Pride & Joy

Nursery meals and snacks are an important part of the day at Pride & Joy. They present the opportunity for social interaction between children and adults. As well as the chance to teach the children about healthy eating.

We use meal and snack times to help children to develop their independence. This is achieved by children making their own choices. By serving food, drink and also feeding themselves.

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has extensive resources and materials which are available to us. This enables us to promote healthy eating.

Before a child starts at nursery, we ask their parents about their dietary requirements, including any allergies. With this information we provide nutritious food which is consistent with each child’s dietary needs and preference, as well as parents’ wishes.

We also:

• Record information about each child’s dietary needs in the Registration Form and parents sign the form to signify that it is correct.
• Regularly consult with parents to ensure that our records of their children’s dietary needs – including any allergies – are up-to-date. Parents sign the up-dated record to signify that it is correct.
• Plan menus in advance, involving children and parents in the planning.
• Display the menus of meals/snacks for parents to view.
• For each child under two, we provide parents with daily written information about feeding routines, intake and preferences.