My son is given his school dinner an HOUR before home time… he’s left with scraps and starving

A MUM has informed how new college dinner occasions imply her child solely will get fed an hour earlier than house time – leaving him “ravenous”.

Helen Thompson’s son, a 12 months Eight pupil at All Saints Academy, in Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, has been placed on the final sitting which is 1.30pm to 2pm whereas college day ends at 3pm.

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Helen says youngsters want “loads of gasoline” and it’ll have an effect on their capability to pay attention in classes.

Some mother and father have referred to as the timings “disgusting”, saying their youngsters will probably be “ravenous by then” – whereas others say their youngsters favor it, because it “makes the day fly by”.

Helen Thompson stated: “Every other mother and father fairly shocked at All Saints new lunch occasions? 12 months 8 & 10 1.30-2pm!!! Which means doubtlessly for many pupils 5.5 hours from breakfast to lunch after which ending lunch an hour earlier than home-time.”

She says their starvation will probably be even worse “after they’ve had PE” then have to attend.

She added: “Youngsters want loads of gasoline for them to have the ability to focus in school and an early breakfast isn’t going to final that lengthy.”

One other guardian posted: “Sorry Y8 and Y10 youngsters. You’ll be left with the scraps nobody else desires however you’ll in all probability eat it since you’ll be ravenous! However we’ll cost everybody on the new elevated value!”

Dad and mom have identified the staggered lunch occasions aren’t new – and All Saints is much from the one college that does this.

One mum added: “I assumed that was a bit late.

“Some youngsters depart the home at 08.15. A bit lengthy to attend until lunch time. Some youngsters have tea at 4 too.”

One other agreed: “Yeah I don’t like this association. Appears a very long time to attend.

“I’d do a packed lunch however she prefers sizzling meals. Plus, packed lunch is simply one other factor to have to consider isn’t it.”

Dad and mom from plenty of Teesside faculties responded, saying their youngsters even have a late lunch.

One mum stated: “It isn’t a brand new factor. It has been like this for a number of years.

“At the very least it rotates, so final yr’s pupils who had it later will now get likelihood to eat earlier. They do get a break round 11am to eat as effectively.”

One individual identified: “Legally in employment, breaks shouldn’t be at starting of shift and never close to the tip.

“It’s disgusting to suppose youngsters must undergo this frustration when they need to be concentrating on their training.”

One mum stated her daughter was “going to be ravenous” by the point she ate lunch.

She stated: “She doesn’t actually eat a lot breakfast after which, by the point she has dinner, she’ll be having an hour in school then house.”

One other mum added: “Sure it isn’t supreme however we simply obtained on with it and she or he took a snack on a regular basis for morning break (prices me lower than £1 per week). It hasn’t modified her in any approach, form or kind.”

A guardian from one other college stated their son likes the late lunches.

She stated: “[Our school] does the identical, you get use to it in two weeks and it makes the day fly by.

“Simply pack snacks in case your little one will get hungry in between.”

One other responded: “This has been [my daughter’s] lunchtime for previous few years.

“I’ve at all times been involved however she really loves it as a result of she has one lesson after lunch and she or he’s completed!”

All Saints headteacher Ashleigh Lees stated: “The varsity initially launched a cut up lunchtime in Might 2021 to assist us accommodate the rising variety of households who needed to ship their little one to our faculty.

“It is a system that has labored effectively and, by means of the varsity’s catering suppliers, now we have at all times ensured that that there’s ample meals and selection in any respect factors of the lunch service.

“This is not going to change – as we’ll nonetheless be feeding the identical variety of college students over three sittings as there have been over two sittings.

“All the extra sitting does is make sure that college students are extra evenly cut up throughout the lunchtime in order that they have a extra snug expertise and extra seating selection.”