Healthy Eating Award
The Under 5′s Healthy Eating Award is a unique programme aimed at improving the lifestyles of children under 5 years old, who are cared for outside their homes in Bedfordshire.
The award is co-ordinated by Health Services, Nutrition and Dietetics and Oral Health Promotion, working in partnership with local voluntary and statutory organisations to promote healthy lifestyles for children under 5.
Pippin is very pleased to announce that we have completed our third year of the Healthy Under 5’s Award scheme.
During this time the children have been given the opportunity to try various healthy eating options, which have included; natural yoghurt, low fat dips, humus, tomatoes, kiwi, melon etc. Some of these foods have proved not to be popular with the children and therefore we have recently updated our snack menus.
Pippin is very keen for suggestions of healthy eating options from parents and carers. Please see Sharon Goddon, our Under 5′s Healthy Eating Awards Coordinator, with any suggestions. If any parents/carers would like to see snack time in progress, they will be very welcome to pop along; morning session snack time 10.30am, afternoon session snack time 2.15pm.
Pippin believe that by committing to the award we are ensuring that all the snacks we provide are healthy. This will help the children to obtain the nutrition they need to sustain them during the morning session.
In order for Pippin to be awarded the Under 5′s Healthy Eating award, we had to achieve some targets which were set by the under 5′s healthy eating award team and Rose and Sharon. These are some of the targets that were achieved:
To write a food and drink policy. Click here to view this policy
To write a celebrations policy. Click here to view this policy
Update parents with information in our newsletters and on our web site.
Provide a healthy snack/drink at snack time. To view our 3 week snack menu please click on the links below.
Snack Menu Week 1
Snack Menu Week 2
Snack Menu Week 3
(These menus are subject to change due to availability, seasonality and offers).
Partake in activities that promote healthy eating and oral hygiene. i.e. food tasting.
For a representative to attend a training course on nutrition and oral hygiene. (Both Rose and Sharon have attended this course).
The biggest change to the routine at Pippin, is that from now on when it is a child’s birthday, we will be asking parents/carers to please only provide a healthy food gift or a non food gift for your child to share with the other children. i.e. strawberries, stickers, bouncy balls, bubbles etc.
We will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Click on the logo for a link to the Healthy Under 5′s website including information, recipes and more.
Rose and Sharon collecting the award on behalf of Pippin.
