Frankston House provides nutritious meals daily to all children. Our fulltime cook creates a child (and parent) friendly 4-week rotational menu, which is adapted to suit the seasons. A current sample of our Menu can be viewed below.
Breakfast is provided between 6.30 am and 8am during Family Grouping and will includes choices such as cereals, toasts, fruits and yogurts.
A wide variety of fresh fruit/crackers/sandwiches/toast is available every day for morning tea, along with milk.
All lunches are prepared onsite and consist of two courses.Children in the under 3 groups are also provided with fresh mash vegetables along with their meals at lunchtime daily.
Afternoon tea is provided and may be a healthy home baked good or savoury snack prepared onsite. A small snack of fresh and dried fruit/crackers/cheese will be provided during evening family grouping.
Any Feedback in regards to our menu is greatly appreciated and any recipes or ideas you may have will be happily received.
Where possible, we use produce which the children have collected from the service garden, and also the fresh eggs they collect from the centres chickens are taken home to further engage in cooking experiences. We encourage the children to be involved in this process and also offer various cooking experiences within their curriculum.
Only Formula/Breast milk for your baby needs to be supplied if required.
As per Australian Dietary Requirements, each child is offered balanced of each of the five food groups required for a healthy growing body.
Allergies and Food Preferences
We cater for all food allergies and food preferences/aversions, with a wide variety of alternatives to the meal/snacks will as close to resemble the choice being provided to all the children’s where possible.
