We understand how important a healthy lifestyle is for our growing children and that good nutrition plays an essential role in our children’s learning. A well balanced diet and plenty of exercise improves our children’s concentration as well as giving them bags of energy to play and learn.

Our Snacks
The nursery is committed to provide healthy snacks for our children both morning and afternoon prepared on site by our Healthy Eating Assistant who plans our snack menus by incorporating fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables and tastes from around the world broadening our children’s palate and allowing children to explore with a variety of textures, tastes and smells.

The snacks that we provide will be:
- Fresh and eaten on the day of preparation
- Will not have added salt or sugar
- Be free from harmful additives and preservatives

We avoid using processed foods in our snacks and a vegetarian option is always available. Our Healthy Eating Assistant will work closely with you and your child’s individual dietary requirements. If you have any questions about meal ideas, a healthy diet or weaning then you can meet to discuss any questions you have with our Healthy Eating Assistant.

Lunch boxes
To continue our commitment of healthy food for our children we encourage parents to replace chocolate bars with fruit and juice drinks with water.

Snack Times
Not only are snack times opportunities to refuel healthy minds and bodies but it is also a time of learning. Mealtimes provide an excellent opportunity to learn essential social skills such as listening, sharing, talking and independence, as well as motor skills.

During snack times children are encouraged to count the number of children and give out plates and cutlery. They are encouraged to pour their own drinks and help clean up after themselves.

Snack times are social times and so with adult support children are encouraged to talk about their food, where it came from, shape, tastes and texture and to share eating experiences from their own cultures.

Drinks
Each child at nursery is provided with fresh bottled water that they can be access independently at all times. For babies that are unable to access their drinks independently fresh water will be offered every hour.

Curriculum and Food
As part of our curriculum we have included fun and interesting planned food sessions run by our Healthy Eating Assistant to explore new foods. We feel it is essential that children learn the basics of food, where it comes from, how to wash and prepare foods and encouraging children to explore different foods.

Weaning
Weaning can be a difficult and daunting time, our Healthy Eating Assistant is available for advice and information and has produced Weaning packs to help parents.