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Caroline Walker Trust Awards Shortlist
We are pleased to announce that Early Start Nutrition team have been shortlisted for the CWT 30th Anniversary Award for Media Food Campaigner of the Year. The award recognises those that have made a distinct and outstanding impact on public health nutrition through their media activities during the last year. The Early Start Nutritionists, Edwina…
Should I offer my toddler puddings?
A healthy balanced diet and regular physical activity are essential for children’s health and well being. We want to ensure all children get the right energy and nutrients, in the right amount, to help them to grow and develop. A healthy diet for children should include a variety of food and drink, provided as part…
Breakfast Ideas for Little Ones
It’s important to remember that the word breakfast literally means breaking our fast. We don’t typically eat through the night so our bodies have gone for a long period of time without fuel. Eating in the morning helps provide energy for both our brain and body. In fact, research shows that eating breakfast can improve…
Shrewsbury Nursery Ofstead Report
Shrewsbury Nursery are pleased to announce we have been rated as Good by Ofsted. This is a great judgement, thanks to all past and present; staff, children and parents for your continued support, input and feedback. Ofsted rated: Personal development, behaviour and welfare as Good (2) Outcomes for children as Good (2) Effectiveness of leadership and management as Good…
Parent Connect
New FREE support programme for parents and carers of children with additional needs in London. Parents Connect will see parents come together in cohorts of no more than 12 people for a 6-week programme that aims to offer parents and carers of children with additional needs the chance to meet others in similar situations, help…
Sugar Smart September
This September sees the return of the Sugar Smart campaign which encourages local authorities, organisations, workplaces and individuals to reduce the amount of free sugar we eat and drink. Did you know that children are having over 2 times more sugar than they should be?! They’re getting half their sugar intake from sugary snacks and…
Easy Homemade Pizza
During the summer holidays with more time away from the family home it can be difficult to spend time cooking from scratch. An analysis of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008-12) found that more than a quarter of adults and a fifth of children ate out once or more a week, and one…
Nursery World Awards 2019 – We’re an Award Finalist!
Early Start Education Ltd are pleased to announce that they are a finalist of the 2019 Nursery World Awards! We have been shortlisted for a Health and Wellbeing Award due to our work on the Supervised Tooth brushing Programme. The programme aims to support children and families to integrate tooth brushing into their daily routines,…
The Daily Mile
We are excited to announce that Shrewsbury and Susan Lawrence Nurseries has launched The Daily Mile across both settings!! It was launched on ‘The Daily Mile Day’ on Friday 5th July 2019 and takes place every day as part of children’s free play. The children are encouraged to run/jog/toddle for 15 mins daily as part of…
Weaning Recipe – Sweet and Sour Chicken
Here at Early Start Nutrition we decided to do a cost comparison of shop-bought baby foods against homemade versions.