What to supply each day:

• Fruit or vege break, morning tea and lunch

• Water bottle - no juice or sweet drinks, only fresh delicious water

• A spare change of clothes - sometimes the children play with water or get hot or cold, so please provide options for variable weather and different play options

• A full brimmed hat

• A sleeping sheet, if your child requires a day sleep

**Make sure everything is clearly labelled with your child’s name

Healthy Lunch box ideas:

Fruit & Vege

• carrot and celery sticks

• corn cob, snow peas, cherry tomatoes, cucumber

• piece of fresh fruit eg. apple, pear, strawberries, orange, grapes and bananas

• salad - filling in a sandwich, wrap or roll

  Breads & Cereals

• fruit bread, scones, pikelets

• crackers, dry biscuits, rice cakes

• rice, noodles, pasta

  Meat & other Protein sources

• lean beef, lamb, pork, chicken, tuna or salmon - filling in sandwiches, rolls, wraps, sushi or added to salad

• baked beans, lentil patty

• left-over meat-based casserole, rissoles, meat-based pasta sauce

  Dairy Food

• cheese slices or cubes as a snake with cucumber slices and cherry tomatoes

• cheese as a filling in sandwiches, rolls and wraps or on dry biscuits

• yoghurt

  Water

• pack a filled water bottle with water only - this is our drink of choice at Rosellas!

For the safety of other children, as well as meeting requirements, we kindly ask that you don’t bring:

• no nuts of any kind, or nut pastes / butters

• no lollies, sweets or chips

• no sweet drinks

• as well as any other foods noted depending on particular allergies of new children; please ask your teacher if you are unsure

• any special toys or jewellery.

When to keep your child home:

• if your child is feeling unwell and/or is vomiting, has a runny nose, cough, fever or diarrhoea.

• head lice

• any contagious illness

  Please don’t hesitate to call us if you’re unsure and need our thoughts on it.