Nutrition

At Happy Days Children’s Nursery we know that a varied and nutritionally balanced diet is essential to every child’s development. Depending on the session attended children will enjoy a morning snack and/or afternoon tea and a hot lunch served with pudding. In addition to milk or water at meal times, drinking water is available throughout the day.

Our preschool children develop their independence by accessing their water machine whilst toddlers choose their own cups and our babies enjoy one to one care with their Key Person.

This personalised approach ensures our staff support you and your baby when your baby develops from milk to pureed, finely chopped, chopped and normal food. Our delicious meals and approach to meal times ensure any child’s eating habits are developed with patience, understanding and encouragement.

Our nursery cook works full time on site in our well equipped kitchen. All meals reflect seasonal local produce and are prepared daily from ingredients selected for their absolute freshness and quality. By focusing on this we avoid the use of salt, pepper, colouring, artificial flavours and additives. We are also able to accommodate special dietary needs such as nut allergies and dairy or wheat intolerance.

Your child’s Key Person and our cook will always be available to talk to you to ensure that your child’s dietary requirements are being met.

Our commitment and approach to your child’s learning values their participation, experimentation and decision making. Therefore, in 2009 we built them their very own cookery unit, where children experiment with new textures, colours and smells as they mix, pour and measure ingredients, and of course taste their own creations. Including the children in elements of food preparation gives the opportunity for discussions about healthy eating and diets.

Ofsted said 'Children enjoy freshly prepared, healthy and nutritious meals. The menu is interesting and well-balanced and children clearly enjoy their meals and the social opportunities presented to them at lunchtime.'...’Children are able to partake in cooking activities on a daily basis as they have access to their own amazing 'cookery unit'. Children show great enjoyment as they observe changes in the dry ingredients when food colouring and water is added or what happens when the egg is cracked. They learn about growing their own vegetables, planting, watering them and watching them grow.’