FabSwingers.com > Forums > The Lounge > Farewell Gobstoppers
Farewell Gobstoppers
Jump to: Newest in thread
 |
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
I just read an article on another site that the school tuck shop is to become a thing of the past. Chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks will be banned.
Schools will only be allowed to sell milk, fruit and rice cakes and other healthy snacks. The article also said 18.9% of the current year 6 are obese.
Is this move enough? What more can be done to tackle this problem?
I would to see schools put on more sporting. Dance or fun exercise type activities and not charge for them. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
I know of no school in my are which has a tuck shop. They haven't for years. In fact, it's a struggle for them to stop kids bringing in sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks.
And state schools have had healthy meals on the menu for some time, no salt available and fried food only once a week. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
My daughters primary school have a tuck shop, the kids love it. They have little snacks that cost 5-20p. Like rice cakes, bread sticks and ginger bread. I don't think it's school lunch or tuck shops that the problem. Things need to change at home |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"I know of no school in my are which has a tuck shop. They haven't for years. In fact, it's a struggle for them to stop kids bringing in sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks.
And state schools have had healthy meals on the menu for some time, no salt available and fried food only once a week. "
They still exist schools have taken steps to change things but they have decided to take the choice away altogether. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"My nieces school has a tuck shop but only sells raisins, fruit, etc. no sweets or crisps. Think they have milk and juice too. X"
Juice has a high sugar content. It is not healthy by any means. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
kids have eaten junk for years, it's the lack of exercise that has lead to obesity problem (he says while munching biscuits, drinking beer and reclining on his computer chair)  A lot of politicians are hardly an advert for a healthy lifestyle either. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Used to get hot sausage rolls and chicken burgers from our tuck shop, rarely got anything sweet.
It needs to start with education, of both parents and kids. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"kids have eaten junk for years, it's the lack of exercise that has lead to obesity problem (he says while munching biscuits, drinking beer and reclining on his computer chair) A lot of politicians are hardly an advert for a healthy lifestyle either."
But aren't we all being told now that losing weight is 70% diet and 30% exercise? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"My nieces school has a tuck shop but only sells raisins, fruit, etc. no sweets or crisps. Think they have milk and juice too. X
Juice has a high sugar content. It is not healthy by any means."
Pretty much everything we eat has sugar in it. We need sugar to give use energy and live. There are good and bad sugars. Fruit is good for you. especially for growing kids but with anything it needs to be balanced. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"I know of no school in my are which has a tuck shop. They haven't for years. In fact, it's a struggle for them to stop kids bringing in sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks.
And state schools have had healthy meals on the menu for some time, no salt available and fried food only once a week.
They still exist schools have taken steps to change things but they have decided to take the choice away altogether."
But as many have stated on here - they don't sell sweets. It's mainly healthy. State schools were prevented from doing so under Labour. BUT independents and academies could choose. Now they propose that all new academies/free schools etc, must also not sell unhealthy food/snacks. However, existing ones can still do so. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
When i was at school me and most of my friends never bothered with school dinners or school tuck shop. Had a packed lunch from home, (crisps and a few sandwiches), but most of the time we'd end up down the local chip shop or corner shop eating chips and sweets, lol. Rest of the dinner time was spent running around playing football so we worked off the calories we ate anyway, kids need to be more active really, i'd say exercise is more important than diet. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"I know of no school in my are which has a tuck shop. They haven't for years. In fact, it's a struggle for them to stop kids bringing in sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks.
And state schools have had healthy meals on the menu for some time, no salt available and fried food only once a week.
They still exist schools have taken steps to change things but they have decided to take the choice away altogether.
But as many have stated on here - they don't sell sweets. It's mainly healthy. State schools were prevented from doing so under Labour. BUT independents and academies could choose. Now they propose that all new academies/free schools etc, must also not sell unhealthy food/snacks. However, existing ones can still do so."
It's more the obese children than the sale of sweets that I am bothered about.
Until two years ago I was working in both academies and state secondary schools and both sold unhealthy snacks and fizzy drinks.
I am not sure how it is now though. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
if my school years go anything by it this is what will happen during break and dinner times the children will walk out of school heading for the local sweet shops to buy junk food
the tuck shop was used to get the children to stay in school but it failed even then forcing children to eat what they dont want they will just go around it instead like give away there school token for a bag of chips outside school grounds
though i think its much harder nowadays to do that one
the local shops had booming trades with the children leaving school and heading for them often they tried the teacher blocking the shop off so we all just headed to another shop instead they was that many sweet shops near us they really couldnt stop it and same with swapping the school dinner token for the bag of chips |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"At Least they will now get some Exercise and will have to Walk some 500 yards to nearest Chippy-Van..  "
I know in one London Borough they have a limit on how close they will allow fast food restaurants to open next to schools. It's further than 500 yards  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
School meals are 1 meal out of 3, weekdays, part of the year.
