What is not allowed in a childs lunchbox?

[Emmielu]

I put in DD's lunchbox today: One small kitkat (came from a multipack from sainsburys, were on offer) Cucumber sticks, carrot sticks, cheese sandwich & a drink. DD came home telling me she got told off for having the kitkat in her lunchbox. DD doesnt like crisps & i only ever put 1 chocolate bar or a biscuit or 2 in there, the rest is all healthy stuff she does eat. So what exactly is it that im NOT allowed to put in her lunchbox aside from the obvious packet of haribo's etc? I was under the impression when she started that school that fizzy drinks, chewy sweets & packets of sweets brought single & not from a multipack were not allowed.

Bumping. I have one starting school soon and am terrified of an unintentional altercation with the lunchbox police!

we are not allowed any choc,crisps, cake, sweets and fizzy drink. I tend to put in those yogurt covered fruit things for a bit of a sugar burst and have snuck in home made banana cake without being cought- it is madness though!

oh yes, no biscuits either - its a good job they dont see my lunch box!!

Depends on the school - ours doesn't allow choc/sweets/fizzy drinks, my ds's allows choc/choc biscuits but they are only allowed to bring water to drink.

Other schools may be stricter, but it's down to the individual school's policy.

Ah but heres the best bit. Last month i started regularly putting in a small bag (again multipack) of cadburys chocolate little fingers. No one said a word to her or me about it. So why kitkat? Only 2 more days till she finishes so i shant bother rushing out now to stock up on what they think is best for her lunchbox. It was on offer so i brought 2 packets. I dont usually buy them but since the other things i buy her werent on offer i thought why not.

McFluffster - be afraid of the lunchbox police. Be very afraid. They will apparently be sending a letter home if it continues.

We aren't allowed to put chocolate in either. It's surprising how quickly my children learnt to eat it undetected.

Marlboro lights or Stella?

I think schools will differ slightly, but crisps, chocolate, sweets and fizzy drinks are fairly standard contraband. I've included a bun or a piece of cake after parties and got away with it. I wouldn't put a chocolate bar in every day TBH, but my DD's like fruitbars so I tend to include those fairly regularly.

The only chocolate DD gets in her lunchbox is this (to give you a fair idea that i dont go to the corner shop & buy her a flake) 1 rocky bar. 1 own brand digestive bar. That was the first time i put one of those small 2 stick kitkats in her lunchbox.

Fizzy pop because it causes a sticky mess

That sounds ok to me as an occasional treat. It does seem ironic considering the fact that the school dinner may well include chips and sponge pudding and custard, but I suppose it's a good thing to promote healthy eating.

Trouble is i dont want to buy enough dried fruit, fruit bars, fruit cakes (if thats allowed) etc to cover the week & find out DD doesnt like them. She then wont eat all of her lunch just the bits she likes & its a waste of food & money for me to then go & try more things to buy to put in there. I'd just rather they went on how much healthy food is in there & not pick out that 1 thing. 1 chocolate bar a day isnt going to harm her is it? God forbid if i put a sausage roll in there. Oh wait...i put a fruit shoot in there too.

Just nuts and drinks forbidden at ours.

A chocolate bar/biscuit every day seems like quite a lot to me.

RitaMorgan, one biscuit per day seems a lot to you? Never mind the fact that the size is what 1 1/2 inches?

No idea, have always assumed Coke would cause a nuclear explosion and I don't think sweets or choc would go down well. Crisps are surprisingly well tolerated.

I wouldn't eat chocolate biscuits every day, so it seems a bit much for a small child to me.

one a day? shes 5 1/2 i will add so is that still bad for her? Shes a good weight & height, very active, very happy, hardly ever catches colds, eats all her meals, behaviour is well, is above average at maths & literacy at school. Is it still bad for her?

anything goes at ours.
that's the North for you

i send cake if i've baked at the weekend, and very occasionally 1/2 bag of crisps in a tupperware if dd1 has found them before I've hidden them

I just put in whatever I want and no one has mentioned it yet, but I'm scarey.

As far as I am aware, the only thing not allowed in the lunch box is sweets. I often put cake in DD's lunch box as a treat for lunch (once or twice a week) or homemade biscuits etc. No-one's said anything yet :). My argument would be that the school lunches often have sweet sticky puddings eg chocolate muffins so they can't object too much, if they did try.

jubilee10 - maybe i need to be scarey. What do i need to do to do that?

Anything goes at ours too because our head has decided it's really not her place to tell parents what they feed their children. I love our head :)

No chocolate (in any form), no biscuits/cookies/muffins/etc., nothing with nuts, nothing with egg, no carbonated drinks, no sugary drinks (only fruit juice and water are allowed). Staff patrol and confiscate anything which is on the not allowed list.

Then the same staff stuff themselves with biscuits (not from the kids obviously) in the staffroom.

Ridiculous, yes. Unfair, yes. Inappropriate, yes.

I can't tell you if it's "bad" for her, I just wouldn't give my children sugary treats every day.