The children are provided with a healthy snack with milk in the mornings and a hot, freshly prepared lunch and either a starter or sweet. In the afternoons the children are offered a light refreshment of milk to keep them going until tea time. For tea, all the children will again, have a freshly prepared meal with fruit to follow. Fresh water is available at all times and children are encouraged to bring in their own wter botles or cups.
Meals are served whilst the children are sitting at properly laid tables as we teach and encourage, from an early age, the rudiments of good manners at all mealtimes. The staff team sit at the tables also as role models to encourage these good traits. For morning snack and afternoon tea, staff are able to join in eating with the children having their own healthy snack and drink whilst engaging with the children and promoting good table habits, children are encouraged to serve themselves and pour their own drinks when they reach pre-school.
We are able to cater for children with a variety of dietary needs, allergies to nuts, strawberries, wheat, milk and eggs, etc and also to a diabetic diet and vegetarian, vegan preferences, please do contact us to discuss your child's dietary needs as we can be very flexible and aim to help as much as possible.
We have a carefully planned three-weekly rota of menus that change with the seasons, a selection of which can be viewed here.
We promote healthy eating, and include learning about how to keep healthy and exercise in our curriculum, and why it is important.