Food Safety

The government released new food nutrition guidance which we as a school must follow. You can find the nutrition guidance for EYFS by clicking the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6839b752210698b3364e86fc/Early_years_foundation_stage_nutrition_guidance.pdf

In order to support us in school, please ensure that packed lunches follow the following guidelines to help prevent the risk of choking:

• cut small round foods (like grapes, strawberries and cherry tomatoes) lengthways and into quarters
• cut sausages into thin strips rather than chunks and remove the skins
• remove bones from meat or fish
• no whole seeds
• cut cheese into strips rather than chunks
• consider wholemeal or toasted bread as white bread can form a doughy ball in the throat
• no popcorn
• no marshmallows or jelly cubes from a packet
• no hard sweets

 

If any of the above is not followed, children will not be able to eat the items provided.

There is also helpful guidance around food safety here:

https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/food-safety