Healthy Living
HEALTHY LIVING
The sharing of refreshments plays an important part in the social development of children, as well as re-enforcing understanding of the importance of healthy eating.
At each setting we encourage all children to eat together, as this helps to develop social skills, simple table manners, good eating habits and independence. Members of staff enjoy lunch with the children encouraging good table manners and good eating habits, by being a good role model. Children are also encouraged to be self-sufficient where possible and we provide appropriate sized cutlery and crockery to help them in this.
Our Dedicated Team
We have a dedicated team for each nursery of chefs, housekeeping and maintenance staff who consistently enable the settings to provide provision of the highest of standards for the children’s environment.
Seasonal Menus
The meals we provide are freshly prepared on the premises by our team of dedicated chefs who plan a seasonal menu over 8 weeks.
Varied Diet
We aim to provide a varied diet, giving the children opportunities to try a wide variety of different food including home grown, organic and multi-cultural produce.
Milk & Water
Full fat cows milk is provided at snack time and drinking water is always available.
Healthy Snacks
Snacks are healthy and include things such as carrot sticks, apple, orange, grapes, tomatoes, bread sticks and rice cakes.
Dietary Requirements
Dietary requirements are discussed with parents at settling in. We will sometimes substitute a menu choice due to quality of produce.
Level 5 Food Hygiene & Smile Award Plus +
We have level 5 food hygiene ratings across all 4 of our nurseries. We have also achieved the Smile Award Plus which is a programme that supports settings to implement evidence based oral health improvement actions for early years children and their families. Buckinghamshire County Council has commissioned the ‘Smile Award Plus’ programme and is awarded by change 4 life, Children and Young People's Partnership and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS.
Health & Well Being
Your child's health and well-being are of the utmost importance to us. All of our staff are stringent in their standards of personal hygiene.
Staff caringly support each child as they develop through the stages of their toileting requirements and work with the parents to support their child through this next step in their development. Our daily routines are carefully devised to promote all aspects of healthy living including independence, self esteem and hygiene.
