Safeguarding Refresher 2024
Safeguarding Refresh for Early Start employees.
Read MoreEarly Start Nutrition Award Gold
Sign up to the Gold Award – Excelling in Best Practice to: ensure your nutrition provision is healthy, balanced and nutritious, meeting the EYFS framework, Ofsted and Eat Better Start Better food and drink guidelines showcase a workforce skilled in understanding the key nutrition requirements for babies and toddlers implement a nutrition framework that demonstrates…
Read MoreEarly Start Nutrition Award Silver
Sign up to the Early Start Nutrition Award Silver – Achieving Best Practice to showcase how: your provision is providing healthy, balanced and nutritious food and drink your setting is offering a nutrition provision that meets the EYFS framework, Ofsted and Eat Better Start Better food and drink guidelines you’re achieving positive health and well-being…
Read MoreA Health Professionals Guide to Nutrition in Pregnancy
What you’ll learn in this A Health Professionals Guide to Nutrition in Pregnancy training course: Key diet and lifestyle considerations when planning a pregnancy, including diet, supplementation and body weight How to achieve a healthy balanced diet during pregnancy, including food group requirements, considerations for vegetarian and vegan women, along with foods to limit/avoid The…
Read MoreEarly Start Nutrition Award Bronze
Sign up to the Early Start Nutrition Award Bronze – Audit of Current Practice to: achieve nutrition best practice in your setting identify areas of development create opportunities for home learning generate evidence for Ofsted inspections. Content By signing up to the award you will receive access to a nutrition audit tool allowing your setting…
Read MoreDelivering The Daily Mile – Early Years
Delivering The Daily Mile – Early Years What you’ll learn in the Delivering The Daily Mile – Early Years training How The Daily Mile links to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) reforms framework The activity recommendations for children in the early years and how The Daily Mile can help to achieve those recommendations Steps…
Read MoreNutrition Education and Healthy Eating in your Holiday Activities and Food Programme
What you’ll learn in the Nutrition Education and Healthy Eating in your Holiday Programme Training The nutrition requirements for primary and secondary school aged children; Ideas for games and activities to help children, young people and their families learn about healthy eating; Strategies to implement for fussy eaters and children with sensory issues How to…
Read MoreDeveloping a Food Policy
What you’ll learn in the Developing a Food Policy training The importance of a Food Policy and its role in supporting your early years setting in achieving best practice How to reflect the EYFS requirements on healthy eating and safe food preparation in your policy How to reflect the Eat Better Start Better food and…
Read MoreEating Well in Pregnancy
Eating Well in Pregnancy This course has been developed by Registered Nutritionists to provide you with helpful information and tips around nutrition throughout your pregnancy journey. This course will cover: Guidance if you are thinking of having a baby, if pregnant and during the postnatal period Top tips to support you to plan meals and…
Read MoreFood and Nutrition for Infants
What you’ll learn in the Food and Nutrition for Infants training The importance of developing healthy eating habits in the early years How to meet the EYFS requirement for the provision of healthier, balanced and nutritious food and drink for infants Information on breastfeeding and first infant formula, such as safe preparation and storage The…
Read MoreFood and Nutrition for Toddlers
What you’ll learn in the Food and Nutrition for Toddlers training The importance of developing healthy eating habits in the early years How to meet the EYFS requirement for the provision of healthy, balanced and nutritious food and drink Meal and snack routines, including recipe ideas Key principles of the Eat Better Start Better guidelines…
Read MoreFussy Eating
Description What you’ll learn in the Fussy Eating Training The typical characteristics of fussy eating The development of eating behaviours in early life The common reasons why children refuse food The appropriate strategies to support children to try new and refused foods The strategies that are not recommended and why The NHS Healthy Start scheme…
Read MoreMenu Planning
What you’ll learn in the Menu Planning training The importance of producing nutritious menus in your early years setting How to meet the requirements for the provision of healthier, balanced and nutritious food and drink as set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework An excellent understanding of how to apply the Eat…
Read MoreOral Health Promotion
What you’ll learn in the Oral Health Promotion training How to meet the EYFS requirement to promote the good oral health of children Factors that impact children’s dental health and the consequences of poor dental health How to look after children’s teeth- including appropriate teeth cleaning techniques and when to visit the dentist Tooth friendly…
Read MoreVitamin D – A Healthy Start
What you’ll learn in the Vitamin D- a Healthy Start training The importance of vitamin D for infants, toddlers and adults Factors that affect our vitamin D status – are we getting enough? Vitamin D recommendations for infants, children and families Suitable vitamin supplements The NHS Healthy Start scheme How to support families to apply…
Read MoreBin the Bottle
What you’ll learn in the Bin the Bottle training Issues related to prolonged bottle use Suitable cups and drinks for children aged 1-5 years Practical tips that can help children to transition from bottle to a cup How to support families- either by running a workshop or in having conversations Common questions parents might ask…
Read MoreCooking and Learning About Food
What you’ll learn in the Cooking and Learning about Food training The benefits of cooking and learning about food activities Links to the EYFS framework including, how to make healthy choices in relation to food An overview of children’s nutrient requirements Suitable skills to teach children in the early years How to choose recipes in-line…
Read MoreKeeping Active in the Early Years
What you’ll learn in the Keeping Active in the Early Years training How to meet the EYFS requirements for Physical Development The benefits of physical activity for children and their families Current national statistics for physical activity Current UK recommendations for physical activity for babies, toddlers and their families Activities and ideas that support children…
Read MoreFeeding Your Baby in the First Year
Feeding Your Baby in the First Year This course has been developed by Registered Nutritionists to provide you with helpful information and tips around feeding your baby in their first year. Complete this course to learn more about: The importance of developing healthy eating habits early on in your child’s life Information on breastfeeding and…
Read MoreGood Nutrition for your Toddler
Good Nutrition for your Toddler This course has been developed by Registered Nutritionists to provide you with helpful information and tips around food and nutrition for your toddler. Complete this course to learn more about: Meal and snack routines for toddlers Toddler food and nutrient requirements Portion sizes and appetite Creating positive mealtimes Snack and…
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