She said Riley usually takes a sandwich, fromage frais, Dairylea Dunkers and the offending cheese flavoured crackers. Head Jeremy Meek said if the food policy at Colnbrook C of E Primary School near Slough, Berkshire, is not adhered to it 'potentially harms' the child.
The school, which was placed in special measures after Ofsted inspectors deemed it 'inadequate' in 2012, introduced a healthy eating policy at the start of term. A letter was sent to parents saying that from 14 January, packed lunches should be 'healthy and balanced'.
Parents were told: "Chocolate, sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks are not allowed. If your child's lunchbox is unhealthy and unbalanced they will be provided with a school lunch for which you will be charged."
Riley's parents, Ms Mardle and Tom Pearson, were told in a letter that he was being excluded for four days, while a permanent exclusion was considered.
More on this lunacy here.
Good grief, I'm all in favour of not feeding kids junk but this is insane!
Eddie
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6 comments:
I'd love to be able to read a week's menu for their school dinners. We need to be able to compare.
"Riley's parents, Ms Mardle and Tom Pearson, were told in a letter that he was being excluded for four days, while a permanent exclusion was considered."
The school are not permitted or do not want to comment further but reading between the lines there may be more to it than a packet of mini cheddars. Mediation between parents and school may well be needed, for the sake of the child, let us hope common sense on all sides will prevail.
If it were my child I would not want details in a newspaper, but discussion at the point of problem i.e. parent and school.
Martin
Parents can be fined for taking their kids on holiday during term time because they lose out on education.
Taking a pack of savoury biscuits to school means teachers impose a ban that means kids miss out on education. Not quite logical is it?
Anon, I agree this is not logical at all, which as a previous commenter made, there may be far more to this than the article states.
And yes I believe you are correct with regard to the removal of your child during term time for a holiday.
Once more efforts should be made with the Dept of Edn and the leisure and travel business. Why raise the cost of a holiday break just because it is the school holiday? Parents have not got a surplus of cash.
Kay
The cost of holidays during the school holidays, to term time, almost doubles in some cases, this was highlighted recently in the Daily Mail and other papers.It can only be greed.
I wonder, does a government school have such rights? They supposed to give children a primary education, enforce behavioral discipline and provide a safe environment.
I believe that parents have a right to choose the food for their offsprings. However, from my point of view,the list of not desirable foods is reasonable because it excludes only junk, not normal full-fat products, as it is the case in US.
In US many think that normal lunch consists of a small pack of chips, a sandwich and a can or soda drink like coca-cola.
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