Parent News
Dear Parents and Carers
Many thanks for your support last
week during the refurbishment of the Bumblebees room. It looks fantastic.
Next Friday, September 5th,
2pm – 4.30pm, grandparents are invited in to play with their grandchildren, in
celebration of grandparents day (Sept 7th). A selection of refreshments and cream tea
shall be served.
Menus
Please find the attached proposed menus
for autumn and winter. These will go live week commencing 6th
October. If you have any questions or queries regarding the menus, please see a
member of the management team in the office.
Policies
Please find attached our procedure
for Child protection and Safeguarding.
Snails
The focus in the snails this week
will be music and settling in new starters. The children will have the
opportunity to play with musical instruments, create sounds from heuristic
toys, custard music class, having cuddles from their keyworker, hide and peep
cubes. Creative activities, this week, include cornflour play, mixing paint colours
using hands and fingers. The younger children will also be given the
opportunity for tummy time whilst the older babies will be encouraged to pull
themselves up to standing position.
Planned activities within the
Snails surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting
and extending their development. To find
out what activities are planned for your child for this week, please see your
child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the planning.
Amy – Day off Monday
Caterpillars
This week the Caterpillars team
will be focusing on finding hidden objects, whilst supporting new children
during their settling in period. The children will have the opportunity to play
with shredded paper to find the hidden happy land characters, to build
structures using balancing pebbles, to explore toys with touch buttons which
create different sounds. Creative activities this week include, mark making in
wet sand and gluing and sticking. The
book of the week is ‘My first 123 flap book’.
Planned activities within the
Caterpillars surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with
supporting and extending their development.
To find out what activities are planned for your child for this week,
please see your child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the
planning.
Days off Jamie –
Thursday Alisha
- Monday
Ladybirds
The current interest in the Ladybirds
is ‘Farm animals’. The children will
have the opportunity to explore happy land farm yard, animal flash cards,
hiding farm animals in the sand, play dough with animal shape cutters, animal
zip ups. The book of the week is ‘Over
on the farm’. Creative activities this
week include, gluing and sticking, string painting, finger painting on animal
masks and cornflour using small farm animals.
Planned activities within the
ladybirds surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting
and extending their development. To find
out what activities are planned for your child for this week, please see your
child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the planning.
Days off Abi – Monday
Bumblebees
This week the children will develop
their fine motor skills by using pens and pencils to mark make, chalking on the
chalk boards, gluing and sticking on different animal pictures, hand painting
and colouring in farm animals. To help the children develop their understanding
of the world, the children shall pretend to be farm animals. To encourage the children to develop their Literacy
development they shall be supported, this week using, letter lollies to
identify the first letter of their name, to copy the letter of their name,
cutting with scissors and reading animal stories. The book of the week is ‘On the
farm’.
Planned activities within the Bumblebees
surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting and
extending their development. To find out
what activities are planned for your child for this week, please see your
child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the planning which is
now displayed on the large notice board outside the Bumblebees room.
Days off
Jani – Wed Jenni
– Thurs Abla - Tues
Jani will be covering at one of our other sites on Tuesday.
Butterflies
This week the children’s interest is
‘Transport’. The children will be making origami boats and
aeroplanes, building roads for cars to move along. Within the garden there will
be traffic lights for the children to use whilst on their bikes. In a group
discussion the children will be asked about transport and what they went on to
get to their destination. The book of the week is ‘Little red train’s race to
the finish’.
Planned activities within the
Butterflies surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with
supporting and extending their development.
To find out what activities are planned for your child for this week,
please see your child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the
planning.
Days off Stani – Friday Tracy
– Covering at one of our other settings all week Lee returns to work on
Thursday September 4th
Child
protection/ Safeguarding
When starting at the Nursery we record the following information for
each child:
·
Child’s name
·
Child’s address/es
·
Gender
·
Date of birth
·
People with parental responsibility
·
Legal contacts
·
Who the child normally lives with
·
Any other setting the child attends
·
If a CAF (Common Assessment Framework) has ever
been done on the child.
The Manager is responsible for ensuring this information is updated
annually.
