HEALTHY & YUMMY SNACKS

We provide nutritious, delicious, wholesome breakfasts and snacks serving a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables daily. You can rest assured that your child is having part of their '5 a day' here!

We believe a good diet is essential for happy, well developed, healthy children therefore we offer snacks which use fresh fruit and vegetables. We endeavour to provide good wholesome food with low salt, sugar, flavours or preservatives. Our snacks all comply with the Government Food Standards and our staff are Food Hygiene trained.

Snack times are important in our clubs, the children and staff eat together at tables in their playrooms. This is a great opportunity to encourage conversation, good manners whilst introducing the tasting of new flavours and textures and enjoying the social side of meal times. We also discuss the importance of healthy eating and encourage the children to independently select when they would like a snack and to pour their own drinks.

Breakfast

We provide a nutritious breakfast (up to 8.30am), Children can choose from a variety of cereals and a choice of white or wholemeal toast and a variety of preserves. Drinking water is available to all children throughout the day.

Afternoon Light Snack

As we believe family meals together are very important, we try to offer afternoon snacks which will not spoil the children's evening meals at home. We therefore provide nutritious light snacks including toast, sandwiches, wraps, pitas, noodles, tuna pasta and vegetable crudités and fresh fruit for example.

Food Allergies

Please inform our team of any food allergies your child may have before starting our setting or as soon as any new allergy is discovered. Our staff will share any ingredients with parents with any products which may pose a problem and a list is kept in food prepartion areas with details of all children with specific allergies. We will endeavour to offer children with allergies alternative snacks which are more suitable for them. Please ensure your child's school packed lunch contains no nut products, as some of our children in attendance have severe allergies.