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

[Gittins Gal]

Suspending a 6yo is nonsense regardless. It is the parents breaking the rules - rules I'm not certain the school has the authority to make - not the child.

Presumably we'll see the parents appeal to the EU or something next

I thought all schools were now offering free school lunches anyway. Ban packed lunches?

ECHR

Schoolboy error

[doodab]

I thought all schools were now offering free school lunches anyway. Ban packed lunches?

Ban school?

[d000hg]

Suspending a 6yo is nonsense regardless. It is the parents breaking the rules - rules I'm not certain the school has the authority to make - not the child.

Presumably we'll see the parents appeal to the EU or something next

I thought all schools were now offering free school lunches anyway. Ban packed lunches?

[MarillionFan]

I'm having some mini cheddars in solidarity now!

Take it easy though. Those things could kill you.

[doodab]

I'm having some mini cheddars in solidarity now!

[doodab]

My daughter's school does not allow sweets etc. in lunchboxes or for snacks. I think it is a good thing. Otherwise some parents will put in whatever is easiest to hand so sweets, cakes and other treats will be put in because it keeps the peace and is easy and cheap.

Ignoring the health issues, the sugar high kids then disrupt the class for everyone.

More and more children would then want to bring in packed lunch rather than have a school dinner because they can have cakes etc. then so the problem spirals.

Refusing this lazy get out causes the parents to think about healthy eating and gets them and their children into the habit of eating well which will help them for life.

So the benefits are a less disrupted classes so the education is more effective, healthier children which become healthier adults.

However, once these rules are in place they become rules so disobeying them will be treated the same way as disobeying any other rule.

The parents would have been told about these policies and are free to remove their child from the school if they object that strongly.

Aside from the fact that the whole "sugar high" thing is a myth with no scientific evidence that it actually exists (and quite a lot that it's bollocks), we're talking about mini cheddars, which are savoury cheese flavoured biscuits, not sweets or cakes. They are no more unhealthy than having mayonnaise or butter in a sandwich, or a pepperami or similar meat snack or those squeezy yogurts targeted at kids. Banning them is ******* ridiculous, and suspending a kid for 4 days because of it even more so.

[MyUserName]

My daughter's school does not allow sweets etc. in lunchboxes or for snacks. I think it is a good thing. Otherwise some parents will put in whatever is easiest to hand so sweets, cakes and other treats will be put in because it keeps the peace and is easy and cheap.

Ignoring the health issues, the sugar high kids then disrupt the class for everyone.

More and more children would then want to bring in packed lunch rather than have a school dinner because they can have cakes etc. then so the problem spirals.

Refusing this lazy get out causes the parents to think about healthy eating and gets them and their children into the habit of eating well which will help them for life.

So the benefits are a less disrupted classes so the education is more effective, healthier children which become healthier adults.

However, once these rules are in place they become rules so disobeying them will be treated the same way as disobeying any other rule.

The parents would have been told about these policies and are free to remove their child from the school if they object that strongly.

[d000hg]

Promoting healthy eating - and pushing it strongly - is one thing. Making it a school rule that you're not allowed a snack seems ludicrous. The school should be able to do what they want in the food they provide though.

[Ticktock]

In my mind the issue is more that the child was punished.

At his age it is extremely likely that it is his parents who are packing his lunch and ignoring the repeated requests / warnings over the contents. To exclude the child and mess up his learning seems wrong - I'd understand more if they decided to fine the parents or something.

[MyUserName]

Wasn't the child suspended for repeatedly breaking school rules rather than just having minichedders?

If you keep breaking rules you will be suspended, this is not unusual or new is it?