack time. A choice of fresh fruit and vegetable sticks is available at snack times, morning and afternoon. We also provide vegetarian meals on request and can adapt our meals for children with specific allergies.
Fresh water is available to the children throughout the day and no squash is served. Older children are encouraged to help themselves from the water fountain located in the preschool room.
Organic, whole milk is provided for the children.
Breakfast consists of a variety of non-sugared cereals and wholemeal toast.
Mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks consist of breadsticks, houmous, various fruits and vegetable sticks and a choice of either organic milk or water to drink.
Lunch is always a balanced hot meal, cooked freshly on the premises by a dedicated nursery cook. We avoid processed foods.
A balanced light tea is served mid-afternoon and is designed to encourage the children to try new foods. During the winter month’s tea is usually a hot meal such as soup or baked beans on toast whilst in the warmer months cold meals such as sandwiches or vegetables and dips are served.
Our staff will support your child to keep healthy and hydrated enabling them to have their drink at hand for when they need one, and working regular drinks breaks into our daily routine too.
Example daily menu
Babies’ nutrition
At this age nutrition for your child and support for you go hand in hand as we work together to find your child’s feeding rhythm throughout their daytime with us and their night time and earlier mornings with you. We support both breastfeeding and formula feed with bottle feeds at nursery, delivered with comfort and care for their feeding and winding habits. When your babies are ready to experience solid food we will complement your efforts at home, working in partnership with you as your child experiences new tastes and textures.
Toddlers’ nutrition
Your toddler’s food experiences are so important and at this age group, they really develop and secure many of their preferences. At this age we balance the opportunity to try new foods with the regularity and reliability of foods they already know and love, continuing to praise them for their food adventures, and giving them an abundance of time to enjoy these.
We delight in helping to create good habits, supporting mealtimes with learning and understanding about how foods help them and their bodies, helping them to make great food choices for life.
Preschoolers’ nutrition
Fuelling some of the most energetic beings on the planet is fun, and we love the challenge! A healthy balanced diet is essential to your child’s growth and development and at this stage, making sure they have the nutrition to match their desire to master the world.
Your preschooler will continue to learn and understand how foods help them and their bodies, helping them to make great food choices for life. At this age, your child will be a master of self-service with them creating their own portions, so they can display their appetite and tell us about their choice, with our guidance of course!
