anyone else dreading the NEW HEALTHY school dinners??

[redbull]

im really dreading it ds is such a fussy eater he hates crunchy textures like chips and anything to sloppy like carrots brocoli wont touch fish as the same again the texture wont eat anything that you considder healthy, anyone know what the new meals will consist of ??

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they are jamie oliver dinners. they started them at dd's school in may time last year and I have been having to make sandwiches ever since

redbull ~ must be a nightmare for the children that are very fussy.
As dd isn't I am over the moon that she is having a healthier diet.

Didn't Jimjams have a big problem with this? The new regulations banned the only thing her DS would eat?
Is there some consultative process in which SN schools and parents of SN children can ask that texture and familiarity of food be looked into - and that SN be considered as a reason for exemption? I'm NOT saying that SN children should be offered less healthy food than other children, but that there should be leeway and discretion where children will only eat certain items.

is their a website i can check the meals out on??

It depends on the borough, Redbull. All boroughs have different standards, use different suppliers etc etc. Some LEAs put it all on the website, others not.

What is your borough / LEA? The school should definitely be able to give you menus for the week - if not the whole term.

And it's possible that your school won't change at all, if they were already meeting the new standards.
This is my understanding, anyway.

We had a HUGE problem with it blu- they banned waffles which was the one thing he would eat on the school menu. However his class teacher really really worked with him on eating, and a year later he eats casseroles, mashed potatoes, baked beans, lasagnes etc so he should be OK. transferred to home as well. It's still tricky, but he will eat normal foods now.

It is something for which i cannot thank his school enough, or that teacher - he was a superstar.

Know exactly what those of you who have this problem mean though.

Do you not have rights under the disability discrimination act?

(great news about ds1's eating jimjams. I knew it was good but not so much better. Blimey casseroles! Amazing progress!)

how are you getting on??

oh deep joy Ds is very limited will only eat dry food no mixed foods no foods touching each other no fruit , no salad and no veg, he is at mainstream so no doubt this will be a problem, my DDs eat anything except mushrooms, they go to SN school and they have just been awarded a gold healthy eating award, the food is fab as a parent gov i have been called in to sample it, there are lots of kids who are on very restricted diets, they do cater for them its just that the nuggets/fishfingers ect is not on the menu

I was just reading over on the other thread how the blanket rule has affected children with special needs. Although I'm aware of the problem associated with eating with children who are autistic, and some other special needs, I was unaware that the schools would not bend the rules, like in the case with JimJams and her son. And while I think promoting healthy eating is a good thing I can totally see how the idea of this healthy eating eating for all, no matter what, is a nightmare for mums and the children who find the whole food thing stressful.

I can't believe they can't / won't make exceptions. In fact, it's unbelievable and outrageous and downright plain wrong. There has to be an exception in cases such as that of JimJams son and others like him, their just has to be, surely???

I've been banging on about how it can only be a good thing to promote healthy eating but was unaware of just how much it affects some of you guys.

What can you do? If the government won't give permission for exceptions to be made, what can be done? Are you just relying on the teachers to have some common sense and be decent enough to ignore the blanket rule?