Snack table at school

globetraveller

JodyBPM wrote: »

Children (that grow into adults) need to learn how to make good choices for themselves.

From a financial point of view, a plate of sliced fruit will be far MORE expensive than a mix of fruit, veg, cream crackers, breadsticks and bread.

Who pays for these snacks? Some schools (in deprived areas) the taxpayer. Other schools, the parents (bar th 1 pc of fruit per child supplied by the LEA)

How on earth can a plate of sliced fruit be more expensive? They eat a slice of fruit( should have also said sliced veg). They can take a couple of bites from a whole fruit and throw the rest away.
How many adults make the correct nutrional choices for themselves when faced with a table of food they can graze from?

globetraveller

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clairey179

I'm quite surprised by a lot of these comments. I used to work in a very deprived nursery school (Scotland, ages 3-5). Each child could visit the snack area once per session (2.5 hour session) during the main free play time. Each child had to move their name to the snack board to show they'd had their snack, and it meant we knew who hadn't. The child could eat as much as they want during their visit, and the snack changed on a daily basis to help introduce a wide variety of foods - eg garlic bread, pitta and hummus etc - fruit was always available, chopped up to avoid waste. There were certain children who staff were aware of who would make multiple visits, and this was accepted discretly, and other children weren't aware of them having several snacks. Children shouldn't be allowed to go for snack eg during story time, carpet time or tidy up time.
Personally, I'd raise it with the school. Perhaps they could have a system so a child can visit once during the morning and once in the afternoon? I'd assume they have drinking water available at all times.