Can you tell me more about the Alliance’s training course on healthy eating and how I can attend a training day?
The Promoting Healthy Eating training course has been developed to promote healthy eating and nutritional best practice in early years settings. The training is the first of its kind in the country and aims to bridge the gap in good nutritional guidance, resources and support that currently exists.
The course is ideal for staff and volunteers responsible for or involved in, the planning and preparation of food and drinks for children attending their setting.
The one-day interactive workshop has been specially designed in partnership with the British Nutrition Foundation to be relevant, fun and practical to the needs of early years workers.
The course covers:
- Healthy eating principles for children under five
- The food groups necessary for a healthy balanced diet
- How to apply healthy eating principles to the planning and preparation of meals, snacks and drinks
- How to make a healthy lunch, based on current healthy eating guidelines
- How to plan a menu for a day or week, when taking into consideration the vast number of food allergies occurring in young children
- The challenges and practicalities of providing healthy balanced meals and promoting healthy eating in early years settings
- Tips and strategies to make healthy eating fun for children.
Please see the Training section of the website for further information.
Last updated: 13/02/2008