Blaardy lunchbox police at ds's school. Tomorrow I may lamp them.

[DrNortherner]

Every day ds get his packed lunch inspected by an 8 year old year 3 pupil who makes a list of how many healthy items are in his lunch, she inspects the whole class and makes a list for the teacher. God knows what the teacher does with this info, I need to find out.....

Today this was his lunch
REAL chicken breast sandwhich on a white roll
ASDA cheese dipper
Yoghurt
1 x Plum
Slice of swiss roll
Bottle of water.

It was deemed his plum and yoghurt were the only healthy items in his lunch.

FWIW his outdoor games teacher is about a size 24 and shouts orders whilst sitting on a bench. Is anyone inspectin her lunch?

Grrrrr.

It's crazy isn't it?? At the school my dd starts at in sep there are some nut allergy kids so no one is allowed to take cereal bars in at all. What I will do without peanut butter sarnies I don't know - dd loves them!! All these guidelines are madness. As long as kids aren't going in with just sweets and pop then what's the problem.

Sarnie ideas that go down well with my two;
cheese. Ham. Tuna and sweetcorn. Eggs. Smoked salmon and cream cheese. Ham and houmous. Peanut butter. Tinned salmon. Ham and cream cheese.

They also love homemade flapjacks with seeds and fruit and really need them as they are skinny little things - they need some dense energy to get them through the afternoon.

Rest of lunchbox is made up of juice or water, carrot/cucumer/tomatoes etc. Banana, apple or grapes and yogurt.

I personally try to pack as many calories as possible into their lunchboxes as my kids are skinny and really need it or they waste away by 3pm. I would be FURIOUS if they came home with food left as some jumped up year 8 told them it was unhealthy!!

And I'm a slimming world consultant - I have a fair idea of what foods are healthy and what fats are better for you!!

OP have you steamed into the school yet?

errr galadriel nut allergies are deadly did you know that?

heaven forfend that your little darlings have to go without peanut butter

lots of schools are nut free. wholly reasonable and an entirely different issue.

Gawd yes - nut free, totally reasonable. That's life or death territory.

My daughter has school dinners and eats them but my 15 yr old son has a Cornish Pasty (Ginsters - much cheaper if you can get the four-pack) and home-made flapjackEVERY DAY NO VARIATION. Alas he won't touch fruit as that would make it neat - oh and a bottle of tap water - I find that if they do not keep hydrated they end up with a headache after school. We do not have any criticism from school - they are more focussed on fitrness levels here in Wales it seems... .I ate beans on toast virtually every day - children seem to like having something familiar most days.

The young woman who used to do the tea's at a local football club was told she could only continue to do so, if she got a food hygiene certificate. I dread to think what they'd say about an eight year old going through other children's lunch boxes.

Children need a varied diet including all food groups and young children need a certain amount of fat to build strong bones.

Good quality chocolate is much healthier than a processed biscuit and I don't think a dinner lady should have the right to tell you what to feed your child. Humans tend to crave the things that are forbidden so why give any one food that power