Snacks and Meals
This Month's Menu
Snacks
During the morning and afternoon sessions we offer the children a healthy choice of snacks from the snack cafe and drink of water or milk. We encourage the children to develop skills such as pouring drinks and spreading butter.
Snack choices include:
- Fresh fruit/vegetable sticks
- Dried fruit
- Buttered crackers
- Fruit cake
- Breadsticks
- Cheese cubes
- Rice cakes
- Scones
Tea Menu
To create a warm, family atmosphere the children eat their tea together. The older children help lay the table and serve the younger ones acting as positive role models at the table.
We provide a balanced, cooked tea each day for those children staying after 4pm. The children help to choose what is on the menu. They are encouraged to try new foods, but their preferences are also very much taken into consideration. Where possible meals are mashed/pureed for young children, but we also can provide organic baby food jars if necessary.
A sample weekly menu would be:
- Monday: Tomato and basil pasta - brownie
- Tuesday: Quiche & spaghetti hoops and sweetcorn - yoghurt
- Wednesday:Scrambled egg on toast with bakes beans - ice cream
- Thursday: sausage & mash with gravy & mixed vegetables - sponge and custard
- Friday: Roasted vegetable cous cous - fromage frais
Water and fruit juice is served with each meal
The menu is rotated over the month so that children get a mixed variety of meals.