AIBU not wanting to change Fortnite lunch bag?

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I've just had a call about my son's (age 6) lunchbag from the deputy at his school. The 'issue had been brought to her attention by the head teacher. (We're into the second term now . Says it's promoting Fortnite as a game in school whereas they discourage it because it isn't age appropriate. I said it's just a deal we had that if he takes a piece of fruit into school each day he can have whichever bag he likes. No more sinister than that. And that he doesn't have a game console at home or an iPad to play it on. She wants us to change it. I said I'd process what she's said and decide accordingly.

What do you think?

I wonder if it's any coincidence that just yesterday after school I spoke to the head about the crappy parking arrangements at school, and the lack of communication from school re school uniforms which aren't in stock...

Agree with gamerwidow. Was going to say exactly the same about Marvel films.

That's totally ridiculous! DS (7) has a very similar lunch bag, as do loads of his friends!

I think having a policy that people have unbranded lunchboxes is fine (well, joyless but fine).

However it's not their policy is it?

Maybe they should make it their policy from next year when people are buying lunch boxes.

I would ignore this. I can't believe the deputy has time to deal with it tbh. If there are bigger issues that this bag plays into they should say so and appeal to your understanding not instruct you to change.

Honestly I’d ignore it, how ridiculous.

Frustrating not to know if it was fuelled by your conversation yesterday or not!

For me it would depend entirely on what I thought of the school. If I believed they always did their best for the kids (whether I agreed with their ideas or not) I would stop using it. However, if I thought they were more interested in making petty points about random crap, I’d ignore her.

IF you decide to stop using it as a lunch bag, maybe DS could use it as a ‘special bag’ for his small Lego bits/pencils/collection of stones etc or something.

How ridiculous. It’s just a lunch bag. Hardly ‘promoting’ the game. From your photo it’s hardly the sort of thing that draws attention. Do they have the same problem with a Barbie lunch bag? Stupid request from the school and I’d ignore it.

Nope. I wouldn’t change it, it’s pretty petty and the head is opening up a can of worms. It’s non offensive and as far as I’m aware, the children can’t play fortnite unless their parents download it and that is up to them.
I’m not sure what the fuss is over the game to be honest.

They either allow logo lunch boxes or they don't. As long as the lunch box isn't offensive I don't see how they can single out a logo

I would ignore it. Well, write a one liner note stating that upon considering the issue you don’t believe replacement of the lunch box is warranted. Yours sincerely .... Do not enter into any further discussion.

When one of mine was in primary, I scored a free good quality insulated lunch bag. It was very obviously branded with a certain alcoholic beverage. One we didn’t even drink. I didn’t need a new lunch bag, DH doesn’t use them (being a man and all ) but a child had one limping along on its last legs. So there was an obvious solution and no, it was not giving the child my lunch bag and me taking the new one as I was attached to my lunch bag at the time . I didn’t see the problem as the lunch bag did not contain any alcohol and why let a perfectly good lunch bag go to waste, plus I was extremely busy so if it saved having to go out to purchase one, well bonus! While I’m sure there was much pearl clutching, I never heard a word from the school in this regard which is as it should be imo.

Get some tippex, and change the 'o' to an 'a'. Problem solved.

Make a sticker with "In Blackpool/Margate/Tuscany" on it and stick it below the word Fortnite.

If you can’t follow the schools rules what sort of person is your child going to grow into? thinking he is above the rules? He can do what he wants? You’ll create a monster.
If you don’t like the schools stance on this move him to another school!
You are being unreasonable!

But it's not a published school rule so not breaking any uniform policy etc fuzzyduck1

Move schools over a lunch bag?

It's so wasteful to the environment to buy another one when the OP has a one that is fit for the job. This disposable attitude is causing alot more problems for our children than Fortnite ever will!

SawnUpLooRoll & DarthLipgloss love itttt!!!

I'm a primary teacher and I'd be ignoring it. One of the Year 2 children in my class has a Deadpool bag!

i think it’s inappropriate for a primary school setting when the age rating is 12. i don’t really understand why you’d buy it, if my DD wanted something that was far above her age range i would say no.

One things my DC's junior school has banned over the years

Anything from smiggle
Football cards
Large hair bows
Trainers with flashy lights
Shopkins
pencils with fluffy rubbers on top

None of these were on any official banned list; they were banned at the point where the school got fed up of the hysteria around them. This sounds the same.

It's banned in several primary schools round my way. It's for older people not primary aged.

I'd be telling them nope.

My daughter went to a Superhero themed day dressed as UltraViolet once, I sent a note in with her explaining she hadn’t actually seen the film, just a picture of the character, and wouldn’t consider anything else after that. The teachers loved it!

Fortnite is causing lots of problems in my kids primary. Teachers have banned talking about it as they are sick of it and arguments and parents complaining about it at home (same happened with last fad) plus it's a 12 game.

I kind of agree tbh. I wont let my 10yr old play it and certainly wouldn't be buying a lunch bag

Very strange? The Marvel films are 12A but nothing said about Avengers/Spiderman/Batman??

For all those saying it is beyond his age range and not acceptable do you feel the same about marvel lunchboxes? It is a bag to put the child's lunch into expecting you to get rid of it and buy another is so bloody wasteful. I'm another in the ignore the request camp. If she says anything then explain that the lunchbox being replaced when it is still fit for purpose is such a wasteful thing to do that you didn't possibly think that is what she would be suggesting.

We had a message in the newsletter saying the merchandise was banned - lunch bags, pencil cases etc. I thought it was pretty ridiculous as Fortnite has been incorporated into lessons at the school recently and they had a Fortnite dance competition????
I have complied though as it is a school rule but my kids know I think it’s hypocritical.