[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Ammi...at your school do they use proper plates?

I have never seen a prison style plate used for school children before...seems wrong somehow though I dont know how :S


Ahhh just had word from the kids' mother(gav got a bit worried and wanted to know exactly what his daughter had on her school meals today... )

Today

Jacket potato + beans
Pasta
Sponge cake and custard

Then she went back for seconds...a ham salad sandwich

Wish all schools were like this

..yes proper plates..those trays went out quite a few years ago..they're awful
..and every day there is a salad choice or vegetables too..and the parents are always advised of the menus so they can plan when their child has lunch..

...I have to say though..the busiest lunch days..not only at our school but all of the others in the area are the ones where they have something like pizza/burger/sausage and chips...and sometimes we have to remove certain healthier meals..say pasta meals from the menu because the children refuse to eat them..and replace them with something they will eat..

..I appreciate what Jamie Oliver tried to do but in my experience unfortunately the majority of children/parents would rather eat meals or have their children eat meals less healthier because then they are assured they will actually eat them..and many children are not persuaded at home to try vegetables/pasta/rice so they will never eat it at school...sad

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yes proper plates..those trays went out quite a few years ago..they're awful
..and every day there is a salad choice or vegetables too..and the parents are always advised of the menus so they can plan when their child has lunch..

...I have to say though..the busiest lunch days..not only at our school but all of the others in the area are the ones where they have something like pizza/burger/sausage and chips...and sometimes we have to remove certain healthier meals..say pasta meals from the menu because the children refuse to eat them..and replace them with something they will eat..

..I appreciate what Jamie Oliver tried to do but in my experience unfortunately the majority of children/parents would rather eat meals or have their children eat meals less healthier because then they are assured they will actually eat them..and many children are not persuaded at home to try vegetables/pasta/rice so they will never eat it at school...sad

Their parents should encourage the kids to eat more fruit and veg.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yes proper plates..those trays went out quite a few years ago..they're awful
..and every day there is a salad choice or vegetables too..and the parents are always advised of the menus so they can plan when their child has lunch..

...I have to say though..the busiest lunch days..not only at our school but all of the others in the area are the ones where they have something like pizza/burger/sausage and chips...and sometimes we have to remove certain healthier meals..say pasta meals from the menu because the children refuse to eat them..and replace them with something they will eat..

..I appreciate what Jamie Oliver tried to do but in my experience unfortunately the majority of children/parents would rather eat meals or have their children eat meals less healthier because then they are assured they will actually eat them..and many children are not persuaded at home to try vegetables/pasta/rice so they will never eat it at school...sad

Yeah I get that a lot of kids simply wont eat healthy, but at least the option is there I suppose.

Gavs daughter is the total opposite to how it sems most other kids are. shes constantly eating fruit and that (at our house anyway) and she tells her mother off if there is not veg on her plate for her tea We often have the mother twisting onto us on the phone about his daughter refusing to eat her hotdogs and chips until she makes some beans/peas and carrots or something to go with it. I think its hilarious...the mother doesnt. But she should feed her kids right and then she wuldnt have this problem.