Jam sandwiches at wraparound care

And Australia!

Fairy Bread (white bread with butter and sprinkles), anyone?!

I’m sorry I disagree with the majority. I would not be happy with jam sandwiches 4 days a week. I don’t class cheese as the same category as this. I’d expect cheese or maybe even just a buttered crumpet instead. I know it’s just a snack but it is a lot of sugar with the fruit and cake.
we should hold higher standards for our kids

You should see what they give kids in Italy op!

this really isn’t a British thing.

And yet you're still here 😂

Im just back from a European holiday where spainish and French adults /children were dipping cake into chocolate for breakfast and then pouring jam over crossiants, 😀

it does sound odd to me and definitely wouldn’t meet guidelines/standards here in Scotland or in any healthy eating policy I’m aware of. If it bothers you that much, speak to your daughter and ask her to please choose a different type of sandwich (providing that she does like the ham/cheese on offer). An occasional jam sandwich isn’t the end of the world I wouldn’t be complaining to the school about it.

We all know healthy options are more time consuming and more expensive. I notice how much those ‘organix’ healthy snacks for kids are compared to unhealthy ones for example and how much time it takes to prepare a healthy lunch over one full of quick and easy snacks and easy sandwich fillings.

What annoys me about this is that the school expect busy working parents to spend time and money preparing expensive healthy lunches but can’t be bothered with the time and expense of providing these for kids after school.

This also means parents have to out more effort in after their working day making sure the kids dinner is healthy to make up for the unhealthy after school snack they’ve had. This should be the other way around, the school should be making sure the kids are having a nutritious snack after school to make up for a parent who only has time to make chicken nuggets and chips for dinner!

Is this supposed to be a snack or the evening meal after a cooked meal at lunch time?

Personally I find it worrying that you’re talking about a “balanced diet” with a 4 year old and giving her a complex about unhealthy eating.

It’s a jam sandwich, not rat poison. If you don’t like the food they serve then either send some with her to have or find another childcare provider

I wholeheartedly agree with you OP.
A jam sandwich is carbs on carbs ffs and offers absolutely no nutritional value to your child whatsoever.
Its an UPF which causes microbial gut disruption, behavioural changes including ADHD, developmental issues, not to mention tooth decay. But don't worry OP, thet probably buy a cheap jam full of chemically altered sweetners and E numbers to make it 'healthy'.
Before anyone shoots me down in flames for being a fun sponge, all the above is a medically proven and factual.
My 9mth old baby was offer jelly at nursery and I went nuts! She was only just starting to try foods and someone thought that offering a blob of food colourings and chemicals was a good start for her developing gut! She didn't need a 'pudding' at 9mths old ffs 😡😡
It really pisses me off that because people rely on wrap around care they are expected to suck up the shitty food options that are associated with it. Its not cheap either for parents and I get that budgets in breakfast clubs etc are stretched but I'd rather they charged a little more and offered sensible options instead.
Nobody is expecting home cooked from scratch, organic platters but just a little more thought goes a long way IMHO.
If you're not happy, the only option is send your DD with a pack-up and tell the teachers that shes only allowed to eat from that. Those instructions must be respected and followed, just the same as if it was for allergy, health or religious based reasons.

This is the norm at after school clubs. They run on a small margin and need quick easy food to prepare.
After school clubs close at the drop of a hat. Be glad you've got one and stop making a fuss about something so trivial.

Bonkers! Dual national here and can assure you that in the country I grew up in, jam sandwiches were, and are, prolific. It has nothing to do with being British. Your prejudice is showing and its gross.

The point is if you provides jam sandwiches for lunch and then jam sandwiches were offered as a snack, that wouldn’t be a balanced diet. As it is, your child is having a balanced nutritional diet for all her meals therefore a jam sandwich at wrap is not going to tip her overall diet into being unbalanced.
This is literally a first world problem.

Mother of a fussy eater with sensory issues, it’s more of a worry they will go hungry than consume a thin layer of fruit jam after school. Sorry for the low bar!

Healthy eating at lunch and a jam sandwich once a week is about balance imo and probably just as "unhealthy " as processed ham sandwich, food should be balanced and enjoyed a bit of jam on some bread isn't the same as filling lunch boxes with processed crap.

Now I would avoid jam sandwiches for lunch but quite happily supply them at snack time- they are a better snack than biscuits and cheaper than ham and cheese

perhaps plain bread and butter would make it more lily they eat the carrots for sweetness hit

You've given me a craving for lemon curd now

ASC and the food there is often provided by external suppliers.

She is full up from the bread!

At that point in the day children are very hungry and need a snack of some kind.

You could tell the school she is not to have the jam sandwiches if you feel that strongly, but it would be worth researching what else she might get and deciding if you object to that too.

I love a jam sandwich. Or a lemon curd one ☺️

I’m going to close the thread.

OP is now desperately looking for the the " @JBeanGarden has turned off comments" button 😂

I wouldn't like my dd being given processed white bread 4 times a week regardless of what was in it. So so unhealthy, why can't they provide real food?