Main school angers parents by banning fruit juice

“You will no longer have the worry about providing a drink as we will supply the water.

“Please do not place any drink other than water in your child’s packed lunch box as they will not be in a position to drink it at school.”

But some angry parents stated young children who do not like water are currently being forced to go the complete six-hour college day with out a drink.

Carly Nunn, 26, claimed her five-yr-outdated daughter, Teagan, had her drinks snatched by a dinner lady.

She mentioned: “She put a straw in the carton and took one sip and it was taken off her and place in the bin.

“The next day, I put it in a bottle, but it was tipped onto the table to check out the colour.”

Ricky Biggs, 31, has stored his son Ronnie, four, off school since of the ban.

He stated: “He doesn’t drink water and when he’s been in hospital they’ve given him squash. How can a hospital say squash is healthy, but a college say it isn’t?

“We spoke to the head about it and she just presented us a transfer type.”

Ronnie’s mom, Kelly Debenam, additional: “The letter can make it sound like they are doing the mother and father a favour, but they’re not.

“Other colleges never have this, it really is not compulsory, it truly is just them striving to get this award.”

Head Mrs Chaplin said youngsters questioned above their drinks had been “far more than pleased to verify or demonstrate the water content material”.

She stated: “Regrettably our attempts to advertise a healthier life-style have been received negatively by a extremely tiny minority.

“We are undertaking a review of the whole lunchtime provision and the overview group will include representatives from the dad and mom, pupils, employees and governors.”

Earlier this 12 months American obesity specialist Robert Lustig stated sugary fruit juice was worse for wellness than fizzy drinks.

The London Healthier Schools Award scheme is sponsored by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Schools will be graded bronze, silver or gold for enhancements produced to pupils’ health.

Here is the letter in complete:

Dear Mums, Dads and Carers

Pleased New Year!

I hope you all had an satisfying Christmas break and that you are ready for a really eventful yr ahead what ever the weather.

I just desired to make certain the message that went residence in the December newsletter concerning drinks with packed lunches was read through by all dad and mom.

We have often promoted and encouraged our children to adopt healthy lifestyles.

We held the healthier colleges award for many years.

The government and the Mayor of London are urging all colleges to get the lead in reinforcing the benefits of eating and consuming healthily.

They are going as far as delivering the funding for all children in reception, yr one particular and year two to have free of charge college meals from September if mother and father want to get up this offer you.

Our school dinner menu is nutritionally balanced and the only drink offered to the kids is water.

As component of our application for the London Healthful Colleges Award, we have been asked to contemplate how we are reinforcing the message for individuals young children who carry in a packed lunch from property.

As element of the school’s action program it was made the decision that our very first stage would be to ensure equality for all the children and that absolutely everyone would be presented water to drink at lunch time.

You will no longer have the worry about offering a drink as we will provide the water.

Please do not put any drink other than water in your child’s packed lunch box as they will not be capable to drink it at college.

In addition, we are recycling all our food waste from the kitchen and school dinners and are paying for this services.

In buy for you to verify what your youngster has eaten and to reduce our recycling we are sending all the waste from packed lunches property.

All kids have access to water at all instances all through the day and we encourage kids to drink often.

A healthier kid is a pleased little one and we hope that by working with each other we can achieve our aims.

Thank you for your continued assistance.

Kind regards

Mrs Chaplin

Headteacher

Main school angers parents by banning fruit juice