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

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  • Gittins Gal
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

    I think there is a lot more to this story than is being reported.

    But it's the Indy, not the Mail so I'm sure we have all the facts!

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  • northernladuk
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    It does say a number of times he continuously broke the rules and the were consciously sending him with them. It's highly likely the food was an issue of them being rated inadequate as well as parents constantly breaking rules and not being picked up on it I expect.

    I think there is a lot more to this story than is being reported.

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  • AtW
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    This would have never happened under Labour.

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  • TykeMerc
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    Excluding the kid for 4 days seems like a totally disproportionate response to a trivial dispute over a nanny state type school policy.
    I agree kids need to eat a decent well balanced lunch, but mini cheddars are pretty damn innocuous and most sprogs that age run round like nutters so they burn calories off like mad.
    My 3 boys all had stuff like that in their lunches and they're all of the racing snake type builds as adults and late teenagers where as I'm more of a racing rhino

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

    The parents of a six-year-old boy have criticised his school after the child was suspended for four days – for having a packet of Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox.

    Senior staff at Colnbrook C of E Primary School decided that Riley Pearson should be kept way from lessons for continually flouting its healthy eating policy with his choice of cheesy snack.

    The school, near Slough, had implemented a healthy eating plan from the beginning of term, which asked parents to provide a balanced meal and refrain from giving their children chocolate, sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks.

    But after a meeting with head teacher Jeremy Meek, Riley’s parents were told that they had been “continuously breaking school rules” and were sent a letter saying that the child would be suspended from Wednesday until Monday.

    The school, which was placed in special measures after Ofsted deemed it inadequate in 2012, sent a letter to parents in January asking that packed lunches be "healthy and balanced.”

    Speaking to the Daily Mail, Riley’s mother, airport shuttle worker Natalie Mardle, said: “We just do not see how they have the right to tell us what we can feed our son.

    “If anything, Riley is underweight and could do with putting on a few pounds.”

    The 24-year-old, who is pregnant with her fourth child, added: “ Having a balanced diet also includes eating some carbohydrates, sugars and fats.

    “It is not about excluding some foods, it is about getting the mix right.”

    Riley’s lunch usually consists of a sandwich, yoghurt tube, Dairylea Dunkers cheese spread snack, a packet of Mini Cheddars, and water.


    Miss Mardle, who lives with Riley’s father, airport worker Tom Pearson, said Riley eats healthy, well-balanced meals at home.

    The pair will be attending a further meeting with head teacher Mr Meek on Tuesday to learn whether their son can return to the school.

    Mr Meek said: “We have had a wonderful response and the parents and children are on board and pleased with the way the policy has been impacted on our pupils.

    “We cannot talk about individual circumstances, but there is one family who are not prepared to support the policy.

    “We are in discussions with them about how we move it forward. We have excluded [the pupil] for four days due to lack of support for the policy.

    “It is to avoid putting the children in a difficult situation. If the policy is not being abided by, then that potentially harms that pupil.”

    In America you can feed your kids anything and if the teacher says different you can send you kid to school with a bushmaster.

    Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox - Home News - UK - The Independent

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