Menu 14/04/2014

Mon lunch- Baked potatoes with beans and cheese.. Snack- Carrot and lentil soup with homemade bread

Tue lunch- Tuna and chive cakes with cauliflower cheese.. Snack- pork lion, apple sauce and water biscuits

Wed Lunch- Chicken and mushroom pasta..Snack-Smoked salmon pate with oatcakes

Thur lunch- Sheppards pie..Snack- Roast vegetable cous-cous

Fri lunch- Chunky chilli beef with rice..Snack- strawberry meringues

Selection of seasonal vegetables served daily

Menu- 7/04/2014

Mon lunch- Tuna pasta bake.. Snack- Scotch broth and brown bread

Tue lunch- Chicken and Vegetable lasagne.. Snack- Crudities and dips

Wed lunch- Spaghetti Bolonaise..Snack- Cream cheese crackers and grapes

Thur lunch- lamb curry with rice and naan bread.. Snack- Ham, olives, saltanas and apple slices

Fri lunch- Smoked ham tagliatelli.. Snack- Mallow multigrain crispy

Menu- 31/03/2014

Mon lunch- Baked potatoes with chilli beef.. Snack-Mushroom pate and oatcakes

Tue lunch- Fishermans pie .. Snack- pesto pasta salad

Wed lunch- Meatballs and tomato spaghetti.. Snack- potato wedges with cheese and chive dip

Thur lunch- Roast pork lion, apple sauce, gravy and mash potato.. Snack- Yellow split pea soup and bread

Fri lunch- Chicken pie with baby roast potatoes.. Snack- Homebaking

Seasonal vegetables served everyday

Menu 24/03/2014

Mon lunch- Roasted vegetable pasta .. Snack- Fruit loaf and butter

Tues lunch- Moroccan Lamb with cous-cous ..Snack- Smoked salmon pate with cucumber slices and oatcakes

Wed lunch-Mediterranean style tuna lasagne..Snack- Speciality meats and cheese

Thur lunch-Roast chicken, tarragon jus and baby boilers .. Snack- Tomato and basil soup, home made bread

Fri lunch- Cottage pie .. Snack- Fruit flapjack and strawberrys

Selection of seasonal vegetables served daily

Spring is here, hipee hooray!

Congratulations to Pauline (Baby room) and Scott on the birth of their beautiful baby boy, Robyn, who was born at the end of January weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces.  We look forward to meeting him!

Sensory Garden Notes - 12th November

Eco Garden Notes
12th November
5pm - 6pm

Staff and Parents in attendance: Laura, Duncan, Ance, Colette, Nick

Apologies from: Vivian, Meri, Jennifer, Maxine

With thanks to Maxine for preparing an overview for the meeting.

Main points from the meeting:

• The garden will close down on Environment day 29th November this year where the children in the nursery will be given tasks to do. This event is not for parents.
• The garden will officially open next year on Saturday 5th April 2014 and an activity day is planned inviting parents and siblings to come together to mark this occasion - possible agenda to be circulated closer to that date.
• The next Eco-garden meeting was suggested at 25th Feb at 5pm which is the week after half term and six weeks before the official open day.

Main tasks:

• The garden is as secluded area and it was suggested to wait until all the leaves had fallen (or the majority) before these were cleared away or it would be an endless cycle.
• Pre-school are to write a checklist for the winter months and to ensure that the birds don't go hungry and there is enough water and food for them.
• The older children can check rubbish, tidy up weeds and look at scheduling in the planting of bulbs for the spring in the front garden (middle area) and also plant bulbs in tyres in the garden to create garden features.
• Duncan suggested that chipping should be put down over the bulbs to deter the squirrels from digging up the bulbs.
• The compost needs turned over prior the winter months setting in - speak with J. Mackay.
• The staff will collect or ask for coloured plastic bottles to enhance the garden.
• Meri to expand on the calendar of jobs to do list.
• The front garden needs some attention, particularly around the bins as its churned up.
• Duncan suggested the addition of stepping stones to the bin area - Nick to look into this.
• Insect Hotel - this was suggested that they plan this for inclusion in the spring - perhaps in time for the April open day.
• The plan is to save anything that can be used for the Insect Hotel and locate this in a shaded area. It will need to be risk assessed for height but it was suggested that a low and long structure that was of eye height for the majority of the children would be ideal made from pallets.

Tasks brought forward from previous meeting:

• Nishtha to create a watering chart to record on what has been watered and by whom. Preventing over or under watering of things.
• Clown room is going to make bird feeders - unfortunately there needs to be an eco-representative from this room to lead on this.
• The baby room is to make sensory baskets - this will be revisited in the spring.
• Litter walk in Dec or Jan TBC.

Menu Commencing 27/1/2014

Monday 27/1/2014 lunch: tomato and mozzarella pasta with sweetcorn pm snack: crudities and dips Tuesday 28/1/2014 lunch: sausage and onion casserole with peas and carrots pm snack: cheese slices, apples and crackers Wednesday 29/1/2014 lunch: lamb curry with rice, nan bread and vegetables pm snack: carrot and corriander soup with homemade bread Thursday 30/1/2014 lunch: smoked ham tagatelli with green beans and mangetout pm snack: fritatta Friday 31/1/2014 Lunch: Tuna mediterranian lasagne with sweetcorn and carrots pm snack: fruit flapjack