Anyone elses school sent a "contract" home for parents of children who have packed lunches

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cause ours just have! Never heard of anything like this before.

The non-dairy protein would have thrown me as a kid. Cheese and pickle sandwiches were a staple of my lunchbox diet (but I did have a much more well-rounded diet at home)

pmsl ivykaty44 I did think about sending notes in in dc lunchbox, "dear ms teacher, was that biscuits i saw you eat in the staffroom, AND a marsbar" dont think they would be too happy with me though.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Have you SMELT kidney beans when they've been in a warm lunchbox for four hours?

agree Malory, I think as advice its gppd but as a contract is a different thing, what am i actually signing it for, that should i send my dc in with crisps or junk(which i dont) they can take it off her and leave her with no lunch?

Its the contract bit thats griped me really.

I am all for healthy lunches but if my school tried this I would tell them to shove it up their arse.

If dh were the one to get this he would send ds to school with some pickled onion Monster Munch, some red laces and a Bacardi Breezer to wash it all down with.

He's like that.

oily fish is easy...tuna sandwich anyone?

I think the requirement for vegetables is ridiculous. I foresee a lot of cherry tomatoes and cucumber sticks hitting the bin at the end of every day. Also, it's such a LOT of food for a child to chomp through. At home I'd give one sandwich and a yoghurt and that would be plenty. Actually it would be plenty for me!
Guidelines fine, contract OTT.

or salmon sandwich

Tinned tuna has no essential fats though. Fresh tuna, yes, but I can't see my kids eating a tuna steak sandwich and I wouldn't be keen on seeing one of those wasted!

My children would eat salmon in a fish pie or salmon fishcakes, and indeed very often do, as part of a cooked meal at home with new potatoes and broccoli. They'd also eat sardines on buttered toast. But they would never eat a salmon sandwich, and to be honest, neither would I.

Tuna is not oily fish when it has been canned - it loses the effect and therefore becomes void as oily fish.

It needs to be something along the lines of haddock, mackeral, pilchards (aka mackeral) but not tuna, unless it is fresh.

Oh don't tell me the school will be checking to see if the tuna is fresh and demanding proof - how very food police.

Send in a police hat with food police label

I try to give my DDs a good lunch, but DD2 is so slow at eating and they only get about 10 minutes. I send in stuff that will keep her full. Really if I got a list I'd be in complaining. I can't believe peanut butter is allowed.

really?
whizz flaked salmon in belnder with a sqeeze of lemon and tiny bit of mayo, put in sandwich with some cucumber. Tis yum!

Tinned tuna doesn't count as oily fish.

In fact, this sort of "contract" is exactly why I'm glad the dses have school dinners - open up their repertoire of food (which was very narrow before they went) without me having to plan it.

Perhaps it's all part of the evil plan to get higher take up of school dinners - make packed lunches so much hassle that you'd rather just sign your soul and your cheque book over to the dinner ladies.

I bet the school staff and teachers just wish they could get on with their own jobs - rather than trying to blardy police what the dc eat at lunch time

I don't think anyone in their right mind would object to a tinned tuna sarnie

"I don't think anyone in their right mind would object to a tinned tuna sarnie" - what you mean apart from my dses?

I thought you were only allowed tuna twice a week or you die

isn't that right?

and it's my last-minute panicked dinner staple

so that's no good

lol
no I meant in the form of a dinnerlady/food police type teacher

So what happens if you either don't sign the contract or you child is so picky you can't fulfill it?

tuna twice a week only for preggers people
MP is there something you haven't told us