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thermidorthelobster:
I'm not sure crisps, chocolate etc are of questionable nutritional value.  It's pretty well accepted that crisps aren't really going to do you much good.

Horness, remember that your school is responsible for the safety of your children while they're there, and teachers don't expect to be given the benefit of the doubt when things go wrong.  When your head is standing in front of a court with the opposition barrister saying "so you let the children in your care play DANGEROUS WAR GAMES in the playground?" then he'll be wishing he'd written you a letter.  I can see why you think the letter is stupid, but from the school's point of view, they have to cover their backside.

I'm 2 months into a teacher training course, and if anybody thinks teaching is easy or that teachers are generally clueless, I suggest you try it.

Horness:

--- Quote --- if anybody thinks teaching is easy or that teachers are generally clueless
--- End quote ---

That's a blanket statement.  Your saying anyone who is a teacher cannot be clueless.  I beg to differ.  Not all, but the one's running this school are.

I agree - they should be encouraged to play safely, but a child can get hurt playing ANY game.  Running, football, "tig", etc.  
Role play in children is a good thing, and what should have been done was to make sure those people who are looking after the children in break/lunch times are stepping in when things start to get a bit rough.

Not ban it all together because the school is inadequate.

This is the school that also banned conkers if they were on string as they were seen as a "weapon".

Crazy world.

att:
Crazy Country the UK.
The do gooders will not be satisfied until there is full scale rioting on the streets......It is coming.

steve howes:
went to school yesterday morning with my 4 & 5 year old boys walking round the playground was a young women carrying a clipboard asking parents could she please look in there childs lunchbox to see what the child will be eating that day .I lost count how many time's she was told to p*ss off . i think she though she was jamie bl**dy oliver. BEWARE BIG BROTHER IS HERE .   :evil:  PS SHE WAS NOT TAKING NAMES JUST CHECKING FOR THE EVIL CHOCOLATE .

V8MoneyPit:
It's a fine balance between encouraging healthy eating (which is a perfectly good thing to do) and ruling with a rod of iron. As with all things in life, some people are better at drawing that balance than others.

I do think that some schools are run more like a concentration camp than a school, with power hungry staff who see the 'inmates' as something to be controlled rather than nurtured. This environment is not healthy (excuse the pun) for teachers or children. It is this approach that can spill over into the healthy eating area and end up with teachers wasting their valuable time checking lunch boxes.

Teachers should be doing what they are trained to do, teaching. Not having to patrol playgrounds looking for rogue chocolate! Healthy eating should be taught, not imposed.

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