Children start learning about food at a very early age. The messages they receive during this time lay the foundations for the choices they make about food as they move up to school and beyond. With more than one in five children overweight or obese as they start school reception year, it’s never been more important to help them get a healthy start in life.
We serve delicious, healthy, balanced and nutritional foods, which is freshly prepared daily by our experience nursery cook in our kitchen in the nursery.
We provide healthy breakfast, morning snack, balanced Lunch and afternoon tea. Mealtime is a very special part of our day therefore opportunity is given for children to learn self-serve and ability to understand portion, food etiquette, sharing and clearing the table after.
If your child has any special dietary needs based on medical/allergy conditions, religious, or cultural requirements, just let us know and our Nursery Manager will be happy to discuss further options with you.
Breakfast of fruit, cereal, toast and milk is provided at 8.00 a.m. for children who attends early.
Morning and afternoon snacks, at around 10.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m, may consist of fresh fruit and drinks with breadsticks, crackers or rice cakes.
A four-week-rotated lunch menu, at midday, is often a meat, fish or vegetarian-based stew, casserole or bake with pasta, rice or potatoes accompanied by fresh vegetables or salad. Desserts are homemade favourites such as apple crumble or carrot cake, fresh fruit salad or yoghurt.
Babies (under 1 year old) will have a hot pureed afternoon tea, served at 4.00 p.m., whereas older children’s tea may consist of sandwiches, filled pitta bread, vegetable noodles, cheese scones, homemade biscuits with fresh or dried fruit and a drink. All meals do not knowingly contain GM foods. Vegetarian and special medical and religious diets can be catered for. Water is available to all children at all times.
