Food
& Nutrition
Blackwood Street Early Learning provides nutritious and healthy morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for the children.
Our eight-week rotating menu has been carefully put together using the latest information from nutrition institutes, child centres and government departments Australia-wide.
The food plan is dairy rich and we only use lean proteins with a focus on fruits and a variety of vegetables. We only use whole grains wherever possible, and water is offered to children throughout the day.
The centre’s menu is nutritionally balanced, providing more than 50 per cent of a child’s daily requirements and our multicultural recipes have been fine-tuned with input from our children and staff.
We have put in place a menu we are very proud of and your children love eating. Our hope is to develop them with healthy eating habits to take with them into their futures.
Our onsite Chef can adapt any meals offered on the menu to cater for children with food allergies and intolerances, and all centre Educators have completed a nationally accredited course in Anaphylaxis Management with Queensland Ambulance. We also are a nut-aware centre.
Vandna
Chef
Please see our rotating eight week menu
(subject to change)
The Queensland Government requires the centre to develop a food safety program, which we have had in place since 2010, and the centre is audited yearly and is always compliant.
It is also a requirement set by the Food Act 2006 that we have a Food Safety Supervisor. Additionally we ensure all Educators have food safety training and certificates.
Brisbane City Councils Eat Safe Program is a food business regulatory rating scheme for all licensed food businesses in Brisbane. Under the program each business received a food safety rating based on compliance with the Food Act 2006, the food standards and good management practises. We are proud to say Blackwood Street Early Learning has a 5 star Eat Safety Food rating.
Our beautiful outdoor space also provide us with the capacity to grow some of our own herbs and vegetables. If you are interested in helping us with our garden projects please do; we are always looking for volunteers with green thumbs.
