packed lunch bag mess!

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I stick the insulated ones in the washing machine, they come up a treat.

We have the same problem. I have resorted to actual boxes which are far easier to clean. Less of a range in them though.

we have those cube boxes with different sections in them. They go in the insulated lunch bag thingys which go in the washing machine every holiday!

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Supply a plastic bag (freezer bag will do) and train DS to put all his rubbish in that before putting in the lunchbag.

At dss school they're training them to put their rubbish in the bin before they leave the hall. Do you think you could get your class rep to raise the issue with the lunchtime supervisors. I'm sure they'd only have to keep an eye on the reception kids until they get the hang of it.
Otherwise I'd pop the bag in the dishwasher.

If it is anything like our school, reception children have to take their rubbish home.

It is the only way their parents know what they have actually eaten.

Go for a hard lunch box. I got so fed up of throwing away gross rancid yougurt ones I bought DS a Concentrate one (I think - I try to find a link)

www.concentrate.org.uk/index.php?page=2

4 weeks into the terma and it's still good as new

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Oh I liked the Concentrate bloke on Dragon's Den, he was a bit mad

lunch boxes

Kids in dds school must take everything back home with them so that parents know what they ate/didnt eat. She does have a soft lunchbag, but I have one of those lock and lock kinda tubs that she puts her rubbish in, and a napkin that she wraps the spoon in.

I do spray with dettol once a week, or more often if theres a yogurt leakage.

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Because often the reason parents send packed lunches in the first place is so they can be sure their child is eating.

ds1 has a hard lunch box, but that's because I don't like the fabric ones. As a consequence it is very easy to clean.
I also got ds1 to clear his lunch box after school from the day he started staying for lunch - uneaten bits and paper wrappings in compost, other bits in bin, box left on side to wash.
He has a tupperware tub into which goes his sandwiches, yougurt and a cake or similar. A drink and piece of fruit are loose in the box.
I kept telling him to put all the bits in the tupperware box and seal it, he kept complaining about the mess - it didn't take long for him to realise that containing the mess meant less work for him at the end of the day.
If I had been sorting his lunchbox I don't think he would be putting everything in the tupperware box.

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I would encourage him to put the rubbish in his sandwich bag or put it all in the bin at school if he is allowed. I know some schools like all rubbish to go home so that parents can monitor how much there child has eaten/left etc.

There is that small point too - some schools do have to allow for waste disposal in their budgets.

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