Would you do anything in this instance?

SENsupportplease · 2026-07-03T14:28:56+00:00

DS had food tech yesterday. Sushi. At least £10 on ingredients. When he went to the fridge to get it for lunch it was gone. That’s all the ingredients plus decent Tupperware and various small containers, the leftover rice wine vinegar, the leftover seaweed. Outer Tupperware box was named. DS hasn’t been able to find his food tech teacher to ask. he is Y8. What if anything would you do? I’m really annoyed due to the cost, loss of our property and the fact he had to buy lunch. DS is annoyed as he wanted to eat his sushi!

KateSixer · 03/07/2026 15:32

Well I am not surprised you and he are annoyed! I'd be upset too.

Unfortunately I don't think you can make the school responsible for the security of his sushi. Was it supposed to be kept where he left it? If so presumably the sushi that others had made was there too? Was it all removed or just your son's? Think we need more info!

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SENsupportplease · 03/07/2026 15:37

He was the only one who made sushi, it was that or curry
all the food goes on a trolley at the end of class and a teacher takes it to the fridge, so DS doesn’t know if it made it to the fridge

he claims teacher has thrown boxes away in the past - he has found his Tupperware in the bin before. That was the day after food tech though so not quite the same thing, that makes more sense to me cleaning them out if not collected same day

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SENsupportplease · 03/07/2026 15:38

Other people’s food was still in the fridge yesterday and this morning

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takealettermsjones · 03/07/2026 15:39

Ouch. I'd be annoyed they were making something so expensive for a start! Really annoying.

Does son have a locker - could you send him in on food tech days with an insulated bag and some freezer blocks so he can keep it cool in his locker until home time?

GrantMyWishes · 03/07/2026 15:40

Yes I would complain to the school OP. Whether the teacher didn't take it to the fridge, or whether he/she ate the food your son had prepared, it was stolen, and the school need to do something about it.

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SENsupportplease · 03/07/2026 15:41

DS chose to make it, and he is good at cooking and has it for lunch when he can so I let him.

The curry would have been much cheaper!

no locker and given recent heat I wouldn’t have been happy with rice not being in fridge

I want my lovely containers back 😂

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GrantMyWishes · 03/07/2026 16:12

Who knows OP, maybe the teacher fancied your 'lovely containers', so ate the food, washed them up and took them home, BUT you're not going to know until you insist that the school look into it, are you?

TessSaysYes · 03/07/2026 16:17

I'd mention it, but wouldn't be expecting the teacher to do anything about it now...get them some sushi 🍣 in the supermarket.

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SENsupportplease · 03/07/2026 16:29

GrantMyWishes · 03/07/2026 16:12

Who knows OP, maybe the teacher fancied your 'lovely containers', so ate the food, washed them up and took them home, BUT you're not going to know until you insist that the school look into it, are you?

I highly doubt that.

and they are lovely! Part of sets and the clips work well! Not just chinest takeaway containers like I usually send.

and this is kind of what I’m asking, what would others do. Should I email or leave it to DS to handle.

Seems in this instance it’s ok for me to be involved

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Darragon · 03/07/2026 16:37

I would complain to the school and also complain at the cost of ingredients per lesson! Whatever happened to making pizza or cheese sauce for £2-ish? What on earth do the FSM and other low income kids do, do they just sit out copying from a textbook or something?!

ComtesseDeSpair · 03/07/2026 16:37

I suspect all the school are going to say is that another pupil must have claimed it by mistake, they’re unlikely to raise a manhunt to find out the perpetrator of the missing sushi. Totally understandable that DS was upset, though.

If Tupperware going missing is an issue, buy a couple of packs of cheap plastic takeaway containers to send him in with - you can usually get a stack of ten from Poundland and the like.

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SENsupportplease · 03/07/2026 23:26

ComtesseDeSpair · 03/07/2026 16:37

I suspect all the school are going to say is that another pupil must have claimed it by mistake, they’re unlikely to raise a manhunt to find out the perpetrator of the missing sushi. Totally understandable that DS was upset, though.

If Tupperware going missing is an issue, buy a couple of packs of cheap plastic takeaway containers to send him in with - you can usually get a stack of ten from Poundland and the like.

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Oh i do usually use the free Chinese takeaway ones it’s just this needed loads of bits measured out and pre prepped, so needed a bigger container

lesson learned!

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SENsupportplease · 03/07/2026 23:29

Darragon · 03/07/2026 16:37

I would complain to the school and also complain at the cost of ingredients per lesson! Whatever happened to making pizza or cheese sauce for £2-ish? What on earth do the FSM and other low income kids do, do they just sit out copying from a textbook or something?!

Hopefully they get some assistance with ingredients

agree it is ridiculous, it should have been cucumber and tuna sushi not salmon and avocado

and they should share the cost of things like sesame seeds and rice wine vinegar where we only need a couple of tbsp

but it is what it is and I want to encourage DS
it would be ok if it wasn’t lost!

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Tamtim · 04/07/2026 03:06

It sounds like the teacher needs to put a lock on the fridge and arrange a time for students to pick up their food where a teacher her hands it out to them. I’d be pissed off too.