School stopping my child eating chocolate

duchy

The needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few
Take a look at any high school at going home time and see how many of the kids are very overweight.
I'm sure most schools would prefer to teach rather than have to deal with the consequences of poor eating habits instilled in kids by parents. Raising a child to eat chocolate every single day as a normal expectation isn't healthy anyway.

Lifeisbutadream

Alikay wrote: »

Fine in theory, until you get a few little horrors bouncing off the walls pumped up on blue pop and Tangfastics disrupting everyone's learning whilst the teacher is powerless to use any sanctions to rein in behaviour! Not to mention the theft and bullying which sweets in the playground have always generated.

Given the choice of foods available I can't imagine anyone would find it a problem to save chocolate for after school and stick with sandwiches, fruit and maybe a bit of plain cake for lunchboxes.

Which is all well and good but if the school meals are full of additives and processed foods, it can hardly be classed as fair and consistent, which I think is the point being made here.

Lifeisbutadream

lynzpower wrote: »

Er didnt you manage to see any of Jamies School Dinners? It clearly isnt COMMON SENSE! Children getting diabetes, osteoporosis, bowel disorders at primary school age? Kids not knowing what vegetables are?? that wasnt the govenrments at fault- it was the parents,

But the point is that schools are not doing what was suggested on JSD ours certainly doesnt seem to.

Lifeisbutadream

Another thing - when mine did go for school lunch the only bread they could get was white - we dont eat white bread and I dont want mine encouraged to eat it.

The also serve 'sugar free' drinks - another thing I ban at home - if they do have juice I prefer it to have natural sugar in it than be full of additives - i.e. sweeteners.

The cakes I do send are usually home made, they have unrefined sugars in them and butter rather than marg - my children are very slim and do plenty of excercise - I would find it extremely patronising to be told what to put in their lunchboxes.

Luckily our school doesnt police it! I would be furious if they did though.

Reggie_Rebel

cfubar wrote: »

This has all started since a new headteacher took over (as well as closing the car park and therefore causing dangerous parking on the roads).

Errr, that's not the fault of the head, that's the fault of the fat mums in 4x4's who are too sodding lazy to walk their kids to school, probably due to all the chocolate they had in their lunches

hoyles10

jennypdolphin wrote: »

Oh and also someone mentioned educating the parents rather than "policing" the lunchboxes... well we're trying but often those are the parents that don't come to the "healthy lunchbox workshops" and if they don't come then really what else can we do?

Healthy lunchbox workshops.... I nearly choked on my snickers when I read that bit

mad_bad_spender

My dd's school has a healthy eating policy and the kids are not allowed fizzy or diluting juice in their lunch, it has to be plain or flavoured water or fresh fruit juice, they also are allowed a drink in class but this is to be plain water only for kids who do not get or want the milk. at lunch time they are not allowed sweets in their lunch and this is not a problem as far as i am concerned, the beneficial thing for this is that it has eradicated the kids with full size mars bars in their lunch.

having worked as a learning assistant before i have seen first hand the terrible lunches some kids were being sent to school with and the effect this would have on them for the rest of the day.

it is all good to say that parents should be allowed to choose their kids diet and i agree to this to a certain extent but it is for the welfare of the kids who's parents dont give a carp that this is beneficial. they kids then at least have 7 hours a day when they are eating healthily and this could have a very positive effect on their overall health.

Lifeisbutadream

mad_bad_spender wrote: »

My dd's school has a healthy eating policy and the kids are not allowed fizzy or diluting juice in their lunch, it has to be plain or flavoured water or fresh fruit juice,

How on earth could they police that??? sorry but that is ridiculous!! what do they do, taste everyones drink to see what it is???? LOL! and surely 'flavoured water' is the same as diluted juice??? are they suggesting that people buy a specific bottle to show what it is??

ANd once again, the powers that be will probably decide that 'sugar free' is better than anything with (natural) sugars in it? the problems with the boucning off the walls (in my experience) always come after you fill kids with unatural additives.

(not picking on you, just amazed at how they could possibly hope to achieve that!)

mad_bad_spender

They have issued two letters this term already outlining what is and isnt acceptable, they only allow natural fruit juice and not the diluting juices that claim to be sugar free, not sure why they allow flavoured water at lunch but not in class but either way my dd loves plain water and this is her preferred drink so not a problem for me, but i can imagine other parents will be finding this difficult! i havent questioned it but with the second letter it appears they may have had some resistance.

the fact is they cant really police this completely, i am sure they wouldnt take the drinks off the kids (unless fizzy in which case they would swap for a healthier option) but they are probably hoping that most parents will just fall in line and they will pick up on the remaining few. they are mostly in the original bottles rather than re-usable flasks etc so it is quite easy for them to see what the kids are having,

the staff are very hypocritical though and have plenty treats in the staff room which the older kids have picked up on and have deemed to be unfair and i would back them all the way on this, it cant be one rule for the kids and another for the staff

Lifeisbutadream

mad_bad_spender wrote: »

They have issued two letters this term already outlining what is and isnt acceptable, they only allow natural fruit juice and not the diluting juices that claim to be sugar free, not sure why they allow flavoured water at lunch but not in class but either way my dd loves plain water and this is her preferred drink so not a problem for me, but i can imagine other parents will be finding this difficult! i havent questioned it but with the second letter it appears they may have had some resistance.

the fact is they cant really police this completely, i am sure they wouldnt take the drinks off the kids (unless fizzy in which case they would swap for a healthier option) but they are probably hoping that most parents will just fall in line and they will pick up on the remaining few. they are mostly in the original bottles rather than re-usable flasks etc so it is quite easy for them to see what the kids are having,

the staff are very hypocritical though and have plenty treats in the staff room which the older kids have picked up on and have deemed to be unfair and i would back them all the way on this, it cant be one rule for the kids and another for the staff

If I was a parent at that school I woulod be questioning why they dont understand that natural fruit juices contain as much (or more) sugar than diluted juice - especially if it is weak.

But you say that they dont allow the diluted juice which claim to be sugar free - does that mean they allow the ones with sugar?

And if they are sending in original bottles they have too much money!

Also - just to be really picky - what if you sent natural fruit juice in, say an Oasis bottle?