School Christmas Dinner for DC with restricted diets

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WinterWonderlandIsComing · 04/12/2011 22:56

DS is at a fantastic SS and this is his first one (he is four) so I proudly have on my calendar in festive red ink - "DS Christmas Dinner!" and underneath that in pencil, "remember to send packed lunch!!!"

School are absolutely fine about it and actually advised me to do it.

How have yours gone in the past?

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Triggles · 04/12/2011 23:59

DS2 doesn't eat the school Christmas dinner. He brings a packed lunch. He wouldn't eat the school dinner anyway, so no point. School has never had a problem with it, as there are other children bringing lunches as well.

keepingupwiththejoneses · 05/12/2011 00:21

DS2 will be taking his usual packed lunch on christmas dinner day, he would not touch any of it.

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WinterWonderlandIsComing · 05/12/2011 00:49

I've paid in the vain hope he might literally touch, maybe lick or sniff some of it and at the very least not shout at it. I am deluded aren't I?

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starfishmummy · 05/12/2011 08:01

I'd say give it a whirl. Maybe have a word with the teachers/dinner ladies beforehand. If there is something he might eat then they could just give him that as well as making sure anything he hates is not put on the plate. Maybe they could put a smaller portion out for him too?
You won't know if you don't try and he might just surprise you!

ineedstrongcoffee · 05/12/2011 08:50

The first year DS was at school i let the HT give him a christmas lunch cos she said she didnt want him left out, i knew he wouldnt touch any of it but i went along with it...... she ended up making him some toast and a cup of tea in the staffroom after lunch as a reward for not throwing it at her and funnily enough she never mentioned it the year after and he happily munches on his sandwiches while everyone else munches on sprouts

Triggles · 05/12/2011 09:50

If you'd genuinely like him to try it, encourage him to try it (and simply send a packed lunch quietly, just in case).

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WinterWonderlandIsComing · 05/12/2011 12:31

Thanks. I'll see what happens and definitely send in his "packed lunch" of milk, cereal, cucumber and carrot. They are very understanding about that too, thankfully. His isn't the worst by any stretch they say.

ineed "as a reward for not throwing it at her" - what a marvellous HT

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verybusyspider · 05/12/2011 12:51

ds is totally dairy free rather than negogiate any of that and explain about casien to them I've opted for packed lunch only to be made to feel very guilty that ds 'will probably be the only one and feel left out' He's a great eater, he would eat it but I just don't trust them to do dairy free especially when I 'have no medical reason'

Triggles · 05/12/2011 13:01

I can't see that every child is going to have the Christmas Dinner - last year, I was told that a fair number of the children weren't having it and were bringing in a packed lunch, so it was rather like any other school day. It's just a meal, no more, no less. We simply don't worry about it.

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