There was a problem with the school dinners at my son’s school this week. There wasn’t enough food to go around. I’m not sure what happened: maybe some food was dropped or spoilt in some way. It almost doesn’t matter what happened as long as they take any necessary steps to avoid the problem in future. My main concern was that they didn’t provide an alternative.
Some children just had green beans for their main course. This might have been partly unlucky because they didn’t like the school fish and that was all that was left. I guess if you are fussy about your food, then you might lose out. That said they should have been able to fill up from the salad bar and they should have been able to get some sort of carbohydrate like potatoes or rice. For whatever reason, there wasn’t enough of that to go around.
Surely if you know there is a problem with the food, you try to do something about it. You get out some bread and make some sandwiches, or toast or even just bread and butter. If there’s time you try to cook an alternative, but if not you find something to serve up to fill tummies. If needs be you send someone to the shop and buy something pre-prepared and instant to give to the children.
Hungry children are often badly behaved and it affects their concentration levels. They need to eat a reasonable lunch.
I can’t help wondering if the extra pressure of more children having the free school dinners for infants, isn’t having an impact on quality and the staff are struggling to keep up with the increased demand. Have your school experienced any problems since the government introduced free school meals for infant children?
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