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Snack and Lunches

Lunch and snacks will be provided for all 3 year olds, 4 year olds and eligible 2 year old children. Please inform the Head of Establishment if your child requires a special diet for medical or religious reasons.     

The food provided are based on guidlines from the Government document Settting the Table.   

Setting the Table

Setting the Table is a guidance publication which aims to provide childcare providers standards for food provision within early years childcare provision. The aim is to ensure that children aged 0–5 in childcare settings across Scotland are offered meals, snacks and drinks that meet their nutritional requirements and are conducive to good health. For more inforamtion please click here.  

Childsmile

Every 3 and 4-year-old attending nursery in Scotland (extended into some P1 and P2 classes in schools), is eligible to be offered:

  • free daily supervised toothbrushing within their nursery or school
  • free dental packs, which contain a toothbrush, toothpaste of at least 1000 parts per million (ppm) fluoride and oral health messages
  • oral health education for your child.

In some local authority nurseries, Childsmile teams will visit your child’s nursery and:

  • talk to parents and carers about the programme and answer your questions
  • give you a fluoride varnish consent form (and help you to complete it)
  • apply fluoride varnish to teeth (twice a year)
  • advise parents about caring for your child’s teeth at home.

For more information please click here.