Information relating to individual children with regards to child
protection concerns or cases will be kept in a secure location with access
limited to those deemed suitable.
Child protection is an extremely sensitive and complex area. However, during the course of their work,
staff may be concerned about a child’s welfare.
All agencies that work with children have a duty and responsibility to
report and assist in child protection investigations.
Identification of child abuse is difficult and will normally be a
combination of both social and medical assessment. No list of signs or symptoms can be
exhaustive. The following are for
guidance only. It must be remembered that
alternative medical or social explanations may exist for the problems listed
here. However, if anyone has a concern about a child, they must report it to
the Manager (or Duty Manager) so a referral can be made.
It would be normal to look for evidence of abuse in 2 categories:
·
Physical signs
·
Behavioural symptoms
Signs
and symptoms
Significant harm can be the result of:
1. Neglect
2. Physical abuse
3. Sexual abuse Emotional abuse
1. Neglect
Neglect
results from failure to meet basic needs of the child. This may include failure to provide food,
warmth, clothing or consistent caring.
Signs and
symptoms may include:
·
Inappropriate or inadequate clothing
·
Poor hygiene
·
Developmental delay, poor speech and play skills
·
A child whose parents persistently fail to seek or
follow medical advice
·
Some cases of failure to thrive have a basis of
neglect
·
A child whose parents persistently fail to ensure
the child’s safety
2. Physical abuse
Most
injuries to children are accidental and can be explained.
Factors
associated with injuries, which may arouse suspicion that they are not
accidental, may include:
·
Where the explanation is not consistent with the
injury or with the stage of development of the child
·
Where there are changes of explanation or no
explanation
·
Where there is a history of frequently repeated
injury
·
Where there has been considerable delay in seeking
medical advice
·
Where there are bruises of different ages on the
child at any one time, other than on the common sites of accidental injury in a
child of that age (e.g. on shins and forehead)
·
Where there is facial bruising, other than over the
bony prominences, particularly around the mouth, eyes or ears
·
Where there are unexplained burns, bite marks,
severe bruising or any combination of these
·
Where there are bruises on the buttocks or thighs
·
Any bruising in a baby not yet mobile, reluctance
to move limbs or tenderness on handling
3. Sexual abuse
While
there are many signs associated with sexual abuse, many of these are also
associated with other problems. It is
rare for sexual abuse to be recognised by one symptom rather it is a matter of
developing a full picture of the child.
A child who is or has been sexually abused does not always display
behavioural disturbance.
Factors
that may arouse suspicion of sexual abuse may include:
·
Over sexualised behaviour
·
Sexual awareness and knowledge in advance of
developmental age
·
Withdrawn behaviour
·
Drawings or play activity which are explicitly
sexual
·
Compulsive masturbation
·
Wetting and soiling (once toilet trained)
·
Recurrent urinary tract infections
·
Sexually transmitted disease
·
Genital or anal inflammation or irritation
·
Genital or anal bleeding or lacerations
·
Change in behaviour
·
Anxiety during nappy or toileting times
4. Emotional abuse
There is
an element of emotional abuse in all forms of abuse, but some children may be
very well physically cared for whilst being emotionally abused. An emotionally abused child may be subjected
to constant criticism and scapegoating.
There may on the one hand be continuous withholding of approval and
affection, accompanied by severe discipline, or on the other hand a total lack
of appropriate control. Alternatively a
child may be exploited to fulfil the parents’ emotional needs.
The child may:
·
Have an impaired ability for enjoyment and play
·
Lack curiosity and natural exploratory behaviour
·
Be delayed in language development and play skills
·
Have low self-esteem and feelings of worthlessness
·
Show eating disturbances or growth failure
If you suspect abuse you must
go to the CPLO straight away. If you suspect the CPLO of abuse you must go to
the manager. If the Manager is the CPLO you need to report your suspicions to
the Area Manager:
Natalie Chrystie on:
07789268241 or 01293 772561
Following
these discussions, the Manager or CPLO has a duty to refer the matter to
OFSTED. No report of child abuse
requires a manager to make a decision regarding its validity. All such reports must be referred to the
OFSTED office.
