Lunch time for Reception

AnonyMouse_4283 · 2016-09-24T07:38:37+0000

Hi I haven't posted or been on the forum for a while and it is good to be back. I am a struggling reception teacher who would appreciate some advice around lunch times. Currently our reception children are offered a free school meal or they can bring packed lunch. If they have school dinners they are expected to get their cutlery, carry their own tray select salad, give their name to someone they don't know, carry and put everything away at the end. We are looking for new ways to do things as every year lunch causes the children a lot of stress and upset. It is difficult for us as we want to help as much as possible but need a break ourselves. Parents are unhappy and children are upset all morning and this means learning is not happening. Most of the time if children are really upset suggesting to parents to bring packed lunch for a bit helps. They have something familiar and are saved the stress of the dinner routine. We have suggested to our head that we would like all children to have packed lunch only for the first half term to settle them, to allow us to actually sit and eat with them. For us to model good eating and healthy food through our own lunch and be a comfort to them in initial weeks. To give the dinner starff a chance to get to know them and learn names. They could then have school dinners once they are more settled. Unfortunately she doesn't agree and won't do this so in the meantime we are spending all of our valuable time supporting lunch and dealing with all of the issues. This is exhausting on top of everything else! Please help, how do you run lunchtime for your reception children? Do you have a transition in place? Or are they just expected to do the same as the rest of the school even though they are just 4 (like us). We would really like to improve lunch time and make it less stressful for everyone. I would really appreciate any advice and support on this matter. Thank you

By AnonyMouse_4283
September 24, 2016 in Reception: Observation, Assessment and Planning

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