Healthy Eating at our Nursery

Children need a well balanced diet in order to develop and thrive. The first few years are of vital importance as this is the crucial time when the foundations of future health are laid. Food and nutrients are the building blocks, which help children develop strong teeth, bones, muscles and minds.

Here at Si-lwli nursery our aim is to provide healthy, nutritious food for the children and help them establish good eating patterns and healthy attitudes towards food, which will be the firm foundations for lifetime habits. Our good practice has been recognised through the Healthy snack award awarded to us through the Welsh assembly goverment and Health Challange Cardiff, we continue to work alongside the guidelines for the award.

We aim to make mealtimes an enjoyable social occasion and a time for children to stock up their energy with a variety of nutritious and colourful food.

As a healthy eating nursery we provide meals, which are / have:

__No added Salt
__Low in Sugar
__Devoid of Additives
__Not Processed or ‘Ready Made’

Copies of menus are distributed quarterly to families and are included in the registration pack.

The food is served in dishes on the table to encourage children to help themselves. All meals have vegetables as a compliment or are introduced into the dish. Water is served as a beverage; fresh fruit is served as a dessert. Special dietary requirements are always considered when planning the menus and a vegetarian option is available. Following lunch children are encouraged to brush their teeth. A fruit tuck shop with drinking water is available to the children throughout the day.

For the babies:
All meals and snacks are provided during the day and are freshly prepared to meet the needs of the baby. Information on the dietary intake will be recorded on the
baby’s diaries.

All milk is provided including formula and arrangements can be made for breastfeeding mums.

To download a sample menu, click here.