To think school could have changed the menu a bit?!

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Fluffyyellowduck · 10/01/2023 18:34

Spring term lunch menu (primary) and there are zero changes from last term. 😬

There were a number of meals quite a few of us on the group chat were hoping would not still be on the menu as they didn’t seem to be popular with the dc.

It’s an Academy and they do their own catering. The head cook hasn’t changed and usually changes the menu each term.

Has anyone else’s school done this? It’s so frustrating.

AIBU to think they could have made a few changes?!

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Curleduppup · 11/01/2023 07:47

Depressingly familiar lack of concern for kids' diets. Nothing much has changed. Sure you can send your kids in with a packed lunch if you have enough money to pay for choice. But those kids on free school meals don't really have the option do they?

watchfulwishes · 11/01/2023 07:53

Curleduppup · 11/01/2023 07:47

It is not that people do not understand the point of good school meals - but the blame for the persistent underfunding of schools for the last 13 years lies with the Tory government, not this single school.

Schools have no money.

Plus the OP is moaning about her own kids on grounds of choice - not nutrition.

watchfulwishes · 11/01/2023 07:55

Nectarines · 11/01/2023 06:31

Whilst I understand the ‘which day is PE?’/ ‘when is the trip?’/ school WhatsApp groups, I have to say these ones you describe can be incredibly toxic.

Parents will pick apart all the little things they don’t like about school and instead of addressing issues themselves, they gang up and fuel each other, creating big issues where there is no need.

It’s no wonder school staff are leaving the profession when they can’t get anything right. I bet there’s no talk on the what’s app about everything above and beyond that the school and its staff does for your children.

I agree, these Whatsapp groups are a menace and many teachers cite them as being a real problem.

More parents should be mindful of the toxic culture they are contributing to.

SoupDragon · 11/01/2023 07:56

I would love to see how some of the people on this thread come up with a menu that fulfils the fussy eating/dietary requirements/personal tastes of X hundred children 😂😂

user1471517900 · 11/01/2023 08:01

MargaretThursday · 10/01/2023 19:06

They changed the wording on the menu when I asked whose home the "home baked rolls" were being baked in.
They became "freshly baked rolls". 🤣

There's always going to be some meals your dc prefer. Maybe other dc love those ones. I remember my dc arguing whether a particular meal was "the best ever" or "disgusting". It wasn't something particularly exciting either way as far as I was concerned.

I bet the school love you

Soproudoflionesses · 11/01/2023 08:10

Not a restaurant.
You're not a paying customer. Unless they are not Key stage 1 in which case you could send them in with a packed lunch. Does the school not offer more than 1 option each day?

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