Our Guarantee

At Rock a Tots we provide healthy nutritious meals, at breakfast, we provide toast and a selection of cereals. Our lunch meals consist of a healthy main meal and a dessert which is cooked on site. Rock a Tots also supply healthy snacks throughout the day & a tasty high tea.

We provide meals such as roast chicken, potatoes and vegetables, chicken & tomato pasta bake, fish pie & vegetables, a range of desserts from yogurt to fruit crumble and custard, ensuring that all food groups are provided. Children have a variety of meals throughout the month through a rolling three or four week menu. All food intolerances and dietary requirements are provided for and even children that have a preference to how their food is laid out e.g. food not touching each other will also be catered for.

At snack times children can have fresh drinking water or milk with a healthy snack option such as fruit, vegetables, crackers or breadsticks etc. Fresh drinking water will be provided at all times for children to have and drinks will also be taken outside during outside play.

We believe sitting together at meal times is an important social time where manners such as please and thank you can be modelled. Children of a suitable age and maturity are encouraged to pour their own drinks; this is an excellent opportunity where children can learn about healthy eating. On entry children’s dietary needs will be collected and any specific requirement will be discussed during settling in sessions. We will report daily information on your child’s food intake though their daily diaries.

Rock A Tots has a proactive method to prevent sickness in the setting by excluding staff and children that are unwell. We endeavour to notify parents of any illnesses and their symptoms that have been reported to the nursery. We use guidance from the Local Authority and NHS to inform our policies. If a child becomes unwell with an infectious disease such as chicken pox, mumps, or measles they must not attend the setting until the recommended incubation period has passed and the child is clinically well.

If a child has vomited or had diarrhoea within the last 48 hours, they must not attend the setting until 2 full days clear from the last bout of sickness or diarrhoea. We ask parents to inform the setting of any illness to allow us to notify other parents and staff. If a child becomes unwell while at the setting, we will notify you and request that your child is collected. In the case of a child suddenly become seriously unwell or have a serious accident then the emergency services will be contacted.

We encourage good hygiene for staff and children, with fully accessible washing facilities, hand soap, warm water, paper towels and hand sanitizer. Rock A Tots will act in accordance with the Public Health (Infectious Diseases Regulations 1988) and will inform Ofsted if required.

The nursery has the right to refuse admission to a child who is unwell. This decision will be taken by the Manager or Deputy on duty and is non-negotiable. It is important that children are not subjected to the rigours of the nursery day, which requires socialising with other children and being part of a group setting. When they have first become ill and require a course of antibiotics our policy is to exclude children on antibiotics for the first two days of the course, this is to ensure that the antibiotics have time to work and to ensure children do not have an allergic reaction to them. Should a child have an infectious disease, such as an eye/ear infection or sickness and diarrhoea, they should not return to nursery until they have been clear for at least two full days.