Lunch bags ....

Pepzofio

Another vote for the lunch cube - my 5YO's been using one for a year now and it's still going strong. I manage to fit a sandwich, yogurt (& spoon), chewy/cereal bar, drink carton and packet of crisps in it no bother. I love that it's nice and compact - all his friends seem to have a lunch bag/box in addition to their school bags, whereas his fits easily in his bag so less to carry (or forget!) in the mornings.

It won't fit a standard sized yogurt pot in it, but it's fine with the petit filous sized pots or those yogurts in pouches or strawberry shaped containers. I guess whole fruit might be a problem, but if you cut it up and put it in a sandwich bag it'd be fine.

The one I've got is from the Sistema Klip It range. I actually bought another one to use myself!

saidan

yep thats the one....

i put a tube yog in or as you say petit filous fit nicely...

for a primary child plenty of room - no room to overfill and in this day and age less chance of making your child fat - i've seem some huge lunches for little kids - mostly junk sadly :eek:

i like the way you can just stick the cube in the school bag so less to carry/loose

saidan

jellyhead

Mine has a few of the cool bag type ones, has cracked a plastic one but his enduring favourites have been metal lunch tins, especially since his favourite teacher admired it.

They don't last a year though, but he is a boy and is very clumsy, so he probably drops it at elast once a day. On his first one the hinge broke, then on his second it was so battered that the clasp wouldn't stay closed.

Father christmas brings one from Thorntons, filled with treats. It's an Emma Bridgewater one, the design doesn't seem to have changed over the years though, so I'm now looking on ebay for a different design.

delain

fuzzybear01 wrote: »

Yes but you still get crumbs and bits of food stuck in the seams. The school don't encourage kids to put wrappers in the bin when they're finished so the bags can end up quite gross inside (primary school).

Here they aren't allowed to use the bins :eek:

Doesn't matter how many times you tell a 5 - 7 year old to put their rubbish in the sandwich bag/box inside the lunchbox they never do and still come home with yogurt covered sandwich crusts mushed into the sides _pale_

I wipe them on a daily basis with antibacterial wipes and try to put them (inside out) through the washing machine once a week or so.

gratefulforhelp_2

Mupette wrote: »

i should imagine one of the reason behind not allowing the kids to empty the rubish in their bins is so that the parents can see what the children are eating at school..

i know some parents on here before were not sure what their children were eating from their lunch boxes and what was being chucked.

That's the reason they give. It's ok for my 8 year old to put her rubbish away neatly, but not my 4 year old.

poly1

Jellyhead, the lunch tin seems to be a good idea actually as it wont crack like plastic will, was having a look and Amazon seem to have a few lunch tins inc. emma bridgewater ones you mentioned.

mammyof7

My 5 year old sons school have now got a fridge to store packed lunches in. Due to the size of the fridge the kids are not allowed to use lunch boxes but take their packed lunches in poly bags instead.

I personally just use a Tesco carrier bag which is great as we just come out of school and bin it right away. However this was only brought in after i paid a bomb for the latest all singing, all dancing lunch box !!

fuzzybear01

mammyof7 wrote: »

My 5 year old sons school have now got a fridge to store packed lunches in. Due to the size of the fridge the kids are not allowed to use lunch boxes but take their packed lunches in poly bags instead.

I personally just use a Tesco carrier bag which is great as we just come out of school and bin it right away. However this was only brought in after i paid a bomb for the latest all singing, all dancing lunch box !!

This is the most fantastic idea, it's just a shame that most schools are behind. in this respect. I know that cool packs can be used but they are not the same!

cyclingyorkie

Mupette wrote: »

i should imagine one of the reason behind not allowing the kids to empty the rubish in their bins is so that the parents can see what the children are eating at school..

i know some parents on here before were not sure what their children were eating from their lunch boxes and what was being chucked.

Could also be to keep the amount of rubbish down if they are restricted to the amount of rubbish collections they get.

what about using a sheet of foil and show the kids how to unwrap them and then fold them up again to be reused?

I work as a school dinnerlady in a primary school and you have hit the nail on the head! We will bin yoghurt pots and lids and juice cartons but the kids take the rest home so parents can see how much they have eaten!

Mupette

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

That's the reason they give. It's ok for my 8 year old to put her rubbish away neatly, but not my 4 year old.

i'm just guessing here, but thing cyclingyorkie has said it, its so the parents can see what food is being eaten,

say... watching what your 4 year old is and isnt eating is more priority over the 8 year old who has had 4 years experience of packed lunch? if that makes sense

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

I work as a school dinnerlady in a primary school and you have hit the nail on the head! We will bin yoghurt pots and lids and juice cartons but the kids take the rest home so parents can see how much they have eaten!