Packed lunches reception year

[dingodollarman]

If you send a packed lunch in to school with your child how do they store it? What if there is stuff that needs to be kept cold like a yoghurt? Hate the thought of my child eating a sweaty sandwich at lunch!

I feeeze him a frube yogurt. It keeps lunch cold and defrosts by lunch.

I used to just put little ice blocks in the lunch bag

ALL reception to yr 2 children in England get free school meals if that helps

Otherwise insulated bag and a frozen frube or drink helps

They will store it in a box somewhere, not in a fridge. Get an insulated lunch bag and use little ice packs to keep it cool. It’ll be fine for 4 hours.

Small ice pack in the lunchbox. Or I fill water bottle to half, put it in the freezer and top up with water in the morning.

Put an ice block in.

Another one who puts frozen frubes in.
Honestly they sit in a hot stuffy classroom for four hours in our primary so definitely put that or an ice cube in.

I never had a frozen yogurt - my lunch bag was sometimes insulated depending on the one I took. Don't think I was packed yogurts until a bit older because I would probably have spilt it down me lol

I put a small cool block in ours and a frozen frube too.

Ours are just stored in the classroom.

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My son is in preschool and he takes packed lunches with an ice block.

Next year though he is in reception and will be taking advantage of the free meals - is this an option do your child?

Definitely ice packs!

Frozen Capri Sun does the trick.

I use one of those little ice packs too.

Lunch bags at my kids school go on trolleys in the classroom. I used to put ice packs in the bags but DC said it made condensation so now I just put the drink in the fridge overnight.
I use those insulated bags which seem to keep cool.
They rarely have yogurts at school, because they usually have one at breakfast and they have to bring all rubbish home so emptying a yogurt covered sandwich box is a but grim.

It'll just be a box somewhere. So,I never include yoghurts or chicken or anything I'd prefer to stay in the fridge. Mind, my dc weren't allowed home pack lunch (my rules) when the government provide it free.

I use ice packs and an insulated lunch bag

Frozen Frube here as well. But my infant age child has the free dinners.

Blimey! We just used to eat sandwiches that had been sitting in our lunch boxes for hours. I wouldn’t have considered anything different 😳

I suppose a frontage frais or custard pot could be a bit warm but not very healthy every day

I use an insulated lunch bag, make it the night before and put the whole bag in the fridge so even the bag is chilled.

My reception child takes a packed lunch and it's just stored in a box in the classroom. Even though he's on packed lunch, he gets offered the pudding from school dinners so I don't put yoghurt etc in as that's always on offer.

Custard pots usually come from the non-chilled part of the supermarket so don’t need chilling at home. Send him with a jelly or fruit pot instead. It’s only 4 hours yogurt isn’t going to go off.