Thrifty hot lunch ideas!

Nomoneymummy_2

Ohh and the lollypop man was verbally and physically attacked by someone on their commute!!! hmmm... I'm painting a bad picture here as we live in a fairly nice place, there just seem to be some complete twits living here too!!!!

foxgloves

I've read all this but am still fixating on the H&S issue regarding flasks at school. I can see that if the school had provided something which was too hot and a child got scalded, they would be worried about being held responsible. However, if a parent has supplied a flask of soup from home, then I can't see how school can possibly be held responsible for any injury arising from its consumption. It sounds as though someone has just taken the hot liquids thing too far. Can parents not insist on signing a disclaimer or something to say that they will be responsible should any scalding occur? It seems such a 'jobsworth' rule when home made soup is both cheap and nutritious. I presume children are allowed to include processed crap in their lunch boxes so I do think this is an unfair decision.

Nomoneymummy_2

I do keep wondering if some parent has copied and sent too hot on a previous occxasion as they were fine with me doing this for 4 weeks then I was called into head teachers office over it.... Im actually V sensible and send it in warm as I road tested my thermos temps for a month before sending her in with it... also I wonder if it could be a mess issue??? (6 year olds and soup not always tidy!!)

dumpy

Foxgloves

It'd be a supervisory issue, the scaled child would sue on the grounds that there was insufficient supervision of lunch, and it must be impossible to supervise every single child at all times during lunch. Signed disclaimers mean nothing in law.

Blame the compensation culture we live in now.

RachelW1987

My mam is a teacher and her and the teachers agree that the new rules are ridiculous. They cant take them anywhere or do anything

lickylonglips

I don't think you should be having a go at the school for not letting you bring hot stuff in from home, but rather with the parents in the past who have successfully sued schools for their children getting burnt with their own food through their own stupidity, clumsiness and carelessness, yet the school was found to be negligent.

Teachers and welfare staff have enough to deal with without patrolling lunchboxes and flasks, checking the temperature of everything that's in there. Teachers are already expected to teach, babysit when parents don't pick their children up on time after school, give free tuition in sports activities and other clubs during their lunchtimes and after-school, be nurse if children hurt themselves at playtime, or, as is often the case, before school when their parents have abandoned them at the school gates half an hour before school starts. Add to this poor pay, mounting paperwork and the daily verbal and sometimes physical abuse from some parents and you can see why people are leaving the profession in their droves....

And, to answer your question, no, teachers aren't allowed hot drinks whilst on playground duty. They have do without a drink (unless it's cold) as well as giving up the possibility to go to the toilet....

lisa1234831

talulahbeige wrote: »

Food flask? Can someone please give me an idea of what this is? Obviosuly its a flask to kep feed warm but what does it look like etc? Sounds ideal for me as we dont have a microwave at work but i love taking leftover meals to work

wilkinsons do them quite cheep

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Plastic-Food-Storage/Stanley-Heatkeeper-Food-Jar-050L/invt/0248968?htxt=dhbbf8pdO47p4Y9SMJqd2ootlZngGu90ubTh72TUOcCapPdQ7WAKFLURqauLpNlkNym15gf%2F66vm%0AZ73o2HrpCw%3D%3D

HTH lisa x

RachelW1987

I got mine from M**issons

Nomoneymummy_2

Lickylonglips totally agree, trained as a teacher, friends are teachers etc... all have way too much work on with marking, lesson planning and clubs etc! though no kids are allowed to be left before bell goes and partly why I do the free pick ups as if your stuck its sooo hard....

Just a !!!!!! about the soup, remember taking it myself in my lunchbox and Im only 26 so not that long ago....

Think I may just bring her home for the winter meals then I know shes had hot food.... silly as its hot breakkie and dinner but I love hot soup (ok warm for hs reasons!) for lunch when its cold out!!!

rachbc

children have survived a very long time with a cold meal at lunch time which can be just as filling, nutritious and tasty as a cold lunch. Alot of friendships are formed in the playground and i would be more concerned about dd missing out on that important aspect of school than a hot meal, esp if she gets one in the eve anyway.