I'm furious with dd1.

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She started year 7 at secondary school in September. We agreed that she could have hot school dinners instead of her usual sandwiches, on condition that she had a portion of veg and fruit every day with her meal. This was all agreed and I thought it was going well. However the last week or so when I asked her what she had eaten, she said pasty, chips and baked beans twice, and mash with beans and cheese once. Call me fussy but I don't class beans and chips as vegetables. Anyway after talking to dd and dh about it he called the school to ask about the supposed healthy eating plan they had and got to talk to the head. He said we could have a printout of everything dd had eaten over the last 7 days, and if we wanted to, could restrict the amount of junk she is allowed to eat. So today in the post comes the printout. There is not one thing dd said she ate on this list. She has lied the whole time, and her lunches have been consisting of crisps cake and biscuit, every single day!

Confronted dd with it when she came home, and just got a huge tantrum , so she has been put back onto packed lunch until we speak to the head about her food intake.

I'm really hurt and upset that she has lied to me so consistently, and that she obviously planned it. She would have got away with it too , but she didn't know a printout could be made.

Anyway rant over, thank you.

I have very vivid memories of eating rubbish at school - so did everyone I know. I don't think parents every bothered to inquire in those days. Funnily enough though, school dinners were for geeks and we fought to have sandwiches! Mind you, never ate them, just swapped them or used them to play tricks on each other. I remember one fat girl (with a big appetite!) being given cheese sandwiches with fish food in (yes, very, very nasty). Apart from that we ate pies from the shop, Fry's mint creams and crisps and that was it. I once ate a whole Jamaican ginger cake on the way home on the bus! Not saying any of this was good, mind, just that things don't seem to have changed much.

I would say it didn't do me any harm, but I think I would have felt healthier and less tired if I'd eaten proper food.

I work at my ds's school and am horrified at some of the muck masquerading as 'food'...mind you, if they're doing it on 31p a day no wonder. I've never seen any meat that wasn't processed (even the 'roast pork' ) and the veg is cooked to obliteration! They have introduced coleslaw and potato salad but it's swimming in mayo. The only attractive things are the puddings, and the fruit is not on display, you have to ask for it. I know if more parents saw what their kids are eating they'd be horrified.

Well, what a turn up for the books. Dd1 had a physio appointment for her knee this morning, so she went into school late. I had the brainwave of calling ahead and asking the school if I could go and inspect their range of food on offer. Dh and I went in there expecting to see slop and were actually astonished to find quite an array fo mouthwatering food! They had 3 specials which change daily, all made there, jacket potatoes, lovely salad bar, fresh fruit salad, home made cakes etc. They had pizzas and burgers too, with chips of course, but tbh the food looked great, dh was drooling! The rubbish was not on prominent display, so dd has to search it out. Anyway they are sending us a sample menu for the last couple of weeks so we can decide what to limit and how often. I asked the woman taking us through what happens if dd gets to the till with stuff she isn't allowed, and they said she would be made to put it back. Of course it doesn't stop her friends from buying what she wants, but it's highly unlikely because it will come from their own swipe card, and I doubt they would pay for her school snacks! All in all I was pretty impressed with their kitchen. Am feeling hungry now.