Question about tuck at boarding school

[ChangedMyMind]

What type of thing did you send your dc with and how much for 2 weeks?

[ChangedMyMind]

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[SqueakyPop]

What does the school say?

[LucyJones]

in my day we just got money for the tuck shop

occasionally we got a food parcel , just like Hogwarts

[BoredyHouse]

My parents sent me off with a tin of dried fruit and oatmeal bars.

And then wondered why I had no friends.

[WilfSell]

oh tuck off...




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[forevercleaning]

I remember my brother had loads of yummy stuff in his tuck and we were so jealous!

Crisps, biscuits and cakes are the only things i remember though sorry. It was about 25 years ago! Expect its all organic raisins now

[nell12]

I dont bother with tuck

DS gets fed 3 cooked meals a day and is too busy to do much else.

He is allowed into town on pocket money day; so I suspect he fills up with sugar and e-numbers then

He is Yr 8 BTW, but was the same in Yr 7

[BoredyHouse]

I think I may even have had some carob-based snacks.

[nell12]

If you do go for it would suggest not chocolate (in case his box is left near something hot!) and nothing with nuts in.

Haribo-type sweets, popcorn, etc will probably go down well

[forevercleaning]

oh my goodnes boredyh - have you been in therapy since this trauma of childhood?

(carob based snacks - oh dear)

[nell12]

Have just asked ds (home this evening from school) and he says that people do not have tuck boxes in his boarding house

Sorry, that's not very helpful is it?

[babypringle]

When I worked in a year 7/8 boarding house most of the kids had cartons of fruit juice, small sized chocolate bars (like the 2 finger kit kats and mini cadburys bars), crisps, cereal bars, individually wrapped cake bars, and larger bags of haribo type stuff for the weekend. Fruit etc was encouraged but tended to be the last thing to be taken out of the tuck boxes (suprise!). They weren't allowed town leave and there wasn't a tuck shop so tuck boxes were really important!

[ChangedMyMind]

Well they've got a tuck shop and get £2 per week pocket money which they are discouraged from spending all of it on sweets/fizzy drinks!

They have locker in their common room which has a kitchen so far I've got 2 packets of plainish biscuits, box of breadsticks, few tiny tins of hoops (yuck) I think they have access to bread, butter - got her peanut butter & cheese too. She's not a great one for eating her meals, or eating much in terms of quantity she'd rather eat rubbish - so it's a bit tricky. I just can't think of things to send with her!

I'm sure when she's home for the weekend I may get a shopping list......

[TheDuchessOfNork]

Everyone I know took at least 4 loaves of white sliced each to combat the utter starvation.

[PrincessButtercup]

Hot chocolate/squash to make up drinks, etc; maybe marmite, jam; crisps; noodles - the comforting store cupboardy kind of stuff that's nice to have around. Bread, butter,milk & other basics often provided in house..

[lazymumofteenagesons]

The first term my son boarded I sent him with a tuppa ware full of cereal bars, biscuits etc. He then said it wasn't necessary. After school there are always muffins/biscuits laid out in boarding house. A small kitchen has fruit juices, ribena, tea, coffee, milk, bread, butter, jam, choc spread etc. Bowl of fruit always available and they can take this into school for break. I think cupa soup is there. And on top of that they can go to town after school twice a week now with poacket money(year 9).
I think boarding schools are more 'homely' now and you pay alot of money they should provide snacks!

[dinasaw]

I work in a boarding school. Most of the kids bring sweets, crisps, fruit etc. Pot noodles or cheap packet noodles are popular and microwave popcorn.
It depends what facilities they have access to. In our school the boarding houses for older kids have kettles, microwaves and toasters. Bread, butter, jam, marmite, fruit, biscuits, tea, milk etc are all provided.
The younger kids can ask for a kettle to be boiled for hot drinks, noodles or for use of the microwave. This is done by staff for safety reasons.
I would avoid sending too much food with them. Some kids are sent with several multipacks of crips. I'm sure parents expect them to last several weeks, but the kids will eat five packets a day and then share with friends and find it all gone by the end of the week.
Speak to your kid about what you would expect them to eat, e.g one packet of crips a day, a bag of haribo should last two days etc, whatever limits you want to put on it.
I would avoid peanut butter or anything with nuts. If there is a child with a nut allergy it may be banned on site.

[MrsGuyOfGisbourne]

lol at the fruit!

[lazymumofteenagesons]

Mrs G, Unfortunately I agree with you there. I think they probably use it as amunition on the playing fields.