Do you always put sandwiches in your childrens lunchbox because the school have just phoned to complain to me.

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They do usually have a roll/ sandwich but I have sent them with other picnic type foods before and its never been a problem.

Today they had a piece of quiche each, little pot of colesaw and a couple of cherry tomatoes and the school phoned to say they have to have sandwiches or a roll.

Asked them why and there was some mubbling about cutlery but I had put a picnic fork in like I do a plastic spoon for a yoghurt.

Did suprise me as they take something other than sandwiches at least once a week. Can anyone think of a reason why they are now stopping this because I'm a bit annoyed and the more I think about it the more pissed off I'm getting.

don't have school-age children so no expert but it sounds like a load of bolleaux to me

sounds very silly and a bit controlling, I send dd in with a picnicy type thing sometimes too and it's never a problem
jobsworths

Blimey, I find that very strange and interfering. I'd understand it if it was a can of coke and a packet of crisps but quiche, coleslaw and tomatoes sounds lovely to me. My DDs don't always have sandwiches or a roll - they have a pasta type dish.

I'd be immendsely pissed of at their interfering ways, there must be tons of other things they could be doing other than ringing you .

we have never had this problem at our school, in fact the kids are encouraged to have different foods like rice, pasta salads etc in their lunch box.

no, it's nonsense and they are being foolish idiots
I often send cold pasta salad or somesuch with mine, as long as they have a fork I think that's fine
fair enough if you were flouting school policy by sending them in with huge chocolate bars or other such contraband

I would be very annoyed and tell them so too.

Mine don't have packed lunches at the mo, but when they did, they regularly had little pots of pasta and tuna and a pot of toms and cucumber. Kids get bored of having sandwiches all of the time, and you were still giving them healthy food, so I think they are way out of order.

Sounds to me as if someone at school was just having a grumpy day!

I would be delighted if my DDs would eat quiche, coleslaw and tomatoes. Well balanced IMO. Sandwiches are greatly overrated. I would be pissed off with school.

Jeezus I'd be mightily p'd off if my DD's school did that. None of their friggin' business. And it sounds healthy too. Not that that's any of their business either, IMO. If you sent them with three sausage rolls, a cheese string and a fruit shoot I still don't see how that would be anything to do with the school.

Are your DC children stabbing people with the cutlery?

Envy from other children & staff

DD old school used to be like that - the list of what you could not have was longer than what you could.

I would ask for proper guidelines as to what it is they can have to avoid confusion but a piece of quiche? Would they prefer some pre-packed additives in a tonne of plastic. Rolls everyday is a bit boring too..

Sounds bonkers, mine quite often have things in pots ie. pineapple chunks, cous cous, yoghurts etc. and I just pack my own cutlery accordingly, which they duly bring home each day with no problemo at all. How dull to have to have the same every single day just because it suits the school.

i would be very if i got this call. IMO it's so hard trying to keep packed lunches varied enough and surely the kids on school dinners have cutelry
tbh i think i would ring back and tell them that wasn't happy and if i had packed a load of junk then fair enough but not because they haven't got a sandwich

I do a picnic or pasta on occasion too

At least they eat it that way!

DS1 is gluten free, gf bread never keeps until lunchtime so I need alternatives

Daft

That's crazy.

They can't tell you what to feed your child. Ignore them!

Agree with everyone else, sounds like a healthy, filling lunch to me! I'm always trying to think of alternatives to sandwiches. I don't want to eat sarnies everyday, and I don't think my children do either.

I'd ask the teacher what the policy is. We only have rules on sweets and chocolate.

. So they would rather your children ate plastic cheese sandwiches on white - would they? Load of baloney.

My dd often takes pasta type salads with her.

ridiculous. ask them to clarify re the cutlery. ask them if they think everyone whose kids have school dinners, complete with forks, are irresponsible

I normally give ds sandwiches but occasionally he will ask for pasta and this has never been a problem, infact when ds has taken pasta he has come home with a sticker saying "I had a healthy lunch today" god knows what they think of his lunches the rest of the time, he NEVER has choc, crisps or fizzy drinks.

My ds takes sandwiches because he likes them so I don't mess with that system, but it's very odd to make it compulsory. Ds did mention the other day that metal spoons/forks were not allowed at his school. Perhaps you should ask for an explanation.

I sometimes give my 5 yr old kebabs (fruit or chicken on cocktail sticks) - he could do lots of stabbing with them

you are having a laff surely.

FIS - did you mean me? no I am being serious

If they did that at DS's school we would change schools. He can't have wheat and glutten free bread would desintegrate/taste awful by the time that lunch is normally taken.

As far as I am aware, there are no rules at all on what can be included in ds's packed lunch.

I often send quiche, or pork pie, or sausage rolls, or Philly Splendips to make a change from sandwiches, as well as ringing the changes on desserts between fruit, yogurts, trifles or choccie mousse.

Often on Fridays I include an extra treat, like a little packet of cadbury's buttons or three jaffa cakes. One of the mums did say her daughter was told off one day for having Haribo sweets in her lunch box, but I'd draw the line at that.

I think I would ask for printed information on what is allowed, and if the list seems unreasonable, I'd challenge it via the head/governors.
Blimey, they are OUR children after all.

So the kids that eat hot dinners don't use cutlery? That is the stoopidist thing I've heard. I would phone back deffo.