Food Drink & Oral Health (Early Years)
Good nutrition can help children to grow and develop, fight illness, improve their concentration, keep them physical active and able to play and explore. Early years settings provide an ideal opportunity to help children eat well, enjoy and learn about food.
| Example menus for early years settings in England | This document includes: example menus for early years settings in England; including recipes for breakfasts, snacks, lunches and teas; and additional recipes that can be substituted into the example menus. The example menus and recipes illustrate the types and amounts of food and drink that can be provided to meet the nutritional requirements of infants and children aged six months to four years. |
| Doncaster Toothbrushing Club Toolkit | This toolkit provides guidance, support and contacts to help you set up your settings Toothbrushing club!
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| at Better, Start Better | Voluntary food and drink guidelines for Early Years settings in England. |
| Healthy Start | Information about the vitamin and voucher scheme, including applications, retailers and tips for health. |
| Resources and guides for early years providers. | |
| A document that outlines organisations that provide independent information about nutrition for young children, and those that are funded by or working in partnership with formula companies. | |
| Eating well guidelines on; The first years of life, 1-4 year olds, children with learning disabilities, the under 5’s in care and sustainable food in early years settings. | |
| Childsmile | A national programme to improve the oral health of children in Scotland. The website contains a variety of information on oral health for families and professionals. |
| Change4Life | 'Be Food Smart' campaign resources. |
| Change 4 Life Cooking Guide | A toolkit to support the teaching of cooking in the classroom. |
| Early years lesson – using maths skills to find healthier swaps. | |
| Change4Life | 'Top Tips for Teeth' resources. |
| Hey Duggee Tooth Brushing | Includes a tooth brushing song and a game for children to earn a tooth brushing badge. |
| Brush DJ | A website and app that encourages brushing for an effective length of time and helps to establish good oral health habits. |
| A 20 minute video that outlines key messages for keeping young childrens' teeth healthy. | |
| A selection of videos created by the British Society of Paedatric Dentistry in collaboration with Dr Ranj for a range of ages! | |
| Kind to Teeth posters | A variety of posters for you to use in your setting to promote tooth friendly drinks!
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| Fluoride Varnish, the facts! | Information sheet on the use of Fluoride Varnish!
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Dental Health Promotion E-Learning
Dental Hygiene for Reception Kids
Due to the Coronavirus (Covid – 19) outbreak the current guidance documents for Supervised toothbrushing clubs has changed. Supervised toothbrushing clubs are now able to restart providing refresher training with Public Health (Doncaster Council) has been completed. New guidance documents will be provided for those settings wishing to restart. We are still recommending that settings should not participate in any disclosing activity or any oral health lesson plan which involves using the mouth mirrors. Updated 18/01/22
Downloads & Resources
- Doncaster Toothbrushing Club Toolkit Covid 2021 Final
- Download (1.53MB - PDF)