Woodlands provide healthy snacks and well-balanced meals, including a vegetarian option, for the children each day. We take into account the cultural and dietary needs of individual children, including any food allergies.

Meal times are social occasions where children learn important skills. The staff team encourage good table manners and help the children to become independent using cutlery and pouring their own drinks.

Through the varied menus and the children’s weekly opportunities for cooking we encourage the children in our care to become aware of healthy eating and to try new foods.

The children are encouraged to make their own choice and decisions about food and drinks, the parents are informed on a daily basis of the meals your child has eaten during the day.

See a sample menu for a week:

	Lunch	Tea
Monday	Roast chicken, roast potatoes & seasonal vegetables Peaches & Ice Cream	Homemade burgers in a bun Apples & Grapes
Tuesday	Carrot & Rosemary Risotto Fresh fruit	Cheese & courgette muffins with vegetable sticks Oatmeal & raisin cookie
Wednesday	Spaghetti bolognaise & garlic bread Ginger cake & custard	Chicken filled pittas with summer salad Strawberry mousse
Thursday	Toad in the hole, mash potato & seasonal vegetables Sugar Free Jelly	Homemade butternut squash soup, brown bread & butter Fresh fruit
Friday	Salmon fish cakes, new potatoes peas & sweetcorn Yoghurts	Cheese & broccoli quiche, baked beans Chunky monkey snack bars

Morning Snack: A selection of vegetable and fruit slices is offered to the children, bread sticks and rice cakes are also available if requested.