Jelly Baby
27-10-2014, 12:04 PM
Wasn't sure if this was the right place or even if some of you call it dinner or tea but here goes!!
I feed all of mine after school a meal inc pudding. I am one of few childminders who does it and tbh I wish id never started. I include it in with my after school fee which is the same as others but they don't have to g through the whole rigmarole of cooking!
Majority of the time i make things like..roast, spag bol, pasta dishes, sometimes chicken burger & chips if we are rushing.
The problem I have is the children are becoming not only very rude and ungrateful about it but they are so badly behaved at the table when it comes to eating. I have just read a thread on negative reports when children go home and that's me with dinner! They cant sit on their chairs and I find myself continuously telling them to sit down, they argue over whose got more/less, drinks have got spilt which has resulted in them now having bottles, they don't like bits despite asking for it and the whole thing is just a nightmare. I find parents sympathise at times with responses like 'just let them go hungry' but they miss the point that ive had to buy it, cook it and then see it thrown away and the whole process seems a waste of time?
I have had a letter from environmental health that im a bit confused about as was worded as me being new and ive been doing it 10 years and they now say we have to have a food hygiene and have to write down foods we prepare..has anyone else had this? I thought it was a good way of getting out of cooking such big meals as just more to do?! and just start doing snacks but don't want to lose parents due to it.
So do you do dinner/tea/snacks and if so how do you find it and any suggestions that could help?
Thanks
I feed all of mine after school a meal inc pudding. I am one of few childminders who does it and tbh I wish id never started. I include it in with my after school fee which is the same as others but they don't have to g through the whole rigmarole of cooking!
Majority of the time i make things like..roast, spag bol, pasta dishes, sometimes chicken burger & chips if we are rushing.
The problem I have is the children are becoming not only very rude and ungrateful about it but they are so badly behaved at the table when it comes to eating. I have just read a thread on negative reports when children go home and that's me with dinner! They cant sit on their chairs and I find myself continuously telling them to sit down, they argue over whose got more/less, drinks have got spilt which has resulted in them now having bottles, they don't like bits despite asking for it and the whole thing is just a nightmare. I find parents sympathise at times with responses like 'just let them go hungry' but they miss the point that ive had to buy it, cook it and then see it thrown away and the whole process seems a waste of time?
I have had a letter from environmental health that im a bit confused about as was worded as me being new and ive been doing it 10 years and they now say we have to have a food hygiene and have to write down foods we prepare..has anyone else had this? I thought it was a good way of getting out of cooking such big meals as just more to do?! and just start doing snacks but don't want to lose parents due to it.
So do you do dinner/tea/snacks and if so how do you find it and any suggestions that could help?
Thanks