Healthy Early Years Status

In 2012 we have been working towards the Cornwall County Council Healthy Early Years Status. As part of this we have been regularly reviewing and improving our food provision and physical development within the pre-school.

Snacks
Providing a nutritional snack has always been of great importance to us. Snack is usually made up of three main components:

Carbohydrate Energy - e.g. crumpet, pitta bread, wraps, toast, rice cake, bread sticks.
Fruit and Vegetable - A variety of at least three fresh components are offered at each snack time.
Drink - Water or milk.

How you can help!
From September 2012 we require all children to bring in a piece of fruit to share every session. Children who attend multiple sessions per week are welcomed to bring in their fruit at the beginning of the week or donate one larger piece - e.g. pineapple or melon.

We have introduced a Packed Lunch Policy with regards to the content of provided lunches. Please see below.

Packed Lunch Policy

We ask that all children are supplied with a carbohydrate as the main source of their lunch, this should be a third of the meal and be a portion the size of the child’s fist (or your fist if it is your meal!) e.g. bread, wrap, pasta, crackers etc. Please also include at least one portion of fruit or vegetable (this should also be a third of the meal). A portion is the amount of fruit that can be held in the child’s hand (with the exception of raisins and other dried fruit where a maximum recommended portion is half a little box, due to the high natural sugar content)

Please consider adding vegetables to the carbohydrate – e.g. tomatoes or cucumber in wraps or sandwich. You might like to also include a protein component such as meat, fish or dairy such as cheese or yogurt. This can be a quarter of the meal.

We are happy to accept a component containing high fat or sugar content, such as a small pack of crisps or a snack size chocolate bar as remaining part of the lunchbox content. We would ask that you please keep this to one item only please.

As part of this scheme we will be reviewing the content of provided lunches regularly and will reserve the right to remove or substitute any items to ensure an appropriate balance of food is provided. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to see a member of staff. We thank you for your support with this venture.