Does your children's school allow cakes to be brought in on Birthdays?

[lottieandmia]

I've been thinking about this as my older dd's school which is a state special school and my younger two dd's school allows the children to bring cakes in to give to their class on birthdays. They also all come out with various chocolates at the end of terms. On special occasions they also all have cake sales.

I was wondering how common this is.

Yes, but my DD has Coeliac Disease so can never have them.

I do send in little bags of sweets for her and gluten free chocolate so the teacher can give her an alternative, but it isn't the same as being able to tuck into a special birthday cake along with everyone else.

I don't expect other mums to know or provide an alternative, but it does make me sad to think she has to watch everyone else enjoying that chocolate cake :(

However this is something she will have for life and she needs to understand and deal with it as this is going to be happening all the time in her future. She is only 9

Yes thankfully DDs school does allow this. I think it's lovely. They can eat it at breaktime or sweets.

Anyone will allergies is welcome to have a tin in the classroom that they have brought in earlier in the term. Everytime someone hands anything out, they go to their tin and pick something. Seems to work well.

At primary they could take in small cakes or sweets to be handed out at the end of the day.

The school would not deal with anything that had to be cut up, or could not be very simply handed out at home time.

There was a child with severe multiple allergies in DS class, most of us knew what things he regarded as a treat (e.g haribo, crisps, and he could have flapjack with non dairy margarine) and sent one of those specially for him.

I haven't heard them saying you couldn't, but it's never been done I think- people take in a bag of chocolate and sweets for the kids to pick one from.

The last school I did cover for I took cakes in for 18th birthdays and I was told to stop because they were a 'healthy school'.

1 cake, for one birthday is not going to kill anyone. And they were the £3.50 cakes that meant there was a tiny slice each.

Hi op haven't read any of the replies to your thread. I have two dcs in state schools. Near their birthdays I let them take either sweets or cakes (individually wrapped or packaged) to give to their classmates. Their teachers normally let my dds hand them out at the end of the day. So no candles or songs. But everyone is happy.

we do have cake sales usually for charity ..however cakes just don't seem to go in..It has happened once or twice in the near 3 years DS has been in school..

to be honest I am pleased.....I invite his good friends to a party which I pay for feed them and give them party cake.. Those are the children I would like to give cake and sweets to.

I wasn't aware it was so wide spread

Primary school - mini bags of haribo or similar on birthdays
Nursery - shop bought cake only