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This is such a stupid question - but, lunches?!

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MsEllany · 29/08/2020 18:05

What do your tweens and teens eat for lunch? I’m not going to be able to afford lunch in school every day for my Y7 twins at £2.20 a day each, but they are not allowed crisps or chocolate. I know when I was at school only the absolute sad cases took a lunch box - I had a Philadelphia sandwich in my blazer pocket and topped up with stuff from the tuck shop!

In primary it wasn’t too strict so they had a sandwich, yoghurt (like a frube one), crisps and a flapjack bar of some description.

I’ll do similar but wondering if anyone has any bright ideas. They won’t eat raw veg and fruit tends to come home uneaten, but I’ll try again!

(They’re boys, I’m sure this makes no difference but I’m SO paranoid about setting them up for bullying!)

TIA.

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whirlwindwallaby · 29/08/2020 18:50

DS is 14 and likes falafel wraps, plain popcorn, cheese, fruit, nuts.

LittleBearPad · 29/08/2020 18:34

Will they eat cold pasta pesto type things?

MsEllany · 29/08/2020 18:32

@Goingdownto I literally bought sausage rolls today .

I know I'm a bit Hmm about the policy but I guess we'll see how it goes. They're in for the first day on Wednesday then a couple of hours on Friday. I assume they'll set up the fingerprint thingy then!

They only do wraps and salad and water in our school. I can't imagine a secondary school with no tuck shop and no chips for lunch!

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Topseyt · 29/08/2020 18:26

Lunchboxes have never been policed at any of the secondary schools my three DDs went to. Outwardly, they did publish some vague rules, such as the ubiquitous "healthy school" bollocks, but nobody ever looked.

That kind of intrusive snooping only happened at primary school.

Give them what you know they will eat within reason and see how it goes. Have a budget that you pay into their canteen accounts for when really needed too.

No guarantees, but chances are nobody will pay it much attention.

dancemom · 29/08/2020 18:14

My dd and all her friend group take lunch boxes, bento style or a flask mostly.

Goingdownto · 29/08/2020 18:10

Ds likes sausage rolls, a small baguette, crisps, small chocolate bar. No one polices the lunches at secondary, where I am anyway. He really likes to go out to buy lunch but as you say it does add up.

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