Does your DC primary school allow squash through a hot day?

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Sent my DC with a non- see through bottle with juice in today as since weaning and trying - DC has never drank plain water. Teacher removed the bottle stating water only in the day which will be provided with their own water bottles from school and juice only at lunch time.

AIBU or should this rule be relaxed during heatwaves?

That's one very expensive bottle

It's boiling. They should be allowed to drink squash ffs.

I got one of these for my autistic boy. He wasn't keen. Any tips on the best 'flavours'?

Water definitely does have a taste

How is he with smells? I'm not sure it would be any good for mine. He's very sensitive to smell, can tell you you've bought different meatballs to usual just by sniffing them 🙄

No, you can't have one rule for one and not the others. He'll not die, he'll drink water if he's thirsty

You are very welcome to come to mine and see if you can work your magic on my child.

Our school only allows water too.

It is for good reasons - to encourage good choices for teeth and health, to prevent sticky spills.

I turn a blind eye if ND children bring in bottles where I can't see what's in them - I assume it's squash and consider it to be a reasonable adjustment, especially in such hot weather.

I used to think they'd drink water if it was all that was offered, but some children really do get to the point of dehydration before they will drink it. I suppose they'd drink it if they were thirsty enough, but seems rather inhumane to test the theory!

All these posts about how if the children were dropped into a desert and all juice disappeared from the world then they'd drink water... well yeah, we'd all do things we don't like to Survive 🤦‍♀️
I'm not sure forcing children to drink things they don't like is great for learning and concentration. Being desperate for a drink has never helped me focus on anything, except how thirsty I am.

What's the deal with these airup pods? It looks like a lot of plastic waste.

Hate the taste?"
But there IS no taste! It's water.

Of course it has a taste. The tap water where I live is lovely. Where my sister lives it's horrible and tastes bleachy.
Evian tastes different to Volvic. A glass of water at my in laws tastes soapy because they don't rinse after washing up. I can tell if DH uses a glass that's had squash in it and not been washed just quickly rinsed when he gets me a drink of water.

Water definitely does have a taste!

I used to be able to tolerate the water where I used to live - can't stand it here - even ice cold it makes me gag, I have to add squash or something to it to make it tolerable.

Bottled water is extortionately expensive and awful for the environment - a bottle of squash is dirt cheap and lasts weeks.

No one doubts that sugar free squash exists - the sugar has been replaced with that artificial sweetener shite. And whatever damage that is doing to you won’t show up in a dental check up 🤨

In my experience as a primary supply teacher, a lot of schools are moving away from this "water only" rule. Deciding that weak squash is better than drinking nothing.
I have squash in my water bottle while I'm teaching (it's not see-through), and I don't have a problem with a child having it either.

I've got better things to be battling over.

Me too. Even as a little tot I was drinking weak squash rather than water.

I don't recall ever drinking a plain glass of water as a child.

As an adult, I now only drink squash or coffee during the day. It ain't done me no 'arm!

If you say so 🙄

Oh many of ours are the same at home, in school bring out a jug of water at break and they are like flies all after some. Every single one. Never seen a child refuse before now. They suddenly forget they 'hate it'.

flavoured water.

So because you've never experienced a water refuser, they don't exist?

I used to refuse water to the point of making myself unwell. As an adult, I couldn't tell you the last time I had plain tap water - probably about five years ago, maybe longer?

I work in education at exec level (still work with/around students), and was previously a teacher, I'm 🤔 at the teachers who seem to think it's all made up. I hope they're in the minority, at least I can't think of any staff of mine who would automatically assume a student not tolerating water was just being picky, especially if we were aware of SEN.

Mine has never drank water at school, all the teachers he's had have said he won't, never drinks the milk either. He also never uses the toilet at school apparently . I'm not sure how he'd be if he suddenly became unwell and had to. Distressed probably

Oh I've seen kids refuse water for their parents and then forget the minute they want a drink.

He's not particularly sensitive.

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Each pod is used multiple times, can't remember how many bottles worth but it is quite a lot.

Good for you 🙄

I refused water at home, at school, at childcare and now, as an adult, I still won't drink it as it makes me gag.

I was diagnosed as autistic in my twenties, so at school I wouldn't have had the "excuse" of SN or disability, but I can assure you it existed. I never touched water at school. I remember being made to have a drink lukewarm tap water in primary school and promptly vomiting it back up all over the floor.