Fresh Flavours For Little Learners: Our New Summer Menu Has Arrived!

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Our New Summer Menu

In collaboration with Tiny Tums from The Health Kick

At The Early Years Academy, we know that what we feed our children is about so much more than just nutrition—it's about shaping healthy habits, sparking curiosity, and giving little minds and bodies the fuel they need to thrive. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce our new Spring/Summer 2025 Menu, created in collaboration with Tiny Tums from The Health Kick, experts in child-focused food and early years nutrition.

Designed for Development

This refreshed menu goes beyond “what’s for lunch?” Each recipe has been carefully created with developmental benefits in mind, supporting key areas such as:

  1. Brain development

  2. Strong bones

  3. Emotional regulation

  4. Oral health

  5. The role of protein

  6. The importance of eating a rainbow 🌈

To make this clear for families and staff alike, each meal includes visual icons that highlight its nutritional focus, helping everyone see exactly how each dish contributes to a child’s growth.

Exciting New Dishes Inspired by You

Some of our latest additions have come directly from parent suggestions, thank you for your valuable input!

Here are just a few of the tasty, nutritious options we’re excited to serve:

  1. 🌮 Build Your Own Burrito – Featuring child-friendly fillings like brain-boosting fish & avocado or plant-based beans, alongside colourful veggies and tasty toppings.

  2. 🍳 Mexican Frittata – A hearty, protein-rich egg dish packed with Omega-3s and flavour.

  3. 🌱 Lentil Bolognese – Full of fibre, hidden veg, and plant protein, this one’s a nutritional powerhouse!

  4. 🌸 Beetroot Hummus – Rich in iron and antioxidants, it’s a great addition for little dippers.

  5. 🥔 Jacket Potato Station – Now with new topping choices like carrot & apple, hummus crunch, and cheese—promoting independence and variety.

Each of these has been chosen not only for its flavour and fun factor, but for how it supports children’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development.

Structure with Intention: Our Three-Week Rotating Menu

Across each week, we include:

  1. Balanced meals with varied textures, colours and nutrients

  2. Cultural days, celebrating diversity and helping children try new tastes from around the world

  3. Starter days, which alternate with desserts to break the expectation of sweet-after-every-meal

  4. Hydration-aware foods, especially important in the warmer months

You’ll also notice no refined or added sugars on our menus. Instead, we opt for dishes naturally rich in vitamins, fibre, and healthy fats to encourage lifelong healthy eating patterns.

Safety, Allergens & Weaning

With clear allergen symbols, robust food safety procedures, and enhanced meal preparation guidance in place, your child’s wellbeing is always our top priority.

And when it comes to weaning, we’ve taken advice from the newly released Early Years Foundation Stage Nutrition Guidance to ensure our weaning options meet current best practices. Meals are prepared with great care to suit each child’s developmental stage—chopped, blended or portioned appropriately—and our teams follow a strengthened emergency response plan should any concern arise.

All staff are trained in allergy awareness and cross-contamination prevention, so families can feel reassured about the safety of every bite.

Why We’re Proud of This Menu

This menu wasn’t created overnight. It was thoughtfully built, seasonally adjusted, and lovingly reviewed by both our staff and the experts at Tiny Tums. With family feedback, research-based practice, and child development at its heart, we truly believe this is our best menu yet.

Whether it's a warm dish of Rainbow Noodles, a veggie-packed Pitta Pizza, or a refreshing summer smoothie, each bite helps lay the foundation for a lifetime of healthy choices.

Want to explore the full menu and parent guide? Head over to our Famly app or download the latest version and discover everything on offer.

Here’s to a season of happy tummies, healthy habits, and joyful mealtimes!

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