School Meals v Packed Lunch

Peakma

thankyou for all your responses, and all your helpful suggestions. Done a tesco shop today,got mini scotch eggs,squeezems,mini pepperoni, mini olive and pesto ciabatta rolls and loads more intresting stuff, they also sent some mini baby bels that i'd not even ordered!

16011996

regarding the flask of soup, just check with the school its allowed, our school don't allow it, following a child getting scalded. but other schools i know do.

Trix

See if THIS thread has any other ideas not already mentioned

jellyhead

my 8 year old loves grapes, i've seen that other kids love cherry tomatoes (i volunteer in school and walk through the dinner hall to go home). he also likes pitta bread (with strawberry jam - yuck!!).

because he's going to a residential thing later on in year 4 i've been trying to get him to have school dinners. he's autistic and very fussy about food, he's never had a school dinner so to begin with he's having help. i was with him last week and the food was terrbile! we'd looked at the menu and he saw that he could have cauliflower, grapes, banana, etc. but it was all really mushy and disgusting. the cauliflower was so overcooked it fell apart. the bananas were ready peeled so had gone brown, the grapes were watery and mushy. if he can't eat the fruit or veg then the only option is to eat pizza, chips and cake and i think his packed lunch is a better option for him really!! all the kids were putting the veg from their school dinner into the bin, they were only eating the junk.

i've also had teachers saying i'm not feeding him enough, and other kids saying i'm mean for not including a chocolate bar or crisps but he has such a tiny appetite, he doesn't need that kind of thing if he eats a small banana and some grapes then that's enough food for him.

16011996

jellyhead, you know your own child best, ignore what others say. our school dinners are as bad. they get one veg a day, no choice, and one fruit, agian no choice. been complaining for years, but they just say, well balance it out at home,

its why i give my kids have packed lunches.

RACHIE77

If you've been watching Jamie Olivers School Dinners programme on C4 you'd see what this countries kids are being given to eat in schools - it's a disgrace!!! Even if you don't have children but you care about what they are eating PLEASE SPARE ONE MINUTE OF YOUR TIME to sign it, on...

https://www.feedmebetter.com

** hope this is the right place to post this as I wasnt sure? **

p.s make sure you copy and paste this into an email and send this on to others in your address book to encourage them to sign!

elona

Excellent idea Rachie77 - I have signed it .

Might it be a good idea to contact a board guide to make it sticky or more prominent?

080766

The children not on school dinner but signed it anyway. I hope we are helping all the children at school for their better health!

RACHIE77

If you have watched the series you will know that schools are allocated 35p-45p to make our children a MEAL!

Whilst prisoners get 74p! Surely our children are worth this at least.

Pooky

Thanks for that - have just emailed the link to the school too - might spur them into joining!!!