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Healthy, nutritious food to energise your little one for a day full of adventures

Don’t worry about packing up food for your little one when they come to Sunny Days. We’ve got it covered.

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Healthy Food Served Throughout the Day

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Meet our mealtime stars

We provide delicious, nutritious meals and snacks developed in collaboration with nutritionist Melanie Smith.

Melanie is a registered nutritionist working as part of the Early Years Nutrition Partnership programme — an independent social enterprise devoted to improving the health of young children, which we are proud to be a part of.

The dynamic duo that brings Melanie’s brilliant meal plans to life is our in-house Children’s Chef Sarah Halliwell and our kitchen assistant Kevin.

Everything is made on-site using fresh ingredients that are delivered daily. Sarah and Kevin lovingly prepare breakfast, a morning and afternoon snack and a 2-course hot lunch for each of our little ones, making sure they’ve got all the energy they need to save the day.

Sarah Halliwell
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Something for everyone

We like to keep mealtimes and snack times interesting at Sunny Days, which is why the menu changes every Season.

Melanie, Sarah and Kevin are always excited to hear what our little ones and their parents think of our food and use that feedback to continually evolve our menus.

There really is something for everyone as all of our meals and snacks include variations that cater to allergies, as well as dietary and cultural requirements. Vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, gluten-free and more — it all looks and tastes great thanks to our fantastic team.

“While working alongside Melanie, Early Years Nutritionist, we have created several seasonal 3-week menus. This includes making sure the children get the right amount of starchy protein, dairy, fruit and veg across the day from 8am-6pm and the full week. The groceries and meat are locally sourced from the local butcher and green grocers. We are keen on ensuring the children are fed a healthy, varied, and balanced diet whilst in our care to give them all the advised nutrition they need to grow, be healthy, be happy, and to have as much fun and energy at Sunny Days as possible!”

Sarah Halliwell – Children’s Chef

"Extremely pleased with the variety on offer and we love to see what meals/snacks are expected each day."

"Sunny days always gives nutritious and varied food. Giving children the chance to try new foods as well as eat warm cooked hearty food."

"It sounds healthy and varied, and like things I would like to eat. Good to see plenty of fruit and veg in there and the fact it is all homemade and not processed."

"Really like the variation and it seems to off gone down well with my little one!"

"Lots of yummy healthy choices!"

"Good variety of different foods including meats and protein and lots of vegetables!"

"I haven’t tasted it myself but William comes back well and full of energy."

"I think it encourages children to try different dishes that perhaps they would not eat at home."

"I am very pleased that amendments have been made to the menu. I feel like my child’s nutritional needs are being met. Previously, I did have some concern about certain aspects of the menu, salt and sugar content of some foods in particular. I now have complete confidence that my little one is being exposed to lots of healthy and delicious foods. Excellent job and thanks for listening to parents and putting our children’s health first."

"Such vibrant, varied, exciting food on there that sound delicious. I would much rather my child be eating/trying lots of different foods like you have on the menu."

"The menu is a great improvement and definitely more focused on creating healthy eating habits."

"A good balanced meal/snack."

"I have really enjoyed working with Sunny Days. They are so dedicated in providing the best nutrition for the children in their nurseries. It is so wonderful to work with a team that is so positive and enthusiastic to learn about food and nutrition. The time we spent on the menu to make it enjoyable as well as nutritious has already paid off with the wonderful feedback they have received from families. It is one thing to develop a food and nutrition policy but to truly understand the reasons behind it, is something I know the Sunny Days team has taken away from my time with them."

Melanie Smith, BSc (Hons) Nutrition, ANutr - Registered Associate Nutritionist

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High praise from our Super Parents

In possibly the most depressing January on record I just want to say thank you to you and your team for continuing to take brilliant care of L and giving him a pocket of normality in this weird world we are living in. It is a difficult and concerning time for everyone and I hope your team realise how much they are appreciated.

Laura Kent

I would also like to thank your entire team for delivering an outstanding service this autumn. The additional Covid precautions, regular updates, clear instructions, and Q-Bell have all made a difference. It is through your hard work that R has not been required to isolate at home (with me or my wife off work). I thank you for playing your part in fighting this pandemic as both R’s father and as the Clinical Lead of Critical Care.

Very child centred, I feel happy leaving my girls there. Staff are very accommodating and approachable. It feels like everyone takes the time to know the girls.

