Fledglings on the Common
Meals
Fledglings take pride in offering nutritious and healthy food. We focus on healthy eating and the nursery team will endeavour to supply varied, visually attractive, and nutritious meals to the children in the setting.
Our aims are…
- To provide the recommended portions of fruit and vegetables daily
- To provide children under the age of 5 with a wide and nutritionally balanced diet to develop their health, growth, and wellbeing
- To show children that mealtimes are an enjoyable time to socialise with each other and to share food together
Children eat with their eyes! We understand sometimes children can be very fussy eaters. Our menus are seasonal and reflect a diversity of cultures, enhancing the children’s experience of the wider world. Meals are a combination of healthy, nutritious foods, locally sourced, freshly prepared on site in our kitchen and served attractively.
We provide a full meal service of breakfast, a two-course lunch, and a tea with regular fruit snacks. Drinks of milk and water are available throughout the day. Children’s individual dietary needs are taken into consideration and any special diets such as dairy free, vegetarian etc. are catered for. We do not add any salt to our meals.
Menus follow a 4-weekly timetable and where possible, to promote independence we encourage children to make choices, e.g., choose fillings for baked potato. If a child is not eating well, we will inform parents.
Baby meals
We will take our lead from you when the time arrives for weaning. Our manager and nursery staff will work with you to ensure an appropriate weaning diet, using fresh fruit and vegetables. If you are breastfeeding your baby and would like to visit the nursery to do this, please feel free at any time. Alternatively, you may wish to supply us with bottles each day. Our staff will work with you to ensure your baby is fed in the way and the time that you would like.
Preschool and nursery
We offer 32 places, both full and part time, for babies and children from 3 months to 5 years of age.
Funded childcare
We offer places for children accessing the educational grant for 15 or 30 hours per week.
Opening times
The nursery is open on an all-year-round basis.
| Monday | 8am – 6pm |
| Tuesday | 8am – 6pm |
| Wednesday | 8am – 6pm |
| Thursday | 8am – 6pm |
| Friday | 8am – 6pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |