"What is the difference between a 3-6 year old preschooler eating in a kindergarten and other schools? How to do a good job in food safety in kindergartens? With such doubts, the author and his party came to the Yongchang Street Center Kindergarten located in Yongchang Street, Qidong County. It is a three-storey public kindergarten, directly managed by the Education Bureau, and there are 290 young children attending the school.
Qidong County Yongchang Street Center Kindergarten Ling Huiheng Gao Huixun photo
In the beautiful kindergarten, we met the head of the kindergarten, Chen Ke, a young and beautiful girl, not like a child king who manages hundreds of children, but like a big sister next door. Chen Yuanchang was originally a primary school English teacher in a township in Qidong County, and got along with students during his teaching period. Because of his "unusual" "child affinity", Chen Ke was entrusted with the responsibility of the Education Bureau and became the director of the public kindergarten. Less than a year after working, Chen Ke received a pennant from her parents. Speaking of the experience of early childhood education, Chen Ke said that children can feel the existence of love, as long as they pay with their hearts, they will definitely gain.
Photo by Chen Ke, director of Yongchang Street Center Kindergarten, Ling Huiheng and Gao Huixun
Chen Ke received a pennant from the parents of the students in 2021, Ling Huiheng and Gao Huixun
On the day of the arrival of the author's party, the kindergarten was preparing lunch according to the recipe, and the fried meat with lettuce, the braised chicken thigh with sauce and the minced egg soup with enoki mushrooms were all "ready to go". In particular, the braised chicken thighs in sauce also emit a rich aroma. According to Chen Ke, these dishes are "loved by children". It is not difficult to see that Chen Ke, who is called the "head mother" by the child, has spent a lot of thought on the food safety of the kindergarten.
Canteen staff cooking Chinese food for students Ling Huiheng Gao Huixun photo
In order to ensure the development and growth of students, the recipes in the kindergarten canteen are based on rich meat and protein, and the daily recipes include breakfast, lunch and lunch snacks, and two dishes and one soup are nutritionally balanced and suitable for young children. Treating small foods such as vegetables and cakes as snacks to students can not only enhance their physical fitness, but also make students eat happily. Each operation room in the canteen performs its own duties, and the reserve room only has a small amount of ingredients, which is really ready to buy and use. The kindergarten also has special anti-mosquito lights in the canteen to ensure the safety and hygiene of children when eating.
Chen Ke's weekly recipe for students, balanced nutrition Ling Huiheng Gao Huixun photo
Anti-mosquito lamp to prevent mosquitoes from affecting students' meals Ling Huiheng Gao Huixun photo
In view of some common food safety hazards, Yongchang Street Center Kindergarten has directly pasted food safety related knowledge and regulations on the back kitchen of the canteen to facilitate staff to learn and comply. In addition to the necessary hygiene and health requirements of the staff, the operation steps that need to be paid attention to before and after cooking the food are listed one by one, so that the staff can remember and be proficient in the practice.
Yongchang Street Center Kindergarten has made strict work arrangements for the staff before and after commuting, requiring relevant personnel to carefully record food safety work. Every day before going to work, the park will arrange staff to conduct morning inspections and record them. After work, the disinfection and sample retention of staff during meal preparation also need to be recorded. Before leaving work, the park will also arrange personnel to check whether the stove, natural gas, and electrical switches are turned off.
The register is placed in a public place for easy recording and viewing by Ling Huiheng and Gao Huixun
In order to implement these measures, but also in order to reassure parents, the kindergarten has installed monitoring in every place in the back kitchen, so that parents can check the food safety situation of the canteen at any time, and the teachers in the park will also regularly shoot the dining videos of young children and students and send them to the parent group, so that parents who are busy outside can also play a role in remote supervision.
Install kitchen monitoring, implement "bright kitchen bright stove" Ling Huiheng Gao Huixun photography
Unlike primary and secondary school students, kindergarten students are too ignorant, and their concepts and consciousness are not formed, which requires the escort of teachers and parents. The dedication of all the staff of Yongchang Street Center Kindergarten to food safety work will become the nourishment for the growth of this group of children and let them thrive.
Ling Huiheng Gao Huixun / Photo report