Duncan Chambler

Just wanted to thank SunnyDays staff for the fantastic care you have provided to both my daughters over the last 5 years - they both would really enjoyed their time with you guys and would highly recommend your service to other parents.

Chris & Claire Jones

Always been a pleasure to work with you and my boy has loved it. No complaints!

A Sunny Day Parent

Always smiling always ready to help always showing so much positive regard for the girls. It's a pleasure to stop the girls off a see them feeling so excited to spend the day at sunny days Bridport. Sunny days Bridport is amazingly well led and has a lovely supportive team. So impressed by all you have done over 2020 and now lockdown 3!

A Sunny Day Parent

My child is always happy and excited to attend. She has shown clear evidence of learning in her ability to start recognising colours, simple mathematical principles and starting to look at and recognise letters and numbers in books. She has gone from being too shy to talk to anyone outside her family, to having real fun and building relationships with her peers and familiar adults, as well as communicating with unfamiliar adults. Since being at Sunny days she has become really open and willing to engage with the world around her in way she would have been too frightened to do before. Her confidence has improved massively.

A Sunny Day Parent

All the staff at Bridport do an amazing job. My son is always happy to see whoever answers the door and talks about them when we are at home. They have all done a fantastic job throughout this pandemic to support the children and ensure they are happy and well looking after. Bridport team are amazing...cannot praise them enough!

A Sunny Day Parent

My son now only attends the holiday club but when he was attending the nursery full time he was always well engaged with activities and above all the nursery staff were kind and loving towards him.

A Sunny Day Parent

My little girl is always happy and excited to attend they keep us updated on everything they always make sure everything is clean and safe and my daughter has really come out of herself.

A Sunny Day Parent

Really happy with everything, my son enjoys his time at nursery and is always happy to go in. Staff are very friendly and kind.

A Sunny Day Parent

Our two girls have gone to Sunny Days over the past 4 years. The nursery owners and their team have been outstanding, and our children love it. We’ve never had tears and they love going to Dorchester Sunny Days each week. Jo (manager) and the team have been so accommodating throughout the pandemic (we are key workers) and the Scadden’s have explained all the COVID Secure procedures with clarity. We feel very safe sending our children there. Our eldest daughter has now moved up to school and despite being young for the year group (June birthday) she was more than ready to transition – Jane and the pre-school team delivered such great Early Years teaching and gave us great advice on how to support our daughter to reach her best potential. They even taught her how to ride a bike without stabilisers!! Also, worth mentioning how much our children love the food. They seem to eat everything at nursery despite being a little fussy at home! We cannot recommend Sunny Days enough. The discount for local NHS staff and the month to month flexibility on bookings also help significantly.

Duncan Chambler

The team at Sunny Days in Dorchester have been a lifesavers (maybe literally!) on so many occasions. Our three kids through here from the baby room to after school clubs. They have been so accommodating and flexible. I can't believe how well they have just dealt with things throughout the pandemic. I've no concerns about recommending Sunny Days.

Kyle Mitchell

Sunny Days Dorchester staff team have been outstanding in their support, our toddler who is fostered by us, was quite withdrawn, has totally blossomed whilst in their care, eager to go to and happy to return.

At what has been a difficult time for us, they have been extremely helpful and flexible, so would highly recommend their service and their lovely staff.

A Big Thank you!

Linda and Manuel Fraiz

Our little lady has been at Sunny Days since she was 8 months old and she has grown and developed so much with the help of all the amazing staff here. We chose Sunny Days as at the time of myself returning to work they were the only nursery in Weymouth and Dorchester that we’re prepared to be flexible and helped work around my roster allowing myself to return to a career that I love and most importantly gave me the confidence and reassurance that she was so well looked after. (as I’m often out of the country this was vital that she was happy) and I knew she was. I can’t Thank you all enough for all your dedication, hardwork and commitment to ensuring each and every day she came to nursery and now preschool she was thriving and happy. Special little Thankyou to Jane in preschool for going that extra mile to help Mila settle after returning back after the lockdown as most days we had lots of tears on drop off and now she is going in beautifully. You are all wonderful. <3

Lucie Gray

Our son loves going to Sunny Days. The staff are helpful and kind, the food is yummy, and the booking is flexible. It's great that they are happy to use reusable nappies too!

Vicky Ashby

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