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Autumn/
Winter 2014
Week 1
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Lunch
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Chilli
Beef
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Chicken in
a creamy tarragon sauce
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Roast
Gammon
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Creamy
tomato and herb pasta
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Fish
fingers
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Meat Free
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Quorn Chilli
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Mushrooms
in tarragon sauce
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Quorn
Roast
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As above
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Veggie fingers
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Served
with
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Rice
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New
potatoes and broccoli
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Roast
potatoes, carrots and parsnips
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Cheesy
garlic bread
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Beans and
potato wedges
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Dessert
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Ice cream
with warm chocolate sauce
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Ginger
sponge with vanilla sauce
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Yoghurt
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Bread
Pudding
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Jelly with
fruit pieces
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Tea
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Soup and
bread
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Crumpets
with jam and marmite
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Spaghetti
hoops and triangles
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Homemade herby
sausage roll with tomato sauce
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Various
filled rolls
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Pudding
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Tropical
fruit platter
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Fruit
mousse
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Banana
cake
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Cheese,
grapes and biscuits
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Fromage
frais
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Autumn Winter 2014 week 2
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Lunch
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Chicken and chorizo pasta
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Vegetable curry
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Roast Turkey
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Beef Goulash
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Mac and Cheese
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Meat Free
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Spicy Quorn sausage pasta
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As above
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Quorn Roast
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Mushroom Goulash
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As above
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Served with
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Salad
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Rice and Pitta
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New potatoes, peas and carrots
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Mash Potato
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Minted Peas
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Dessert
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Fruit Salad
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Chocolate
Pudding with a hot chocolate sauce
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Milk Jelly
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Cherry and apple crumble with cream
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Spotted dick with custard
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Tea
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Sausage in a bun
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Jackets with a hot filling
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Mini Pizzas
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Homemade
soup and Roll
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Homemade
cheese scones with ham and pickle
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Pudding
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Ginger bread Biscuits
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Spiced baked plums
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Fairy cake
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Fruit mousse
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Flapjack
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Autumn
winter
2014
Week 3
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Lunch
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Carbonara
pasta
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Mince
and
mash
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Roast
Turkey
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Creamy veg and
Rice
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Fish
cakes
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Meat
Free
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Mushroom Carbonara
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Quorn
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Quorn
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As above
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Veggie fingers
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Served
With
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Tomato and
Cucumber
Salad
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Mashed potato
and peas
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Roast potatoes,
Sweetcorn
and
cabbage
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Pitta
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New
Potatoes
and
spaghetti hoops
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Dessert
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Jelly with cream
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Rice pudding with fruit compote
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Banana custard
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Cheese
and grapes
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Steamed jam sponge with cream
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Tea
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Pizza
crumpets
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Homemade soup
and bread
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Pork and
apple
sausage
rolls
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Savoury
muffins
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Filled
Wraps
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Pudding
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Rock
cake
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Apple
and
raisin
cake
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Selection of fruit
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Homemade cookies
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Fromage
Frais
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Autumn
winter 2014
Week 4
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Lunch
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Vegetable
Stew
and
dumplings
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Sausage and mashed potato
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Roast beef
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Chicken Curry
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Jacket
Potato
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Meat free
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As above
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Quorn
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Quorn roast
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Quorn
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As above
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Served with
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New potatoes
and cabbage
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Broccoli, onion gravy and mashed potato
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Roast potatoes
and cauliflower cheese
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Rice
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Tuna in a warm creamy sweetcorn sauce
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Dessert
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Fruit mousse
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Cheese and biscuits with grapes
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Lemon
layer cake
with lemon sauce
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Stewed apple and raisins
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Carrot cake with a frosting
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Tea
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Filled rolls
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Homemade
pasties with spaghetti
hoops
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Homemade
broccoli soup
and a cheese straw
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Homemade
cheese and
marmite
wheels
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Crudités with dips and pitta’s
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Pudding
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Fromage
Frais
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Short bread
biscuit
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Cherry scones
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Crunchy chocolate mousse
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Grape and pear salad
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