...to think that expecting a class full of 6 year olds to eat large chunks of tomato is loony?

[bloss]

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At my dc's school they are not allowed to bring their own fruit. They eat whats on offer or nothing at all.

I try and make sure ds eats a lot before he goes. If it's a good day he'll have ceral, toast and an apple.

They have tomatoes and carrots here too.
He doesnt eat the pears or bananas...

In my dd's school if the children are hungry and feeling a bit wobbly they make them a hot choc and give them a cuddle.

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really??

ds would be very happy with a tomato - he'd live on tomatoes and apples, given half a chance (with the odd sweetie thrown in).

My DCs often wake at or around 6 and I never give them breakfast at that time (couldn't handle doing spaghetti at 6:30 am) we have a "snack tray" in bed coffee for grownups juice,fruit and toast for the DC's then breakfast at 8ish eggs, ceral etc. I am with you if we don't do this they never last till lunch. Could you try something similar. If she has such a big meal at 6:30 of corse she won't eat again at 8. I don't think you are being precious or unreasonable my DS is terrible if hypoglyceamic (like me). I think cycling to school probrably also kickstarts her metabolism. Could you give her a cereal bar on arrival at school (only takes 5 mins to eat) before she goes in?

My DS is in Reception year. Am working hard on teaching him that if he doesn't like the food on offer (ie supper) he doesn't get something else. So if he doesn't want the free fruit snack provided at school, he'll have to wait till lunch.

Don't have a problem with that - personally always used to have to pay people to drink my free milk for me

Not rEAD WHOLE THREAD, BUT SCHOOLS DON'T ORDER THE FRUIT/VEG, WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT WE'RE GIVIN.

Sorry about caps -0 not shouting, DS trying to "help".

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What time does her school day end???? 1:00 lunch????? I do think that apart from trying new foods and the whole 'being fussy' scenario, this will help her learn to deal with situations appropriately by herself. She will either learn to ask to get her own fruit out of her bag or she will go without- and it will be her own decision either way. She is 6 and that in my humble unprofessional opinion is old enough to make these sort of decisions. If she is the type of person that doesn't like to make a fuss I would think that you talking to her teacher about it would upset her more.

I agree that she must learn inderpendence etc. However I think that considering how far she cycles and what time she eats. She can't be expected to wait till lunch (even if at 1230 then 6 hours- far too long). The fruit i think is provided as an optional extra, rather than to keep them going. I assume that teachers will expect DS to have eaten in the last hour when he arrives.Thats why we do the snack tray thing. If I left up to him he would have his meals at 6,10 and 2. This dosent fit in with the school day so we work around it. Yes one of us gets up goes down and brings the tray back to bed. This also meant over xmas we could have grown up breakfast with our childless guests at 10.

bloss - can you not all eat breakfast at say 7:30 or 8? That way she wouldn't have to watch you eat your "proper" breakfast whilst she has to wait. You could both have a piece of fruit when you get up and then have your proper breakfast later.

Or you could do as you are doing and give her a piece of fruit whilst she is waiting to go into school.

No I don't think it's loony. There might be children in the class who look forward to tomato day and dread banana day. 1pm is late for lunch for 6 year olds though. I might be tempted to ask about that.

Yes most schools have it about 12:30

I think if she has lunch at 1pm and you pick her up at 3.15pm and she bursts into tears because she feels sick and shaky with hunger then you should take her to the doctors in case she has an underlying condition such as hypoglycemia. 1pm is very late for lunch in a primary school but most of the others won't be eating breakfast at 6.30am. It would be normal for 6yo to be hungry at lunchtime if they haven't eaten since breakfast but being stressed, shaking and feeling sick doesn't sound normal to me.

Yabu. It is only a piece of tomatoand she is allowed to eat her own fruit if she wants to. £ year olds at the nursery I have been working at eat pieces of tomato.

Sorry I meant 3 year olds.