Healthy Eating
Did you know Briary Pre-School was awarded the NHS Food Champion Accreditation in July 2019?
Did you know all of our staff preparing and serving food hold an current Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate?
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As a Pre-School, to promote healthier eating and a good balanced diet. As a setting, we now follow ideas from the Food Champion workshop.
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Nicola Wheeler (Deputy Manager) completed intense training with the NHS Food Champion Team, which was then cascaded. Nicola is our Food Champion Advocate and our certificate is re-issued each year.
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As a Pre-School we promote the following:
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Healthy recipes and lunch box ideas
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Ideas for fussy eaters
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Appropriate portion sizes
As part of our accreditation we promote:
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Healthy eating ideas for parents and carers
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Helping parents and carers with new recipe ideas
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Educating parents and carers the sugar and salt contents in different products and hidden amounts
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Helping parents and carers with children who are fussy eaters by giving them ideas and new techniques
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Educating parents and carers with the portion sizes for 2 to 4 year olds using the NHS eat well guide
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Weaning and eat well advice and help for parents and carers with children from 6 months +
Within the Pre-School children learn about healthy eating;
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Talking to the children regularly about healthy food using the eat well plate and guide, there are no 'Good' or 'Bad' foods
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Support Children to make own healthy lunches and try new foods
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Teach Children to grow their own fruit and vegetables in our growing garden with their own key group
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Providing a healthy eating snack time daily communicating by talking and BSL signing about the healthy food we are eating
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Below are links which may help you as a parent or carer with healthy eating ideas and how to introduce a good balanced diet at home.
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Healthy Eating
Good Food Choices
Lunch Box Ideas