Birthday treat for reception class

[MrsNA]

My daughter’s 5th birthday is coming up and she really wanted to take some cupcakes for her class but we’ve just been notified that the school policy no longer allows cake to be bought in. I was wondering if anyone can suggest anything else she could take In, I was thinking some story books as a favour.

My youngest son has a milk allergy and when he was younger I used to give the teacher a bag of his treats thst could be given to him when things he couldn’t have were being given out. It made sure he wasn’t left out. Just a thought for you incase your Dd feels a bit left out

This is the one, or skittles. Sometimes we make rice crispy cakes with dairy-free choc, margarine, golden syrup and certified gf rice Krispies - most kids can enjoy those too.

It's that or little party bag favours (ours love keyrings, which they collect and trade) but I don't love adding more plastic crap to the world.

Do nothing. Please do nothing. Excessive consumerism and celebration culture has already set the parenting bar too high. Stop feeding the monster!

We are a healthy school so we have to say no to sweets/cakes. What we do say though as that even though we can’t hand them out, we can’t stop the parents from handing them out once the children have left.

We have had children in the past bring fruit platters with melon, apples and tangerines which has been lovely, and also a book for our reading treasury.

I agree with you in some scenarios but in my child's class there are plenty of kids whose families don't do playdates, don't have birthday parties and don't accept invites to other people's. I actually appreciate that this way every child can be included with a little gesture like a sheet of stickers or a lolly. Makes it a slightly less "us and them" scenario than only celebrating at parties which the same groups of kids attend or don't.

The teachers didn’t even plan on the children eating them and yet still you complained. No wonder teachers are leaving in droves…

We usually send in things like skittles and cater for allergies and dietary requirements. I get people are being kind sending things in like cupcakes but I hate it when my kids get left out and it's cruel. They get sad and I usually have to buy something after school so they have something. One has a severe allergy and the other is vegetarian.

They didn't plan on the kids eating them when they made them but they gave them to eat as once the kids had made the biscuits they obviously wanted to eat them!

Traditional in our school is a book for the school library (or nothing).

What a shitty thing to do.

Unfortunately her collection of allergies means there aren't really sweets she can have. They have to specify the colouring and flavouring as some for allergens count as "natural flavouring" so we don't know if a product is safe or not.

Why can’t coeliac or diabetic kids eat Haribos?

Our school most parents just do small bags of Haribo.

Thank god this wasn’t a thing when my kids were little. Why does everything have to be so bloody extra all the time.

We were asked specifically not to buy sweet treats and were encouraged to buy a book for the classroom instead, which they can write their name in. I thought it was a lovely idea.

Why don‘t you suggest a helpful alternative for the OP to consider that you’d find more inclusive? Or is the real problem that halal is a consideration?

Yes I think playdates and parties are important if the child wants them and if you can afford them.

And yes I can see how it would be making an effort to include parents and children who aren't as involved with those things as much. I think stickers is nice like someone mentioned previously, simple, cheap, and not bad for your teeth!

Some haribos contain wheat!

Don't bother just tell your child it's not allowed.

A packet of seeds or a daffodil bulb or two to plant.

Small packs of haribo are the done thing at my child's school, the strawberries are vegan so any children with dietary requirements can have them.

What do others do its a school its someones birthday nearly every day

Unfortunately some haribos contain wheat.

How about stickers or bubbles?

It's a bit of a sweeping generalisation that vegan means any children with dietary requirements can have them! My daughter has a nightshade allergy and as tomatoes and paprika are used as "natural colouring" she can't have red sweets!