School stopping my child eating chocolate

Takoda

Like someone else said BLAME OFSTED.

They criticise schools for not monitoring lunchboxes and for allowing kids to eat chocolate at lunchtime! If your kid's school hasn't had an inspection for a couple of years they could be due one and be looking for ways to 'conform'.

They may relax afterwards.

Otherwise write to the chair of governors. There may well be other parents who feel as you do.

Ivory_Tinkler

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

And do they really think that all parents who give their children the odd treat, are bad parents?

They may do, who knows? I give my kids treats and it doesn't seem to have done them any harm. They are both fit with not a scrap of fat on them (wish I could say the same for me):D

This is just a classic case of the nanny state we seem to be living in. People prying into lunchboxes....whatever next?

wornoutmumoftwo

Do schools still have tuck shops btw ?

Our Primary does, sells toast/home made biscuits and pancakes. Fruit juice as well.

What makes me laugh is that there's all this stuff about healthy eating but at lunch time when the high schools empty out all the kids are in the take away shops.

Narva

My daughter is in yr 5 and has not yet had crisps or chocolate for her school lunches, both are treats and not part of a daily diet. I fully agree with a school disagreeing with chocolate in school lunches.

JasonLVC

spidystrider wrote: »

I think it is all going too far also. It should not be up to the school to dictate what a child can and cannot eat. That is the choice of the parents.

If only parents made the right choice for the kids....I still have visions of thoe Mums stuffing burgers through the school gates during a period when schools were banning fatty foods.

My DD school has very simple rules. One piece of fruit for playtime, school provides a set menu for lunch and that is it. No choc, biscuits, crisps, etc.

If I don't agree, she don't get to attend the school. It's a top rated school (I wonder why.....perhaps suger affects concentration, tempers and the ability to educate the dears) and so I'll sacrifice my daughters chocolate during the day for a better education. She can have chocolate in the car on the way home or at night.

We can either see this as an intrusion of privacy and 'our rights' or we can trust that the school has the best interest of the kids at heart, even f it is illogical or odd.

alison999

jennypdolphin wrote: »

....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?

i dont think id be allowed out of work to attend a "healthy lunchbox workshop":rolleyes:

jennypdolphin

Lol thats fine, in our case a lot of our families either have one parent who does not work or in some cases both. If they have younger children at home they are invited along and so on. It is always those parents that already provide healthy lunches that seem to turn up! (the invite is to all parents that provide packed lunches) and many of those that do turn up have in fact taken time off work! lol

Oh what I also forgot to mention is that if fruit is not provided in the lunchbox then we will try to supply some (although this is only possible if some of the fruit from the "free fruit scheme" is left over)

Lifeisbutadream

JasonLVC wrote: »

If only parents made the right choice for the kids....I still have visions of thoe Mums stuffing burgers through the school gates during a period when schools were banning fatty foods.

My DD school has very simple rules. One piece of fruit for playtime, school provides a set menu for lunch and that is it. No choc, biscuits, crisps, etc.

If I don't agree, she don't get to attend the school. It's a top rated school (I wonder why.....perhaps suger affects concentration, tempers and the ability to educate the dears) and so I'll sacrifice my daughters chocolate during the day for a better education. She can have chocolate in the car on the way home or at night.

We can either see this as an intrusion of privacy and 'our rights' or we can trust that the school has the best interest of the kids at heart, even f it is illogical or odd.

My children go to a top rated school as well. The difference is though the parents are allowed to choose what to give their children for a packed lunch. They are however the people who are paying for the meals.

IMO the school lunches are not good enough, which is why I choose to send mine pack-ups. If I choose to put in a chocolate bun or flapjack, or a dilute full sugar drink, then I will and if the school decided that they thought that wasnt good enough and my child shouldnt eat it, then I would seriously consider moving them to another school!

It is nothing like asking a child to wear uniform, or to follow the rules, it is a dictation of something that is nothing to do with anyone else - how and what we eat is up to us. Considering what some people have written on here, I know more about healthy eating than a lot of others anyway! a plain bun could be less healthy than a homemade chocolate one and full sugar diluted drinks are better for a child than an undiluted fresh juice or a 'sugar free' anything!

karen24_2

My son's school does not allow sweets or pop in lunchboxes. He once sneaked some mini creme eggs in himself, and was simply told to leave them in his lunchbox until he got home. I think it's a fair policy as I know what my children are like when they have had pop and sweets, a nightmare.
If all parents had a sensible attitude to packing a lunchbox they would not need these rules. From what I've read here though it does sound like some schools are taking these rules too far. I would simply arrange a meeting with the school to discuss it, simple really.

Always

My 5 year old is also not allowed chocolate, but I like this, I don't want him in a habit of eating something sweet after a meal - unless of course it's fruit... as for the school dinners, I agree it seems one rule for one and one for another but my solution would be to scrap the puddings that go with school dinners and just offer fruit or yoghurt