Nursery World - Nutrition

Why one setting in Liverpool is being praised for revamping its food provision. By Meredith Jones Russell

Good communication with children and parents saw Kids Planet Greenbank Park in Liverpool highly commended for the Nursery World Food Award in 2017. Following a parent questionnaire last year, which highlighted nursery menus as something that parents felt needed focus and development, the 115-place nursery held a parents’ forum to discuss how to make changes.

‘A lot of our parents work long hours, and we are open 7am-6pm, so they told us they wanted their children to have more substantial meals,’ explains nursery manager Amber Humphreys. As luck would have it, one Greenbank Park parent was a nutritionist and another a restaurant owner, so they were able to help advise on a complete menu redesign.

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