Chat & Social > The Bar - General Chat

Too many snacks.

<< < (3/5) > >>

simdeb:
has anybody seen the new school menus? as ,y 9 year old son says 'they're horrible, not very nice and don't get enough to eat'  my children get
2 slices of bread in their sandwich
1 cake
pop
1 packet of crisps
yougurt
chocalate bar

what makes me angry is that my kids only have these once a day at home we sit and ALL have a meal together.
i work in a school and seeing how much food gets thrown away that the kids don't like is quite scary they must be hungry in the afternnon. not to memtion kids coming into school without breakfast. i sooner my kids eat tham go hungry and get all the feelings that go with it.

drmike:
Simdeb - I'm not sure what your point is? And I'm treading on eggshells as I really truly do not want to cause any offense I just want to put another point of view.

What's in the sandwich? There's no fruit in the lunch you describe and to be fair cake, pop, crisps and chocolate bar are all of questionable nutritional value. I'm no fusspot and have a chocolate bar in my lunch too but I also have salad in the sandwich (although that's to avoid calories!) and an apple.

Don't get me started on kids and breakfast. I used to walk to the office as some kids were going to school and breakfast for some was obviously crisps and or mars and or Coke. Holy bananas that ain't good.

It's damned hard being a parent and made no easier by others imposing the views on your kids.

Mike

simdeb:
it depends what the kids want ham,cheese today put grapes and cherry tomatoes in their pack ups too but two ate the friut and two didn't like i said before we have a 'proper' dinner when they come home and we all can sit togther to eat which a lot of families don't. i don't buy bisuicts for home or crisps as the kids have them in their packed lunch's so my kids don't have 'that' stuff when they are at home but i can keep an eye on what they are eating fruit and veg wise at home.

Horness:
The arguments fall on both sides, but why do we send our children to school?  Is it to eat healthy, or to get an education?

My 6 year old son came home hungry because the dinner ladies would not let him have the rest of his dinner (crisps, yogurt, cookie) until he'd eaten ALL of his sandwich, which he said he did not want.  They have also practically FORCED him to finish his dinner, when he has said he was full up, however they would not let him leave the table until it was all gone.

I make sure I send both my children to school with a varied meal which includes savoury, sweet and fruit.  If I want to take them to McDonalds, order a pizza, or shove a bowl of steamed vegetables on the table when we get home - that's MY choice.

I've written to the school about this, and over 2 weeks later had no reply.  

Bullying is rife (that's another issue for another topic!), the so called "full school" has recently taken on nearly a dozen eastern European children who do not speak a word of English, and tonight's parents evening was a complete waste of time, as when asked what good things my son had done this term, the teacher just ummed and ah'd, yet she was armed and ready with a list of "issues" which she felt were making her job difficult.

Once again, the completely clueless few cause absolute turmoil for the rest of us.

Horness:
It gets worse...

I've just picked up my eldest, who handed me an envelope...

Inside was a letter, along with a "charter" explaining that my son, and a number of other children had been role playing "Army" games on the playground, which the school deems too violent, and could lead to possible injury.

Solution - the Headmaster has made them (these are 5 and 6 year olds remember) sign a charter saying that they will refrain from playing these types of games at school.

 :shock:

I'm almost speechless.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page