Meals
Breakfast
Served between 8 am – 8.30 am, with a choice of toast, cereals, Croissants, bacon sandwiches or fruit. The older children self-serve their breakfast and sit down with their friends to eat. Water and milk are available to drink, and we encourage all children to enjoy sharing time at breakfast.
Lunch
If you are providing a packed lunch, please ensure items that could be a choking hazard are cut up appropriately (quarters, lengths): grapes, cherry tomatoes, cocktail sausages etc. Please be mindful of our healthy eating policy when providing children with a packed lunch. We operate in a nut-free environment. Please ensure you do not provide food items in your child’s lunch box that contain nuts. Items containing nuts will need to be removed from lunch boxes to ensure the safety of children with severe allergies.
If you would like to order a hot dinner, please do so at drop off in the mornings. If you are arriving later than 9.30am, please pre-order the day before or call before 9.30am. We aim to introduce the children to different tastes and textures whilst encouraging enjoyment of food, good manners and a happy atmosphere when we sit down for meal times with our friends, regardless of having a hot or packed lunch.
Light Tea
Light tea at St Gregory’s Childcare Trust is served at 5 pm. It is a “Light Tea” and, as such, is not intended to be the last meal of the day. Teatime is a very enjoyable time in our setting, and it enables the children to rest and refuel for the last part of the day. Tea is predominantly finger food, offering a balanced selection of savoury and sweet foods always with fresh fruit or veggie sticks and a drink of either water or milk. The food is freshly prepared on site.
Drinks
All children are offered water throughout the day; Cow’s milk is offered as a choice for all children at breakfast and teatime.
Special Dietary Requirements
We can cater for special dietary requirements by prior arrangement. This also means that these children are offered a similar alternative, e.g. vegetarian, egg and dairy-free, gluten-free and other milks etc. Allergy information for our menus is available on request.
