Food and Nutrition is extremely important to us at The Pines. We are proud to serve food of an exceptionally high standard, and teach our children about the importance of being healthy and how we grow strong bodies.
Our dedicated nursery cook Rhian here at The Pines ensures our kitchen has a five star hygeine rating.
Our children eat 4 times throughout the day, they have their three meals (breakfast, lunch and a light dinner) additionally, if they would like it, a morning snack.
All of our food is fresh, made daily and from scratch. Our menu's work on a three week rolling cycle so the children always have something new and exciting to look forward to.
Our dedicated nursery cook Rhian provides our children with a nutritionally well balanced and carefully planned meals. We are always happy to cater for specialist dietary needs, and all meals are served in a separate dining area for each unit.
Meal times are an important aspect of developing children's social skills. We aim to make these times as enjoyable as possible, whilst maintaining excellent table manners and hygiene standards.
Our nursery cook Rhian also likes join in with our topics as much as possible. A few examples are as follows:
- For sea- life week we had croissants filled with ham and cheese and made them look like crabs and tried seafood pasta.
- For 'Traditional Tales', we made and decorated our own Gingerbread men (for The Gingerbread Man) and we made our own bread (for Little Red Hen).
- We celebrate topics the nursery are learning about for example, Chinese New Year, Pancake Day, Charter Ilkeston Fair.
We love to give our children and their tastebuds exciting and inspiring new experiences, and meal times are a huge part of this for us.
