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Buttercups Nursery Kitchen

The Kitchen by Buttercups

As a Nursery, we have been recognised by Flintshire Healthy and Sustainable Pre-School Scheme, which demonstrates that Steve provides a healthy, well-balanced and nutritional diet for all the children in the Nursery, including those with specific dietary requirements, such as gluten or dairy free, nut allergies, etc.

The children love him and parents have been known to whisper his name at meal times, to coax picky children to eat their dinner.

So, Steve has kindly let us into the secrets of his cookbook and revealed his recipes to give you added ammunition at mealtimes. We’ve even included his photo to prove to your children that it is indeed Steve’s food.

Obviously, the measurements are for the whole Nursery, but you could always put some in the freezer for later. Next stop, Masterchef!

Healthy Eating Policy

A child’s diet in the first few years are of vital importance, as this is the crucial time when the foundations for future good health are laid. We believe that snack and mealtimes are an important part of the day. Eating represents both social and learning times when children can sit down with their friends quietly to enjoy the food. Good examples of table manners and behaviour are given by members of staff sitting with groups of children and this helps the children to learn about healthy eating and to try different foods.
Food provided by Buttercups will never be used as a reward or withheld as a form of punishment.

At Buttercups we have a dedicated cook who prepares a healthy and varied diet for all the children.
We provide a Spring/ Summer & Autumn Winter menu and we work alongside the BCUHB Public Health dietetic team and complete a Level 2 Community Food and Nutrition skills for the Early Years (Tiny Tums) to make sure we design a healthy, varied diet that also meets the requirements set by the Welsh Governments Best Practice Guidance Food and Nutrition for Childcare settings (2018).

Meals are prepared daily on the premises and we use fresh, high quality ingredients that are locally sourced.
Our menus are on display in each of the unit notice boards and we rotate them on a three-weekly basis. Details of what your child has eaten throughout the day are uploaded onto our Tapestry account after each mealtime.
We do request that parents do not to bring in sweets, crisps or fizzy drinks into the Nursery.
Birthday cakes can be brought into Nursery, but we ask that these are shop bought with the ingredients on, we will share out for children to take home.

Fresh milk and water are offered at snack and mealtimes and all children are encouraged to drink from a free flowing or lidless cup by the time they are12 months old. Older children have their own drinking station so they are able to be independent and help themselves throughout activity times.

We also cater for individual cultural, religious and medical dietary requirements and we ask parents to provide us with as much information as possible about suitable foods. In some cases, parents may be asked to provide ingredients themselves and ask them to keep us informed in any changes to their child’s dietary needs.

Morning Snack is served between 9:00am and 9:30am

Lunch is served between 11:30am and 12:00pm

Mid afternoon snack is served at 2.00pm and 2.30pm

Late afternoon Snack is served at 4:00pm

Our policy is reviewed every 12 months by the Manager and the Nursery Cook.