To think they should be allowed to eat fruit from home?

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In ks2 we have to pay for fruit as snack. I can get fruit considerably cheaper so dint really want to pay school for it.

We sent in an extra piece of fruit, apart from the one eaten at lunch, but apparently they are not allowed to eat it!

So half the class get a (paid for) snack at playtime but the children who have a snack (fruit in,y) in their bag get nothing.

AIBU to think they should be allowed to eat their extra fruit? They could make them put it in a box at the start of the day to save scrabbling in bags and restrict it to fruit only?

Either another money-spinner, or somebody being worried because some children will have good fruit, some manky, and some none at all, and let's make everyone equal.

How much is fruit for the term?

I remember the good old days when we got free milk and could buy a rich tea biscuit to have with it from the office for 2p. In a year group of about 100 kids, I think there were about 2 slightly tubby ones with no need for dictats about fruit from anyone.

Our school does this too. It's £1 a week and supposed to be for fruit (which is battered, my dd always complains it's not nice) and squash. I don't pay it because I could send my dc with fruit/snacks/water from home, except we're not allowed to do this, and I don't like them having squash all the time. If they want Milk, it's an extra £1. It's also meant to be 'voluntary' but the kids come out with notes every week reminding parents about it.

Another thing that really gets on my nerves with our school is always asking parents who's dc have sandwiches but are entitled to free school meals, to claim the free meals even though their dc doesn't eat them. It's so they can get the £1000 per child extra funding. If you have to pay for dinners, they are £2.05 a day.

YANBU sounds like a crazy rule from a very unflexible school.

At DDs last school the children were told to bring in fruit for snack time and those children on FSM got 'school fruit'. There was never any issue with mix-ups or whatever (clear bag with kids name on and fruit inside) and if a child forget their fruit there was always enough in the FSM supply for them to be given something.

At her current school the KS1 pupils all get 'school fruit' as do the KS2 FSM kids. The rest bring in from home, but can have other 'healthy' snacks like crackers, cereal bars too etc.

Your school sounds like a pain in the arse OP.

I also think it is ridiculous. My son isn't at school yet, we pay 50p per week for fruit and milk/water at nursery. Never considered sending our own as he isn't fussy with fruit and will eat any. I wouldn't be put out or anything if other children did though, if it IS because of jealousy that is absolutely ridiculous. Sheltering children from the fact that some people will have things that they don't isn't really setting them up for life! That would be like having to give everyone a star for good work when only some children have really tried, it wouldn't feel like a reward! Pandering to a child who is jealous because someone has strawberries and they have an apple is awful.

However it more than likely isn't down to that and is more due to organisational reasons, time restrictions etc. I would have a chat with the teacher, explain how your daughter would be more likely to eat fruit from home and listen to the teachers reasons why it's not allowed if that is the case.