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Healthy Lifestyles
At BestStart Coast Boulevard, we like to encourage a healthy lifestyle for our tamariki through physical play and healthy eating, this is why we are currently working towards a gold healthy heart award. In order to achieve this award the teachers and the centre cook India Mcdonald have been collaborating to provide a range of activities and resources for the children alongside establishing an amazing well balanced menu.
We now have a specifically designed menu which is includes children’s daily needs of dairy, protein, fruit and vegetables through our provided morning and afternoon teas and a home cooked lunch each day. India is an experienced cook and has variations of each meal for our tamariki with allergies and food preferences such as halal and vegetarian.
In order to make this healthy lifestyle a part of our everyday curriculum children are participating in the establishing, growing and caring for of our own fruits and vegetables. Once harvested they will then contribute to our weekly shop to create India’s tasty and vibrant meals. Alongside our gardens we run weekly yoga classes on Wednesday’s for tamariki to explore their own capabilities, and we have a large outdoor environment which invites our tamariki to spend their days outside exploring what new adventures the teachers have set up each day.