Early Years Setting - Blooming Criteria Resources by

Blooming Criteria Lisa

NOFAward — 2025-09-22 13:56:51 UTC

Training videos available on Padlet

thenofaward1 — 2025-09-26 14:53:49 UTC

Resources available on Padlet

thenofaward1 — 2025-09-26 14:54:31 UTC

Resources available on Padlet

thenofaward1 — 2025-09-26 14:54:51 UTC

Such as Essex child and family wellbeing service (infant feeding / weaning provision)

thenofaward1 — 2025-09-26 14:55:43 UTC

Essex Early Years and Childcare Charter

thenofaward1 — 2025-09-26 14:57:32 UTC

TastEd at Home

thenofaward1 — 2025-10-24 12:48:21 UTC

TastEd Activities for EYFS

thenofaward1 — 2025-10-24 12:48:42 UTC

How to Effectively Engage and Support Parents and/or Carers.

hollyedwards4 — 2025-12-04 16:32:29 UTC

Designed by Laura Matthews- Registered Nutritionist providing support on EYFS Nutrition Guidance (DfE,2025) parent/carer engagement requirements. Please edit the document so that it is tailored to your setting.

Please head to the NOF Award home page and look for Food & Nutrition Policies and Plans for your food policy template.

hollyedwards4 — 2025-12-15 15:13:27 UTC

Please head to the NOF Award home page and look for Food & Nutrition Policies and Plans for your food policy template.

hollyedwards4 — 2025-12-15 15:13:57 UTC

Mealtime Environments and Behaviours Resource

hollyedwards4 — 2025-12-19 09:23:03 UTC

Registered Nutritionist Laura Matthews has developed a resource to help settings prepare for positive mealtime environments. It includes guidance on behaviours to model and those to be aware of. Please review and adapt the document so it reflects the needs of your setting.

Working with Parents on Nutrition Webinar Opportunity

hollyedwards4 — 2026-01-12 14:51:11 UTC

Charlotte Stirling Reed (Registered Nutritionist) and Zebedees are running a CPD-accredited webinar covering "Working with Parents on Nutrition" and offers support for nursery and early years staff navigating feeding little ones and the relationship between them and parents. If you would like to join and continue building strong parent partnerships that support children’s long‑term wellbeing, you can reserve your place now using the link attached.

Free Lunch and Learns - EYS Healthy Eating

thenofaward1 — 2026-01-21 15:16:25 UTC

Food & Nutrition Activities Toolkit

hollyedwards4 — 2026-01-29 11:16:33 UTC

This template was created by Registered Nutritionist Laura Matthews to help settings plan food activities that offer opportunities for children to learn about healthy eating and the journey of food from farm to plate.

Menu Planning & Recipe Ideas Toolkit

hollyedwards4 — 2026-01-29 12:06:12 UTC

Laura Matthews, Registered Nutritionist, has designed a Menu Planning & Recipe Ideas. This resource provides practical support for planning menus, understanding nutrition requirements, managing portion sizes, and supporting parents and carers with packed lunches.

Health Promotion Resources

hollyedwards4 — 2026-01-30 12:56:02 UTC

This document collates many health promotion resources in one place that you may find useful to help plan displays, open days etc. This was created by the wonderful Laura Matthews (Registered Nutritionist).

Catherine Lippe Training Videos

hollyedwards4 — 2026-03-24 10:05:39 UTC

You can find a training video on Education Essex Online regarding managing special eating requirements and creating positive mealtime environments in early years settings.

Criteria Proforma for Blooming

emilyalisha1 — 2026-07-03 11:46:08 UTC