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My son and his friends regularly come home with a lunch box which is almost untouched because they have not been given enough time to eat and play.
Senior Management say that the children are given an hour for lunch but 30 minutes of this is 'supervised play' i.e. PE and another 5-10 minutes or so is probably taken up by lining up to go in to lunch / go back into the classroom. This leaves a maximum of 20 minutes to both eat, talk and try and get some playing time in with your friends. Having to do an afternoon of lessons on a nearly empty stomach can't be good for concentration and missing out on social play / interaction is also a false economy.
This petition is to get Senior Management to take the concerns of parents seriously and to increase the amount of time our kids get to eat and play at school.
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February 1, 2022
The volume of support for this issue has reached a point where school administration can no longer ignore our formal requests for a meeting. I am currently drafting a letter to the headteacher to request a specific review of the current lunch schedule and expect a response by the end of the week.
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My son in year 2 would love longer to eat his food and play. He says they don’t get very long any more - thoughts which are echoed by my daughter in year 4.
My child has also come home and complained about the length of time he has for lunch. Stating that he rushes his food in order to get some playtime. PE is not playtime, it’s a structured lesson that doesn’t allow for time to unwind. All children deserve adequate playtime at school.
I totally agree my son too come home with is good almost untouched because not enough time to eat. This is not right the children should learn but also are children and they need to be happy and eat their lunch, let the children be creative and free even at lunch time!!
Organised activity should be optional at lunchtime. There is no opportunity for free play.
My children always complain about the lack of time they have got to eat their lunch and always come back home starving so I think having more time like 30mins more is fair enough.
Totally agree !
I agree.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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My son and his friends regularly come home with a lunch box which is almost untouched because they have not been given enough time to eat and play.
Senior Management say that the children are given an hour for lunch but 30 minutes of this is 'supervised play' i.e. PE and another 5-10 minutes or so is probably taken up by lining up to go in to lunch / go back into the classroom. This leaves a maximum of 20 minutes to both eat, talk and try and get some playing time in with your friends. Having to do an afternoon of lessons on a nearly empty stomach can't be good for concentration and missing out on social play / interaction is also a false economy.
This petition is to get Senior Management to take the concerns of parents seriously and to increase the amount of time our kids get to eat and play at school.
Updates
February 1, 2022
The volume of support for this issue has reached a point where school administration can no longer ignore our formal requests for a meeting. I am currently drafting a letter to the headteacher to request a specific review of the current lunch schedule and expect a response by the end of the week.
15 Comments
Yes my son has a pack lunch and majority of the time he does not get time to eat his allowance and have play time, so there are times where he has no lunch so that he gets a playtime or he eats his lunch and there's no play time. I don't think that is fare on any child this has to be changed, so that they get enough time to eat and get their playtime. When I was going to school I had my lunch and got all of my playtime every single day.
My son in year 2 would love longer to eat his food and play. He says they don’t get very long any more - thoughts which are echoed by my daughter in year 4.
My child has also come home and complained about the length of time he has for lunch. Stating that he rushes his food in order to get some playtime. PE is not playtime, it’s a structured lesson that doesn’t allow for time to unwind. All children deserve adequate playtime at school.
I totally agree my son too come home with is good almost untouched because not enough time to eat. This is not right the children should learn but also are children and they need to be happy and eat their lunch, let the children be creative and free even at lunch time!!
Organised activity should be optional at lunchtime. There is no opportunity for free play.
My children always complain about the lack of time they have got to eat their lunch and always come back home starving so I think having more time like 30mins more is fair enough.
Totally agree !
I agree.
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Yes my son has a pack lunch and majority of the time he does not get time to eat his allowance and have play time, so there are times where he has no lunch so that he gets a playtime or he eats his lunch and there's no play time. I don't think that is fare on any child this has to be changed, so that they get enough time to eat and get their playtime. When I was going to school I had my lunch and got all of my playtime every single day.