Nursery World - Nursery Food: Snack time

Snack time is now recognised as an important contributor to daily
nutrition. Here, a selection of nurseries share their approaches.

Once a biscuit and a cup of milk around the table, snack time in early years settings has changed immeasurably over the years. As well as giving far greater heed to the nutritional content of snacks, settings are now offering a greater variety of foods, adapting the presentation and seeing snack time as a great opportunity to introduce children to new flavours. We spoke to some of them.

FIVE A DAY

Holly Hirst, head of the junior school, The Royal School, Hindhead, Surrey

'When reviewing our menus, it became increasingly clear to us that we needed to think of snack time as another opportunity to provide children with a nutritious meal (albeit a very small one), rather than viewing it as a "stop gap" before the main event of lunch or tea.

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