Healthy Eating

The nursery operates a healthy eating policy:

•    All children will be offered suitable foods; this will include children with dietary requirements and allergies.

•    Parents of children with special diets will be asked to provide as much written information as possible.

•    Milk or water will be served at snack time

•    All dairy products used in nursery will be full fat.

•    Water will be available at all times.

•    Parents will be asked to provide a healthy lunchbox, and will be advised of suitable contents.

•    Parents will be advised if their child is not eating well.

•    Staff will sit with children while they eat and will provide a good role model for healthy eating.

•    Children will be encouraged to develop good eating skills and table manners and will be given plenty of   time to eat.

•    We have introduced a variety of hot lunches daily that are served during lunch time.

•    Children will be provided with their own toothbrush and toothpaste (with parental consent) and will be encouraged to brush their teeth after lunch.

The nursery is a member of the local healthy teeth initiative “SMILE”. Tooth brushing routines are included at snack time. All children in the 3-5 room take part in this initative and will be provided toothpaste and toothbrush each term.