Further information and ideas can be found on the
change for life website: www.nhs.uk/Change4Life
At The Play Den, children are only offered water and
milk throughout the day. If you wish to provide a
smoothie (that counts as 1 of your child’s five a day)
we are happy to offer this at lunch time. We will not
offer squash or pure fruit juices as they can rot
enamel on teeth.
We will follow the advice of health professionals
regarding portion sizes and/or stop offering food
items if we feel you child is full. We will not offer
sweets, sugary snacks, chocolate or items that do
not meet our healthy eating policy.
Can we please also remind you to pack a
toothbrush and toothpaste (in a plastic food bag
or toothbrush holder) placed in your child’s
lunch box as we are encouraging all children to
brush their teeth at meal times.
Thank you in advance!
The Play Den’s
guide to
healthy eating
Please help us to keep
your child healthy!
At The Play Den our policy states that the
children are encouraged to eat healthy
foods in their lunch box and in an order. For
example: Savory items first (such as brown
bread, wraps, pitta bread and cold pasta),
followed by fruit items, dairy items (yogurt,
cheese) followed by all other food items.
Healthy ‘fillings’ must be provided.
Suggestions for savory items are:
Other suggested items are:


Low-fat fruit yoghurt
Semi-skimmed milk

Reduced-fat cheese triangle

Reduced-fat natural yoghurt

Reduced-fat yoghurt drink

Creamed rice pot

Yogurt drink

Banana sandwich with whole meal bread

Fruit smoothie

Tuna/sardine and sweetcorn whole meal

Low-fat soft cheese with vegetable
dippers(pepper, cucumber and carrot sticks)
roll

Egg/cheese and tomato roll

Corned beef sandwich on whole meal
bread

Pre-boiled egg

Houmous, red pepper and grated
carrot wrap
Chocolate spread fillings, chocolate bars,
crisps, sweets or treats that do not have any
content value will not be offered to your child
and will be sent home. If we have needed to
provide a healthy lunch in replacement of
unsuitable items, a small fee will be charged.
We thank you for your support!
Consider swapping cake, chocolate bars and crisps for:

Baked apple
crisps/vegetable crisps
 Rice cakes/snack a jacks
 Malt loaf
 Fruit loaf
 Carrot cake
 Banana cake
We still believe in the occasional treat, therefore
when it’s a child’s birthday we will continue to
provide a birthday cake at snack time!