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Mealtimes are part of everyday life, but for young children, they are a crucial part of their earliest development. Children’s tastes and eating habits form in the early stages and gradually change over time, but the impact of a child’s diet on their growth, health, and academic achievements lasts a lifetime.
We are very much aware of our responsibility to support all the children in our care to establish healthy eating habits and to make healthy choices. We are committed to offering healthy, nutritious, well-balanced meals and snacks which meet the individual needs and requirements of all the children and providing opportunities and experiences to develop the children’s knowledge and understanding of healthy eating concepts.
Mealtimes are happy, social occasions for children and staff alike giving wonderful opportunities to share positive interactions and promote learning across the curriculum.
We use meal times to:
Help children to develop independence by making choices
Incorporate areas of the Curriculum for Excellence and the Pre-birth to Three Curriculum such as literacy and numeracy.
Promote healthy eating by giving the children the knowledge and skills to make healthy food choices and help to establish lifelong healthy eating habits
Encourage children to operate independently at mealtimes - pouring drinks, serving, spreading or cutting food as appropriate, and clearing away and washing up their dishes.
Encourage children to take part in the preparation of food; to learn where it comes from and how we cook it; and to try a variety of different tastes and textures.
Our menus are essential in achieving a well-balanced and healthy diet for the children in our care, and to support this, we have worked with Nigel Denby, an award-winning Registered Dietitian, to craft our recipes and menus.
Menus are planned following the seasons and rotated on a 4 weekly cycle, which includes a vegetarian option. Our recipes have no added sugar or salt and include a variety of sensory qualities which help children’s learning and enjoyment of food.
All of our meals are prepared daily by our in-house Chefs using fresh seasonal produce.
Our recipes are planned meticulously to ensure we can eliminate allergens and intolerances to meet the individual needs of our children.
Diets due to cultural and/or religious beliefs are respected.
The nursery is a nut-free zone this applies to both children and staff.
All our staff receive training in Food Hygiene Level and Safer Allergens. Our Chefs have also undertaken REHIS-accredited Food and Nutrition in Early Years training to support menu development.
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