Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox...

C of E school... and people are actually surprised at them violently forcing their opinions and "values" on people? Isn't that one of the core principles of any religion? (Except maybe buddhism)
 
I am afraid the school doesnt get to say what I feed my children.

I had this when my boy was in primary school, I simply told them I will decide what he eats and thats final.
When they are prepared to take responsibility to protect children from bullying, spiteful behavior and their health and safety, then they get to say what my child eats.
 
I'm all for healthy eating but this is ridiculous.

Having snacks such as chocolate/ crisps is not unhealthy and the obsession with it by the government is crazy.
 
Haggisman said:
C of E school... and people are actually surprised at them violently forcing their opinions and "values" on people? Isn't that one of the core principles of any religion? (Except maybe Buddhism)
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Exactly what i thought.

Mountain out of a mole hill. Everyone has over reacted, pride got hurt and rather than reason the kid now has to go to a new school.

Surely crap like this will continue as more schools get autonomy and jumped up little Hitlerites get to set schools policies ?
 
More politically correct madness. It’s for the parents to decide on what goes into the lunch box and not some do-gooders. They should stuff their values down their own throats.
 
They'd have had a fit at my school then - back in the 80s/90s it was all about chips and sponge puddings with lashings of custard.

However, I got bored of all the crap food so ended up sorting out (well my mother really :p) my own lunches. Never had crisps or chocolates, if I wanted them I'd have to buy them myself.

However, a school suspending/expelling someone for having mini cheddars? Ridiculous. Okay they're not a very good food (anything that is highly processed/refined I keep away from) but surely the school is there to help with education - rather than suspending the person they can contact the parents and explain their concerns no? Even if the parents disagree then surely it is still ultimately the parent's decision to make.

I applaud the school for promoting healthy living, but I do not accept their handling of the issue as being the correct way of doing it. The kid could have been a grade A student, seems daft to exclude him from school even if he was a tearaway.
 
If the diet is directly related to the kids behaviour (I.e filling them full of sugar and going hyperactive) then I think it's a good thing, as people have already said here a school is for learning. If a hyper kid is affecting his/her and others education then it needs addressing.
 
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What a parent feeds their child is of nobodys concern except the parents.
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But I bet you judge those porky families don't you?

I see why schools do it, families in the UK do eat an appalling diet, I think it's extreme to suspend a kid over it but I can see why they're needing to take action. It's not just the impending obesity, it's the lack of vitamins and nutrients in people's diets - you've either got the choice of banning the advertisement of junk or trying to give kids a better start in life by making sure they are eating properly at least during school hours.
 
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Being from the area and recognising a few alarm bells in that article I have no doubt there is a whole lot more to this story than we're hearing.
 
My kids lunch today consisted of:-

Ham or Cheese spread brown barm, cheese string, Tescos own brand "wotsits", mint penguin, a tub of grapes and blackcurrant sugar free squash in a bottle. Neither of my boys are overweight (ages 7 and 5 - if anything the 7 year old is a bit skinny I think but still in the "normal" range"). And yes, they do have mini cheddars occasionally!

If the school tried dictating what could and couldn't go in a lunch box I'd be positioning myself to get on the board of governors to stop that nonsense dead.

Although, I think there is more to this story than a simple bag of mini cheddars.
 
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Try getting a child to willingly eat a carrot on its own lol
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The best thing I ever did was ban my son from eating Sweets, Chocolate and crisps from birth. There really is no need to give them it. His taste buds have adapted I'm sure.

If I was to put a bag of crisps in my sons packed lunch they come home. He wouldn't eat them. Also from as young as he could stand we planted vegetables together. He plants, waters, picks and eats them. Credit must go to Mr Bloom as well ;)

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I do get the point that it is expensive, my son's pack lunch probably costs more than the £2.50 for a dinner. We are lucky my son's school does exceptional school dinners too.

My son likes a ham sandwich and non processed ham from a supermarket like tesco is becoming harder to find. They have one non processed/reclaimed ham on their deli counter. Then the Peppers, tomato's, grapes, strawberries etc add up too. For a treat he can have some dried fruit or Nakd bar which is 70p on it's own but one of his 5 a day.

I can understand why parents take the cheap route with Dairylea dunkers and crisps but hopefully the free meals for school children coming in will help cure some of the eating habits. My son is 4 and half and well aware of what is good for him and what isn't and even the benefits of certain foods.
 
Expelling him from school was a crossing the line in my opinion and there need to be laws preventing this sort of thing happening. Personally the headmaster deserves a visit from the police for denying a child education over a matter as trivial as this.

Don't get me wrong, i do believe in expulsion for cases were the kid is a complete ****. Bullying, violence against teachers etc But for this kids need protection from the law from power tripping headmasters. And i know most of us have has experience of them
 
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And excluding a child of 6, let alone expelling him (as well as withdrawing his siblings nursery place) is immature, pointless and harmful to the wellbeing of the child in far more ways than having a bag of cheddars at lunchtime. What on earth is that head teacher doing?, it sounds as if they are intentionally punishing the child as a proxy because the parents went to the press...
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The fact that the parents went whining to the press is a good indication that the relationship between the Parents and the School admin has irretrievably broken down!

Under these circumstances any further contact would be unwise. The teachers wont want to have the child(ren) in their classrooms undermining their discipline and the child(ren) wont want to be there!

I don't imagine any other "service providers" would wish to continue looking after customers who publicly bad mouth them either! I know I wouldn't, Why should the School and its staff!
 
dannyjo22 - that's fantastic. I hope to be able to follow the same path as and when. We never buy sweets or crisps or poor foods at home (I'm a health freak anyway) so hopefully we won't succumb to this if we are blessed with children in the future.
 
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The fact that the parents went whining to the press is a good indication that the relationship between the Parents and the School admin has irretrievably broken down!

Under these circumstances any further contact would be unwise. The teachers wont want to have the child(ren) in their classrooms undermining their discipline and the child(ren) wont want to be there!

I don't imagine any other "service providers" would wish to continue looking after customers who publicly bad mouth them either! I know I wouldn't, Why should the School and its staff!
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This really. The parents were fools, and instigated their own child's expulsion.

The school also alluded to repetitive breaches of school policy, so they were wasting the school's time and undermining their authority.

Tough luck - but parents are to blame. Glad to hear the schools are taking the increasing levels of youth obesity seriously though.
 
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