Government & National Guidance
Example menus from the DfE
Example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.
DFE information around sensory food education
Information about each area of learning in the EYFS and get ideas for activities you can do with early years children, including short videos to explain the importance of each aspect
Food safety
Guidance and information from the DfE
Good Practice Examples
Coming soon…
North Yorkshire Guidance and Information
Early Years healthy packed lunch leaflet
Information for settings to share with parents & carers to encourage a healthy packed lunch.
Healthy Eating guidelines for settings
Guidelines from the Public Health & the Healthy Early Years programme team to support serving healthy food in your early years setting
Child healthy weight and oral health resource bank
This document contains web links to a number of resources and information about healthy weight, healthy lifestyles and oral health
Other Supporting Resources
HENRY ‘healthy start’
HENRY ‘healthy start’ has a range of top tips to support healthy eating which could be promoted to families. The website can be read in a variety of languages e.g Arabic and polish
Food a Fact of Life has3-5 Years area.
Here you’ll find activity ideas and resources to support the teaching and learning of food with young children. They have been developed to be used by early years specialists to stimulate children’s interest in food.