Having to eat packed lunch outside in October. Advice please
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:57 pm
Hey guys. Would appreciate some advice from calm outsiders as I have seen red...!!
At my daughter's school they have increased the intake over the last few years and built more classrooms. Incidentally, that is how we were able to get our children places there when they were in years 5 and 3 - so we have benefitted from the expansion.
However, the space to house children whilst they eat their lunch wasn't increased which resulted, until this year, in children who have packed lunches eating in a classroom in the cooler months and outside on warmer days.
Possibly coincidentally, they have a new Head this year, and thus far have had to eat their packed lunches outside...
It was sunny today but actually pretty cold - I know this because I was on break duty at MY school. The dinner ladies made an attempt to dry the benches before the children sat down but the benches were damp and it was cold.
My daughter doesn't want me to say anything but it was she who told me how cold and wet she felt. Some days the children have to make a mad dash for it to find a 'free' space to sit in and have been told they cannot start eating until a space becomes available.
Should I be as cross as I am feeling? As a teacher, I do understand that the poor teachers who had to supervise eating packed lunches in classrooms need a break, at my school we are not involved with child management at all at lunch times, but I don't think that the solution of eating outside is a fair one to the children.
I get on REALLY well with my daughter's teacher - who happens to be one of the assistant heads - should I just casually broach the subject with her first?
Any advice gratefully received. At least I have the weekend to calm down a bit.
To put it into context, my daughter is the loveliest, most generous little girl I have ever known and she doesn't grumble easily...
At my daughter's school they have increased the intake over the last few years and built more classrooms. Incidentally, that is how we were able to get our children places there when they were in years 5 and 3 - so we have benefitted from the expansion.
However, the space to house children whilst they eat their lunch wasn't increased which resulted, until this year, in children who have packed lunches eating in a classroom in the cooler months and outside on warmer days.
Possibly coincidentally, they have a new Head this year, and thus far have had to eat their packed lunches outside...
It was sunny today but actually pretty cold - I know this because I was on break duty at MY school. The dinner ladies made an attempt to dry the benches before the children sat down but the benches were damp and it was cold.
My daughter doesn't want me to say anything but it was she who told me how cold and wet she felt. Some days the children have to make a mad dash for it to find a 'free' space to sit in and have been told they cannot start eating until a space becomes available.
Should I be as cross as I am feeling? As a teacher, I do understand that the poor teachers who had to supervise eating packed lunches in classrooms need a break, at my school we are not involved with child management at all at lunch times, but I don't think that the solution of eating outside is a fair one to the children.
I get on REALLY well with my daughter's teacher - who happens to be one of the assistant heads - should I just casually broach the subject with her first?
Any advice gratefully received. At least I have the weekend to calm down a bit.
To put it into context, my daughter is the loveliest, most generous little girl I have ever known and she doesn't grumble easily...