Meals & Menu

Here at the Young Explorers we have a new refurbished well-equipped, large kitchen, meeting the hygiene and environmental health regulations.

We adopt the policy that ensures meal times are happy, social occasions for staff and children alike.  My staff and I will encourage table manners and independency, allowing children to make choices and serve, pour their own drinks, meals and snacks and clear away their own plates, cups and cutlery afterwards, all in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

All meals are cooked on the premises using fresh fruit and vegetables, to provide a healthy, balanced, appetising and varied diet, which encourages both familiar and new tastes.

Special dietary needs and requirements will be catered for to accommodate children’s individual, medical and religious needs.  Meals will be provided for all children on the premises unless parents/carers request otherwise.

Menus will be planned in advance and displayed for parents/staff/children to view.

There will be three meals a day:-

• Breakfast
  Served between 8.00am and 9.00am in the dining room and will consist of various cereals, (weetabix, readybrek, etc) toast, water or milk.
• Lunch
  Served between 11.30am and 12.00md for the babies and 12.00md and 12.45pm for the older children.  This will consist of a two-course meal with drinks available.  The menu is done over a 5 week period consisting of one roast, rice, fish, pasta, convenience meal, changing daily, all served with fresh vegetables and followed by a dessert.
• Tea
  Served between 4.00pm and 4.30pm, which will consist of a light meal or sandwiches followed by a desert or fresh fruit and drinks available.

Snacks

Served in a morning at approximately 10.00am and 2.00pm in the afternoon and will consist of milk or water with various fresh fruit.

Drinks

Drinks will be served all day as required or requested.

Babies Weaning

Babies weaning and diets are planned for in partnership with you.  Our aim is to provide as much fresh food as possible.  We will puree our own fresh food from the daily menus provided.  However you may like to provide baby food of your own choice, this is perfectly acceptable.  Please ensure it is labelled with the child’s name on it.
Please supply your own child’s milk feeds, ready made up, which we will keep in our refrigerator until required.  Please ensure it is labelled with the child’s name and the date when it was made.