Lunch time club out of school.

[Greengardenpixie]

Just wondering other peoples thoughts on this. My son Is 9 and in the school they do a lunch time club that is nothing to do with the school and is a short walk away, crossing the road where the school is on and another road. It's held in a church. Just wondering what your thougths are on this. Would you let him go? You need to write a note saying that you allow it. The thing is, I don't think the school want it but all of my sons friends go leaving him out. It puts pressure on me. Would you let him go with his friends? All his friends are turning 10 if that matters and he is one of the youngest in his class.

I have 3 dc, at 2 different schools, and then nieces an nephews at other schools. None of their school allowed dc off the premises at lunchtime until they are in the 6th form (16yrs+), no.

I'm so surprised at how many schools 'don't allow' kids off site at lunchtime. So anyone whose child who goes home for lunch has to be collected? All the way through primary?

At DS's school then if you say your child is coming home for lunch then it's made very clear that the schools responsibility ends when they leave. Much like the journey to and from school - it's your responsibility.

At the high school the big three go to they don't even take a note of what they are doing for lunch. Lots of the kids leave the site (mostly because the school dinners are particularly crap at the moment since the new cook started) and I can imagine there being a big fuss if they tried to stop them. They do ask parents to support them in discouraging the kids from going to a particular lunch take away place, but that's because there have been issues in the past between kids and the owner.

I've never known anyone go home for lunch since the 1960s so it's never been an issue in Primary.

In secondary, I presume it's mostly to stop the kids "hanging around" upsetting the community, over-running the shopping centres and getting into fights with neighbouring schools.

When I was young I used to go to asda at lunch time. Noone ever checked up. Loads of kids did it. They still do. Its common practice here.

I don't know any schools that allow kids our of school at lunchtime, right up until sixth form at which point they sign in and out.

I also don't know any primary schools at which lunch at home happens.

You can go home for lunch in any school where I live but you need to basically have permission. Not sure about the walking home at lunch time.
Also when I was in secondary school I went home for lunch daily. I just walked out, walked home and walked back. That was that.
Its like living in a protective bubble now. How times have changed. I find it all a bit worrying when I read this.
I mean fair enough in primary school. That's where I have the problem but at secondary? I avoid the shops at 1pm cause I know they will be filled with pupils from the local secondary school.