Packed lunch-Red bull and monster munch.

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Bear with me guys I know what I'm trying to say but I can't quite word it (newish poster).

I just read an article(don't know how to link sorry) where teachers were listing the worst things they have found in a pupils lunchbox one being red bull and monster munch,a cold happy meal,a can of shandy and a pork pie (because the pupil had to make lunch thereself) a packet of biscuits(because mum was sleeping) and one pupil said they had cereal with water for breakfast because mum had the milk for her coffee..

Is this real??i can't believe this there must be something that can be done?my little girl just started primary one (Scotland) and she had a packed lunch and is very fussy but I always give her a sandwich,strawberries,cheese string and water but I feel so sad for these other kids!

Sorry just wanted to talk about what I read.

Sadly it is true. The worst I saw was a year 3 child with only a marmalade sandwich. One slice of bread with a scraping of marmalade on it. Then folded over. The bread was clearly mouldy. They had a school dinner for free instead.

The free meals for KS1 must be going some way to alleviate this problem.

Yes it’s true and one of the reasons free school meals can be so important for some children.

I don't know if it's the same everywhere but in Scotland p1-p3 get free school lunches and even a packed lunch to take home on a Friday (half day) I just feel for all the kids outwith this who aren't getting fed at all 😔

Believe me iv been there where I can't afford to eat but I would go hungry to feed my daughter with decent food..this just has really hit me and made me so sad!

I think that article was written on the back of a mn thread. Hang on, Ill see if i can find it.

Yes, it’ll be true. I know someone who used to teach in a school that was in a deprived area. She said that she had seen children with whole packets of value custard creams for their lunch and nothing else.

So sad.

That’s why they’ve brought in the FSMs for reception and KS1. For some children it’s the only decent meal they get!

Yes I do seem to remember a similar thread and a poster mentioning a cold happy meal?

The article was through one of the links on Facebook I can't find it now!

I once saw a packed lunch that was a heel of bread and a packet of polos . I think the child had packed it himself. At least I hope he had.

Years ago, in my first teaching job, there was a little boy who had raisins and tomato sauce for breakfast. That was what he found in the cupboard. He was five.

It's not new. I remember at secondary school in the early 70s a boy who's only meal was school dinner. He was very under nourished looking.
When DC were at primary in the early 2000s the staff kept food in the office to give breakfast to certain children. This was in a relatively affluent village school of 70 children.

You would be surprised by the things we find in lunch boxes- it sometimes explains why our children struggle to focus in the afternoons. Mouldy food, very little food, cold burgers (the ones that are meant to be microwaved). We frequently raid our stashes from around the school or find the money from somewhere to pay for an extra school lunch.

I’d like to see the threshold for free school dinners raised so that parents in work, but struggling at the end of the week (or even mid-week!) could access them. I think it would help many children learn more effectively, and reduce an area of worry.

Just read your gat back- from realise it could be read the wrong way. I’d like the amount parents can earn and still access free lunches to be raised!

When Dd was younger I worked part time and she could still get free meals.
This Scotland and obvs a particular council so probably different elsewhere.
She still gets free meals which is now just money on her finger.

A year 1 girl at my school was being raised vegan (fine if done properly) and one day a small pot of melon was all she had. Her lunches used to upset the dinner ladies quite a bit and we just give her a school dinner everyday.

Sad. But I don't see the problem with Monster Munch and Pork Pies (as part of a lunch).

DD has just started P1 and has a packed lunch (she started on dinners but packed lunch and dinners are seated separately and her new wee friend is packed lunches!)

Anyway, we had a “progress parent day” on Friday and literally the first thing the teacher had to say was a reminder not to send in fizzy drinks and energy drinks.

I’m pretty laid back in terms of not being judgy but fuck me my judgy pants were hoiked to my oxsters at the thought of some poor child having an energy drink at 5! That’s bloody dangerous!

I'm an early years teacher in a preschool.

The worst I ever saw was a 2 year old with just a mars bar duo and a packet of ready salted crisps.

I was in a Perth supermarket a few years ago & saw quite a few kids buying litres of ice cream & doughnuts for their lunch.

Very sad. The school my son is at is classed as being in a deprived area and the school provides a free breakfast club which I think is a fantastic idea

Waddsup12 I’d lay money on it being the big Asda beside the Grammar and my niece probably being one of them

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We were told this when my son started primary one! And also only one thing for snack time not multi packs of crisps which they have had before apparantly.

Ps love the word oxsters

Ally it’s a good one eh?

Multipacks? Ours aren’t even allowed crisps! DD takes those wee fruit pot things for her playpiece and her “treat” in her pack up is a fruit yo-yo like you get in subway.

Fizzy drinks are crap right enough, but I’d honestly worry for the safety of a wee one having red bull or monster or something. It increases my heart rate and I’m a fairly bulky adult! (I only drink it when I’m running on empty)

And spare a thought for the children, for whom the summer holidays mean no free school meals.

FinallyHere my LA does free meals 365 days a year now. It’s not often I’m impressed by them, but I’m proud of that initiative, had a huge takeup over the summer too (I volunteered some days).

In my LA it’s desperately needed.

I’ll also add that energy drinks/McDonald’s are unlikely to be in a pack up as a result of lack of money though, they’re bloody expensive!