Fat fuck kids usually go home to one of the following:
A - Fat fuck lazy parents with food issues - probably stuffing themselves to death.
B - Mums who shop at Iceland who fry the fuck out of everything except for what they call 'a healthy option' when they heat-up the fat soaked chips and batter coated reclaimed meat in the oven.
C - Parents who let their kids dictate what to buy and call it being protective when they keep them zoned out in front of the telly.
If school meals were to blame there would be a lot more chunkies struggling to climb a rope in PE. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"if my school years go anything by it this is what will happen during break and dinner times the children will walk out of school heading for the local sweet shops to buy junk food
the tuck shop was used to get the children to stay in school but it failed even then forcing children to eat what they dont want they will just go around it instead like give away there school token for a bag of chips outside school grounds
though i think its much harder nowadays to do that one
the local shops had booming trades with the children leaving school and heading for them often they tried the teacher blocking the shop off so we all just headed to another shop instead they was that many sweet shops near us they really couldnt stop it and same with swapping the school dinner token for the bag of chips "
Due to safety concerns children are not permitted off-site unless they have written permission from parents to go home for dinner. Magnetic locks on exterior doors and staff patrolling stops them. The doors automatically unseal if the fire alarm is tripped.
Sad fact of our modern life.
Ofsted would look extremely unfavourably on any school which allowed children out during the school day. Safeguarding is the current key word today. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"School meals are 1 meal out of 3, weekdays, part of the year.
Fat fuck kids usually go home to one of the following:
A - Fat fuck lazy parents with food issues - probably stuffing themselves to death.
B - Mums who shop at Iceland who fry the fuck out of everything except for what they call 'a healthy option' when they heat-up the fat soaked chips and batter coated reclaimed meat in the oven.
C - Parents who let their kids dictate what to buy and call it being protective when they keep them zoned out in front of the telly.
If school meals were to blame there would be a lot more chunkies struggling to climb a rope in PE."
 |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"if my school years go anything by it this is what will happen during break and dinner times the children will walk out of school heading for the local sweet shops to buy junk food
the tuck shop was used to get the children to stay in school but it failed even then forcing children to eat what they dont want they will just go around it instead like give away there school token for a bag of chips outside school grounds
though i think its much harder nowadays to do that one
the local shops had booming trades with the children leaving school and heading for them often they tried the teacher blocking the shop off so we all just headed to another shop instead they was that many sweet shops near us they really couldnt stop it and same with swapping the school dinner token for the bag of chips
Due to safety concerns children are not permitted off-site unless they have written permission from parents to go home for dinner. Magnetic locks on exterior doors and staff patrolling stops them. The doors automatically unseal if the fire alarm is tripped.
Sad fact of our modern life.
Ofsted would look extremely unfavourably on any school which allowed children out during the school day. Safeguarding is the current key word today. "
How long has that rule been in force then? I can understand it with primary school and junior schools but seems a bit excessive to keep high school kids locked in?
When i was at high school we were always off out of the school grounds during break time and dinner time. Also if kids are playing out in the playground or on the school playing field at dinner time what is to stop them sneaking out (climbing over a fence)?
Kids (especially teenagers) will always rebel like that no matter how hard you try to stop them. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"if my school years go anything by it this is what will happen during break and dinner times the children will walk out of school heading for the local sweet shops to buy junk food
the tuck shop was used to get the children to stay in school but it failed even then forcing children to eat what they dont want they will just go around it instead like give away there school token for a bag of chips outside school grounds
though i think its much harder nowadays to do that one
the local shops had booming trades with the children leaving school and heading for them often they tried the teacher blocking the shop off so we all just headed to another shop instead they was that many sweet shops near us they really couldnt stop it and same with swapping the school dinner token for the bag of chips
Due to safety concerns children are not permitted off-site unless they have written permission from parents to go home for dinner. Magnetic locks on exterior doors and staff patrolling stops them. The doors automatically unseal if the fire alarm is tripped.
Sad fact of our modern life.
Ofsted would look extremely unfavourably on any school which allowed children out during the school day. Safeguarding is the current key word today.
How long has that rule been in force then? I can understand it with primary school and junior schools but seems a bit excessive to keep high school kids locked in?
When i was at high school we were always off out of the school grounds during break time and dinner time. Also if kids are playing out in the playground or on the school playing field at dinner time what is to stop them sneaking out (climbing over a fence)?
Kids (especially teenagers) will always rebel like that no matter how hard you try to stop them."
A lot of it came about after a number of school 'invasions' such as Dunblane. I've worked in schools for over 20 years and have seen the old days when all doors were unlocked and we've had total strangers wandering corridors. I've even known parents to storm into lessons to have a go at a child they deemed to be picking on their child.
And you would be surprised how many children do not 'rebel,' and try to climb over fences, though I suppose it depends on the individual school. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
Tuck shops are not the problem.