Tots Nursery Schools
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Snack Time Menu
After consultation with a Paediatric Dietician, who has been involved in a major study of pre-schoolers snacks, we are proud and excited to introduce our new menu. Not only does it represent a move away from low calorie offerings, it is also an improvement in the way we serve and involve the children. Children under five need calorie dense food, offered in small portions, to ensure they receive the right nutrients and energy to sustain a healthy and lively growing body.
Children will now be offered a minimum choice of two, but mostly three items, at each snack time. Snacks will be placed on the table for children to choose what they want. Opportunities to discuss their choices, the different foods available and future snack options will be pursued.
The snack options available
Yoghurts, Raisins, Sultanas, Dried Apricots, Biscuits, Banana, Rice Cake, Fruit Cake, Tinned Fruit, Selection of different Fruits, Mini Rolls, Fruit Scones, Flapjacks, Cheese, Breadsticks, Savory Crackers, Tortilla Chips, Hula Hoops, Cheese Puffs, Croissants, Vegetable Sticks and Dips, Crumpets, Rice Pudding, Mini Sausage and Sausage Rolls, Toast and a variety of Spreads, Ice Lollies (summer), Pizza Slices, Mini Scotch Eggs, Pancakes
After consultation with a Paediatric Dietician, who has been involved in a major study of pre-
Children will now be offered a minimum choice of two, but mostly three items, at each snack time. Snacks will be placed on the table for children to choose what they want. Opportunities to discuss their choices, the different foods available and future snack options will be pursued.
The snack options available
Yoghurts, Raisins, Sultanas, Dried Apricots, Biscuits, Banana, Rice Cake, Fruit Cake, Tinned Fruit, Selection of different Fruits, Mini Rolls, Fruit Scones, Flapjacks, Cheese, Breadsticks, Savory Crackers, Tortilla Chips, Hula Hoops, Cheese Puffs, Croissants, Vegetable Sticks and Dips, Crumpets, Rice Pudding, Mini Sausage and Sausage Rolls, Toast and a variety of Spreads, Ice Lollies (summer), Pizza Slices, Mini Scotch Eggs, Pancakes
Of course this menu will be inclined to change according to the time of year and the availability of some items. We will always serve birthday cake when it is brought in and celebrate traditional foods like hot cross buns when the season is appropriate. We will continue to offer water and milk with snack-time, although parents may provide their own drinks if they wish. Portion sizes at snack time will be small to give the children the opportunity to try more than one item.
This new menu and the way it will be implemented recognizes the best possible practice in feeding the under fives appropriately and healthily. It has been seen and approved by a specialist paediatric dietician, whose particular interest is to ensure the under fives do not fall victim to the fashionable inclination to feed them on as much raw fruit and vegetables as possible! She has major concerns about the children under five, who appear at her clinic in Brighton, with health problems entirely associated with low calorie/dairy free diets. These so called ’healthy diets’ are actually inhibiting young children’s development.
I am therefore delighted to have her input into this new menu which is healthy, interesting and appropriate for the needs of growing youngsters aged 12 months to 5 years.
January 2010
This new menu and the way it will be implemented recognizes the best possible practice in feeding the under fives appropriately and healthily. It has been seen and approved by a specialist paediatric dietician, whose particular interest is to ensure the under fives do not fall victim to the fashionable inclination to feed them on as much raw fruit and vegetables as possible! She has major concerns about the children under five, who appear at her clinic in Brighton, with health problems entirely associated with low calorie/dairy free diets. These so called ’healthy diets’ are actually inhibiting young children’s development.
I am therefore delighted to have her input into this new menu which is healthy, interesting and appropriate for the needs of growing youngsters aged 12 months to 5 years.
January 2010