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Free School Meals Help Please
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Can't quite believe what I'm reading. Please do your children a favour and teach them to be grateful for what they are given (for free).DMP Mutual Support Thread member 244
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What's an "adult" yogurt - are they rude?0
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Why did the school encourage you to have their free lunches? What were you sending them with? Was it something inferior to what they're offering? I'd have thought that if they were taking good-quality meals in with them, they'd have been happy with that.0
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This has got to be a wind up, surely!0
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sarahg1969 wrote: »Why did the school encourage you to have their free lunches? What were you sending them with? Was it something inferior to what they're offering? I'd have thought that if they were taking good-quality meals in with them, they'd have been happy with that.
Schools encourage those entitled to free meals because they get an additional premium. I don't know the details, but I read it somewhere earlier this year (might have been the families board). I know my sons' schools both sent out letters encouraging people to apply for free school meals if they were entitled, due to income related benefits.0 -
It also affects their academic results. When looking at 'added value' wrt to SATS results, the amount of children eligible for free school meals is taken into account. Often the only way a school knows if a child is eligible is if they apply for and use them. So they have big incentives to encourage those eligible to use their eligibility."Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." Dalai Lama0
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Why should the school cater for fussy eaters? And water is free.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton0 -
I think it's safe to say the OP has probably got the message .."Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." Dalai Lama0
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