I received similar from my child’s reception class for packing her pizza and banana bread slathered in butter…. Along with fruit, veggie sticks, etc.

Both were homemade, both wheatfree, the banana bread sugar free and both super healthy. As teacher was telling me off about these “junk” foods at recess the next day I pointed out kids eating tiny teds, smiths chips and BBQ shapes – all “orange foods” where my was “red”. All because they had those false “health food ratings” on them. Plus all that butter showed I was evil???

I kept sending similar in until my kids asked me not to as they were being badgered about their lunchbox contents.

Changed schools, same homemade food, same plastic and waste free lunches – applauded for our efforts. New school promotes homemade, waste free (no plastic wrap/ packets) lunches, has a kitchen garden and cooking lessons. Really comes down to the school.

This is nothing new. I received many of these notes last year from my sons preschool. As a busy working mother of a child with numerous food allergies trying to find foods I could actually send to school which was ‘approved’ was hard. One day I sent chocolate museli cookies and even they were rejected. Mind you his lunch box also included many fruits as well. They would not only send home the notes, however they would also tell my son to tell me that it was a bad food and not allowed.

a 3 yo doesn’t know their chokky slice is made sugar free with date puree, all they see is chokky slice. The kinder has rules in place that parents are informed of before it starts, they choose to ignore it, get a grip and grow up. Do they also ignore allergy notes?

Please. It is not a teacher’s job to check a child’s lunchbox. How rude. It is not the school’s role to police. This may have been a treat for a particular reason, the only thing the Mum could find to add to the lunchbox. Not on. Just be thankful this child has food in their lunchbox.

I disagree with the note written to the parent.

Difficult to say. A chocolate slice homemade is surely better than other manufactured products. But if there is a rule that is supposed to be valid for every kid, is a little unfair for kids to see someone eating what they can’t have. It’s a little bit like the nuts rule in primary school. I wanted to give nuts to my daughter and I couldn’t. I didn’t like it but I complied.
Luckily in high school is different and she gets nuts for recess.

Long gone the days of having the packet crisps, tiny choc bar as a treat, even chocolate spread sandwiches. In with the healthy eating and good job to! Sorry mum but I agree with the school, if one breaks the rules they will all break it and its a good rule. Try a bag of dried fruit maybe next time.