Juice in school

[Fubar01]

My DD’s teacher is being very combative about her taking juice to school (primary) in a clear drinking bottle. He says it’s against school healthy eating standards, but if she brings it in a non clear bottle it’s fine! She brings a very healthy lunch and has perfect teeth. She is also very sporty . She point blank refuses to drink water. Yet others in her class bring crisps and chocolate and nothing is said .
AIBU to stick with the (new) clear bottle?
i dislike petty rules that have no bearing on her education ! Especially when the rules are not enforced for others !

Juice is fine honestly. Teacher is overreacting. You're her parent and get to say what she eats.

You have answered it yourself really.
Your child is very sporty. Others may not be so. Orange squash allowance may open the door to bottles filled with coke! There's more sugar in that than a bit of chocolate.

If you so keen for juice - give her a non clear bottle. Done.

Well you have 2 choices. Get into a battle with school over nothing, or support a different bottle.

As part of the wider picture of you are not happy with school rules etc remove your child.

You have many choices here. Choose the least argumentative one, and the best for your child.

No it doesn't. Good lord.

That's not what's happening. The teacher said get a new bottle, still bring juice.

but if she brings it in a non clear bottle it’s fine

The school have rules. Either follow their
rules or accept the compromise the school is offering you and use a non-clear bottle.

Or choose a different school.

Another parent just wasting time being petty. Just put it in a non clear bottle ffs.

I think if it's a drink to drink in class he can say he'll turn a eye if you give her juice, if its in patterned bottle. If for break/dinner nothing to do with him.

You don't need to "win" this OP. Just change the bottle, omg.
Or get her to drink water.

FFs why cause a scene. Just buy a coloured bottle. They are being flexible, many schools don’t allow juice at all

It’s not your school though, but a government directive. Look here to see if her drink falls within the permitted drinks list: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-food-standards-resources-for-schools/school-food-standards-practical-guide

Aside from the healthy perspective, primary aged children have a tendency to spill their bottles and cleaning up water is far easier than anything else that is sticky and on a carpeted floor.

If your child really won’t drink water, what about an Air Up? I think you might find you’ll reach the point where sufficient warnings have been given and your daughter’s bottle is confiscated and she has to use a cup and water, so it’s better to look at alternatives that do work.

It’s not the juice that he has an issue with seemingly, but the fact that it’s in a clear bottle. So he is basically teaching children to hide things .

You are being combative here, not the teacher.

I dont know how young kids get so they "won't" drink water. How do they discover there's anything else?

We just never bought squash. So they don't drink it.

Teacher can’t win! He is appeasing you and bending the rules as you state your child will not drink water. Just send in water for goodness sake

And then a fizzy drink opens the door to heroin and before you know it kids are shooting up in the toilets.

@Sadmamatoday my point exactly.

Get her to drink water !

Kids do not NEED juice, and if you keep giving her juice, of course she won't drink water! It's like giving her a bag of haribo at dinner and wondering why she won't eat her carrots.

Would you really rather your child's teacher waste their time on this than actually teach your child? Get your priorities sorted!

Oh and ignore the guidance about little children needing vast quantities of water daily. I always just let mine drink to thirst, their pee is pale and they drink nowhere near as much as guidance suggests they should.

And we wonder why we have an obesity epidemic....

The juice is not the issue! The teacher has clearly said she can bring juice as long as it is in a non clear bottle!

I work in early years if we have clear water bottles then we need to have water in it, we can have diluting juice in a non see through bottle, which I have.

its to encourage the children to drink water and milk and if we are seen to be drinking juice then children want it too, so we have to conceal it. We have children that bring juice in non see through bottles. No issue at all.

we encourage water but understand not all children will drink water

Honestly I don’t think this is a battle I’d fight.

My kids school says water only. My kids drink water. They’re just fine with water in their bottles.

I can see it now - “so and so has juice. I want juice”. Every morning they’d be complaining about the juice. Parents wouldn’t be happy. School would either have to allow juice for all or ban juice!

Seems like he’s offering you a good compromise here - keep the juice, put it in a non clear bottle.