What are your views on school milk for over 5s? Should there be an option for parents to buy it for their child in Reception?
My youngest just started Reception and she's one of the oldest with a September birthday. Her school give free milk to 4 year olds but none to 5 year olds. There is not even the option for parents to buy milk. She was upset on her first full day this week that everyone apart from her was given milk. Her teacher just told her 5 year olds don't need milk. I spoke to her teacher who told me they stopped allowing parents to buy milk during the last school year due to admin reasons and I have also told the school felt too much milk was going to waste.
I feel that there should be exceptions for the first few kids who turn 5 in the year so they are not made to feel left out just because they have early birthdays.
Does this happen at other schools? When my oldest attended Reception we could buy him milk although he had a January birthday so it wasn't such an issue.