views please on snacks in suitcases for children on residential trips...

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Hi, am fretting about whether or not to put in some snacks for my DS on his yr 7 residential trip - they're going up north for a 5 day trip, camping, and it hasn't said in the literature NOT to put in snacks - is it generally accepted by schools that parents can put in some snacks? I'm not talking hoards of sweets, just a few savoury snacks and maybe 1 packet of sweets! Any views much appreciated as I don't want to get him into trouble by putting in stuff he's not meant to have!!! Thanks.

I would. They must have midnight feasts, we owe it to Enid Blyton!

gawd yes

a 6 pack of mini cheddars, some non-melty sweets too

hah hah to enid blyton

Mini packs of Oreos and nutrigrain bars here. They usually come back uneaten and squished and hairy but at least the dcs know they are there if they are starving!

Thanks for your replies, had to laugh at Enid Blyton!!!! You've put my mind at rest so much!! Any more responses welcome!!!! PS mini cheddars, great idea! Perhaps some Haribo?! I bet the teachers expect it, really? Just humour me.... !

I always pack a couple of cereal bars because dd gets headaches if she doesn't eat, and a big bag of Haribo for sharing.

If it says not to put in snacks, I wouldn't. But I'm like that.

Mini chaddars and crisps ans stuff like that are a problem because they get crushed to dust and make a hug mess.

If you insist on putting something in (when they have asked you not to) then I would avoid anything that leaves lots of crumbs - all over the bed, or floor (thinking mice and ants)

Don't do it if they are in tents - I went on an international student camp the summer between my sixth form years & we were told not to put food in our suitcases because of the squirrels.

Of course, being teenagers, we thought we knew best & one of my friends came back from a day's activities to find a large hole chewed right through her suitcase & her chocolate gone.

I don't think they Have asked her not to have they? If they have and I missed it I withdraw my previous post about cereal bars and Haribos........

Yes, they have specifically been told not to.

Kids get loads of food at camp, no need for extra junk

"and it hasn't said in the literature NOT to put in snacks " Doesn't this mean that they CAN take stuff? Or am I being thick?

I think if they are going somewhere where meals are provided, then snacks in bags can cause problems as pupils fill up on the snacks and then don't eat the 'proper' meals ime.

The only time I'd say differently is on occasions (like when my dd went to Paris) when pupils will have to buy some of their own meals when away. Then I think that some cereal bars, dried fruit etc is a good idea, so they don't need to spend all of their spending money on big meals but can get away with a baguette and then a pre-packed snack instead.

A Hariboed-up children are not much fun for the poor teachers who have given up their lives for a week to take them!

oh I misread!

put in what you want.

yeah, poor teachers with all the kids who feel sick at 1 in teh morning

My mum always put in a packt of digestive biscuits. Just as I was feeling really low and homesick , I would open my case and find them.

It is normal to take tuck.

sorry, I also misread. I'd just avoid anything that makes a lot of crumbs or is very sticky etc

Thanks for all your replies - don't worry, my son is sensible enough not to pig out on Haribos and I'm just on about a few individual packs of Jammy Dodgers, not a hoard of stuff! Yes, you mis-read it Pointydog!! But thanks for your reply, anyway! Thanks all, off to pack a FEW items of tuck!! Thanks, Scienceteacher, always respect your views, straight, to the point and do I take your name literally, are you an actual teacher??!! Thanks, Disco

Yes, I am, disco.

I am a veteren of school residentials and day trips, as well as having seen my own children off.

Thanks, Scienceteacher, now I know why your name crops up quite often when people need sound advice!!! Thank you.