Lunch
Food and eating together can be a wonderful source of learning for children and at Preschool we aim to make our lunch time a positive experience. When providing your child with a packed lunch, it can be a challenge to keep them interesting and healthy. Remember about a third of our diet should be made up of starchy foods such as bread, so sandwiches are a good choice. The key to a healthy lunch box is to include a balance of appropriate foods from the four main food groups:
Nuts - Please note we are a NUT FREE Preschool.
Please do NOT put nuts in your child's lunch box. We have children who have nut allergies and nuts can be a choking hazard for children under the age of 5.
Are the foods familiar and portions the correct size?
Please put familiar foods prepared in their usual way in the packed lunch. Preschool lunch times are not a good time to introduce new foods to your child as it may be upsetting if they are hungry and don't like the food they have been given. Please put in the amount of food you would normally expect your child to eat.
Bread, cereals and potatoes group
Ideas: bread and bread rolls, bagels, pitta bread, french stick, scotch pancakes, fruit scones, fruit bread, malt loaf, crisp bread, crackers, pasta and rice salads.
Fruit and vegetable group
Ideas: salad in sandwiches and rolls, apples, pears, satsumas, bananas, grapes, melon, kiwi, plums, nectarines, dried fruit, fruit smoothies and fruit juices.
Meat and alternatives group
Ideas: slices of ham, chicken, turkey. Boiled eggs, canned tuna and salmon. Hummus and Tofu pieces.
Drinks
Ideas: milk, drinking yoghurt, smoothie, fruit juice, sugar-free squash and water.
We recommend that you include an ice pack in your child's lunch box in hot weather as we do not have the space to refrigerate lunch boxes.
Snacks
Please provide one healthy snack per morning and one healthy snack per afternoon for your child - for example fruit, vegetables, breadsticks (no crisps, biscuits etc). This must be in a clearly named container - we have boxes for you to place snacks in at the start of your child's session.
Food and eating together can be a wonderful source of learning for children and at Preschool we aim to make our lunch time a positive experience. When providing your child with a packed lunch, it can be a challenge to keep them interesting and healthy. Remember about a third of our diet should be made up of starchy foods such as bread, so sandwiches are a good choice. The key to a healthy lunch box is to include a balance of appropriate foods from the four main food groups:
- Breads and Cereals
- Fruit and Vegetables
- Meat or alternatives
- Milk and Dairy products or alternatives
Nuts - Please note we are a NUT FREE Preschool.
Please do NOT put nuts in your child's lunch box. We have children who have nut allergies and nuts can be a choking hazard for children under the age of 5.
Are the foods familiar and portions the correct size?
Please put familiar foods prepared in their usual way in the packed lunch. Preschool lunch times are not a good time to introduce new foods to your child as it may be upsetting if they are hungry and don't like the food they have been given. Please put in the amount of food you would normally expect your child to eat.
Bread, cereals and potatoes group
Ideas: bread and bread rolls, bagels, pitta bread, french stick, scotch pancakes, fruit scones, fruit bread, malt loaf, crisp bread, crackers, pasta and rice salads.
Fruit and vegetable group
Ideas: salad in sandwiches and rolls, apples, pears, satsumas, bananas, grapes, melon, kiwi, plums, nectarines, dried fruit, fruit smoothies and fruit juices.
Meat and alternatives group
Ideas: slices of ham, chicken, turkey. Boiled eggs, canned tuna and salmon. Hummus and Tofu pieces.
Drinks
Ideas: milk, drinking yoghurt, smoothie, fruit juice, sugar-free squash and water.
We recommend that you include an ice pack in your child's lunch box in hot weather as we do not have the space to refrigerate lunch boxes.
Snacks
Please provide one healthy snack per morning and one healthy snack per afternoon for your child - for example fruit, vegetables, breadsticks (no crisps, biscuits etc). This must be in a clearly named container - we have boxes for you to place snacks in at the start of your child's session.