Grrr flippin schools

flippin36

Janepig wrote: »

I put them in the bin/recycling and if my children "nag" then I say "no". Simples

A little patronising


Its not the saying "no" I have a problem with its the nagging for a 20 mins .

Am I the only parent who's heart sinks when we hear the words "but everyone else is getting one....."

I just think things are tough for families at the moment and I think school should gives us a break from continual consumerism. Thats just my opinion, if that makes me a cr*p mother then so be it.

juby_2002

flippin36 wrote: »

Its not the saying "no" I have a problem with its the nagging for a 20 mins .

Am I the only parent who's heart sinks when we hear the words "but everyone else is getting one....."

no definatly not, its DD third week back at school and i wasnt informed that i had to now pay for juice, milk and fruit. its free in foundation stage but apparently in key stage 1 we have to pay.

she came out of school on tues and only just told me, was quite upset ALL her firends had milk and fruit in the mornings and juice at lunch whist she had water.

my heart sank seeing her face.

nottslass_2

I'd be asking why to have to pay for the fruit - I was on the understanding that the goverment funded it.

DS got free fruit whilst he was at nursery and infant school.

seven-day-weekend

money_saving_diva wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek:

I thought it was a rip off when I was charged 55p for a whole piece of fruit in a waitrose cafe the other day - schools shouldn't be ripping people off like this?? £1 an apple????? :eek:

I thought it was £1 for a whole week's worth of apples????

I think it is all a load of fuss and nonsense that the Government are making the schools do so that people will vote for them (yeah right). Imho it should not be the school's responsibility to make sure each child has a piece of fruit and a drink, that is the responsibility of parents and I don't think the Government should interfere (unless of course a child is obviously malnourished).

£1 for apples for a week I don't think is bad and if the OP doesn't want to pay it her child can always take one from home. As for being notified, I expect the child did have a letter and lost it; happens all the time.

Not worth making a fuss about imho.

PrincessPlaty

DD1 started reception year at a new school beginning of the school year, the first day she came out she was very upset that the other children had all had a drink and that she hadn't, she had been told that she needed to bring a drink in with her the next day.

Spoke with the teacher about it and it turned out that there had been a change in the way things were being done this year as someone else had taken over the role of organising all the new children starting.

Previously before the school term started parents would have a meeting with the teacher who explained all of these little things, but now the meetings were being done in the first week of school. Her words herself were that my DD was now the only one.

She did say that DD hadn't said anything about not having one to her (she can be quite shy and timid at the best of times anyway) but if it was ever a case in future where she forgot her drink then they would provide her with one or take her to the water fountain so that she could get one.

The teacher was very apologetic however to have to say it was heartbreaking her coming out of school on her first day saying 'mummy the teacher said i have to bring a drink into school and everyone else had one but i didn't'

Luckily we got it nipped in the bud straight away and there have been no further problems

Janepig

flippin36 wrote: »

A little patronising


Its not the saying "no" I have a problem with its the nagging for a 20 mins .

Am I the only parent who's heart sinks when we hear the words "but everyone else is getting one....."

I just think things are tough for families at the moment and I think school should gives us a break from continual consumerism. Thats just my opinion, if that makes me a cr*p mother then so be it.

Not really - maybe more parents (not you) need to start saying no to their kids. My two, well DS really, wants everything he sees, particularly when he sees toy adverts on telly, but within five minutes he's forgotten and wants something else. And myself I don't see a problem with the school letting you know about drama classes or sports classes in the area which you might not have otherwise known about. And I also have no problem with the book catalogues we occasionally (ie, once a term if that, hardly continual consumerism) get. I've never ordered anything, but it can be difficult to source welsh books for the children elsewhere, and if I was going to order something then I'd rather do it through the school if they're going to get a cut.

I don't see why the school should stop sending things out because some parents find it difficult to say no to their children. And there'll always be things other children have that ours want and can't have. I think it's healthy for children to realise that they can't have absolutely everything they want.

Jxx

money_saving_diva

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I thought it was £1 for a whole week's worth of apples????

I think it is all a load of fuss and nonsense that the Government are making the schools do so that people will vote for them (yeah right). Imho it should not be the school's responsibility to make sure each child has a piece of fruit and a drink, that is the responsibility of parents and I don't think the Government should interfere (unless of course a child is obviously malnourished).

£1 for apples for a week I don't think is bad and if the OP doesn't want to pay it her child can always take one from home. As for being notified, I expect the child did have a letter and lost it; happens all the time.

Not worth making a fuss about imho.

If you re-read my post you will see that I had quoted and replied to someones post that said they had to pay 50p a day for half an apple.

HRV

As a nursery teacher myself I can say that children should be getting free fruit and milk (under 5s). Our children are asked to pay 50p per week but we provide a selection of other snacks as well as fruit (dried apricots, sultanas, toast, bagels, crumpets etc) It also helps pay for the all the extras- eg. cooking ingredients, playdough, sensory play etc.But we would never refuse a child snack because they hadn't paid.

I think the free fruit scheme is great- for us (in a very deprived area) it is often all they have to eat before lunch (and because they're nursery they dont get free lunches)

However I do know of lots of schools that do charge and only provide the milk and free fruit- it's not uncommon