FOOD & NUTRITION

A positive approach

Our positive approach to healthy food, sociable mealtimes, balanced nutrition and varied, freshly prepared menus encourages healthy little minds and bodies.

We offer children a wide variety of flavours from menus that are nutritionally balanced. It doesn’t get any better than good old home-cooked food – and as the plates come back empty, the children must think so too.

Mealtimes

Mealtimes are enjoyable sociable occasions – happy, relaxed and a new opportunity to learn. The team sit with the children and lead by example; encouraging them to try new things, helping to serve and initiating conversation. With gentle encouragement, mealtimes are also when children’s natural curiosity for exploring new concepts will be extended to introduce new tastes and textures with their friends.

Nutrition

Our nutritionally balanced food is freshly prepared on site by the team, who minimise the use of sugar and other additives, never add salt, serves a minimum of four portions of fruit and veg each day, and uses local suppliers whenever possible.

Babies and weaning

In our baby rooms, we’ll aim to follow your babies usual feeding routine. There is a dedicated milk kitchen where we store and prepare bottles of formula or expressed breastmilk. Mums who are still breastfeeding are more than welcome to pop into nursery to feed their baby any time.

Children under 12 months will be offered foods at their stage of weaning which is always discussed with parents first.

Our Menus

Our menus are healthy, well balanced and rotated regularly. We devise varied menu plans each season which reflect diverse cultures to broaden children’s experience of the wider world.

At Muddy Boots Nursery we supply;

Breakfast: Usually toast, cereal and fresh fruit
Morning Snack: A morning snack of carbohydrate & fresh fruit/veg
Lunch: A hot meal and a pud!
Afternoon Snack: Fruit & Veg platter
Tea Time: Usually sandwiches & wraps, veg sticks, fruit and yoghurt

At Pioneers we cater for all dietary requirements – whether medical, cultural, ethical, religious or just based on your personal preference, we’ll do our best to accommodate children’s individual diet.

Sample Monthly Menu

As you can imagine, our fantastic chefs never stop testing, tweaking and experimenting with our menus to ensure they are as healthy & well balanced as possible, all whilst being enjoyed and wolfed down by our hungry little ones!

If you click below, you can download a sample Autumn/Winter Menu, as well as Spring/Summer one. If you ever want to know specifically what’s coming up at your site, please feel free to drop us a message on Famly or an email

You can now book a Show Round at either Muddy Boots site directly through our website! Click book now and pay us a visit soon… we can’t wait to meet you!

Book a Show Round now!

What our parents say…

My son had been going to Muddy Boots for a couple of months and he has fitted in so well, mainly due to the staff. Without sounding cheesy it really has the feel of it being a home from home. He always has lots of fun and really has come on leaps and bounds in his development since joining. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Katie E, Parent
Friendly staff, a safe environment and a wealth of resources have made this nursery the perfect choice for our daughter. She is very happy there and her development has progressed rapidly since she started there. We are particularly impressed by the nursery’s reporting procedures and look forward to reading her learning journal. We are always told what she has been doing during the day and it is obvious that the staff make every effort to get to know the children really well. This shows by how happy our little girl is when we take her in on a morning. We love that the children are encouraged to be outside as much as possible!

Sarah S, Parent
We love Muddy Boots- it has a wonderful, informal and happy atmosphere. The staff are so helpful and my son loves every minute of his time there. No fussing, no bureaucracy, happy kids and staff having fun. I would recommend this nursery to anyone who wants tired but happy kids at the end of the day, who want their kids to have some exercise and fresh air and don’t mind them coming home muddy. We also love the fact that the staff are so happy and clearly enjoy their jobs, are interested in the kids and their development and are motivated and enthused by their work.

Alex, Parent
We love Muddy Boots! From our very first visit all the staff have been very helpful, friendly and it is clear to see that they love their job and are so committed to each individual child and their development. We love that the kids are involved in the decision making on what they shall do and can just be kids. We’d recommend Muddy Boots to anyone, our daughter is very happy there and so are we.

Sandra B , Parent
“You have been amazing in what you have done for Niamh, despite her only attending one day per week. She is an independent young lady who settles really well with other people and absolutely loves coming each week. We cannot thank you enough.”

Jo, Parent
Muddy Boots has a very relaxed yet focussed atmosphere. The staff are very supportive and approachable to children and parents. You feel able to discuss any issues your child may have as well as any preferences you would prefer the staff to facilitate. My daughter settled very quickly and she already has very settled and positive routine she carries out each week.

Kate H, Parent
Really happy with Muddy Boots. My lad always so excited to go every day. Staff always very helpful and friendly and comes home with lots of things he has done, like cooking and making things. He really loves the staff there and talks about them all the time at home. Cant recommend enough.

Ste, Parent
The care that is given to our son is outstanding. His learning is very individual and incorporates his interest at any one particular time. The staff are very knowledgeable and always very helpful. I would have no hesitation in recommending Muddy Boots Nursery to anyone.

Dan G, Parent