Options
Pre-School Bottled Water Ban.
scorpio man
Posts: 4,960 Forum Member
✭✭✭
Had a call yesterday from one of my son's about my 4yr old grand daughters pre-school banning her taking in bottled water, saying she HAS to drink tap water like everyone else, (It is NOT carbonated or flavoured water she takes in) yet the staff take in their own bottled water.
She started last Tues and my son has pulled her out on principle.
He is considering reporting this to Ofsted, would they look into this ?
She started last Tues and my son has pulled her out on principle.
He is considering reporting this to Ofsted, would they look into this ?
0
Comments
Cant they just sort it out with the Head?
What is wrong with tap water anyway?
No, they've got better things to do.
Just how long would it take if every kid had to be given a drink out of their own personal bottle? It would be chaotic!
Not a massively important principle is it to be fair. Sounds like he's being stupid.
Even if Ofsted did deal with this sort of thing , which I don't think they do, isn't it worth speaking to the headteacher first? Or one of the governors?
All children at my child's school are required to bring in a bottle of some kind whether it is an empty one to refill at the drinks fountain, or a bottle of mineral water.
I don't really see what difference it makes to be honest.
However his wife is Italian and was raised not to drink tap water over there and still does not drink it over here, I must admit she is a bit paranoid over such things as healthy living.
At my kids school they are required to bring in their own water bottle, I guess it saves on managing cups for everyone.
^^ this. At my daughters schools they all take a bottle of water in each day that they can access during lesson times if they are thirsty. As long as it is obviously not juice or a fizzy drink of some kind, they would neither know nor care whether it was mineral water or tap water.
Oh dear... well if neither you, your son nor the head can get through to her that tap water is perfectly safe, I guess they face a lot of school battles ahead!
Theres a fountain at my kids
I just can't see why this is si important to OPs son!
Depending on on where you live, if the tap is tank or mains fed and what type of tap fitting, there'll be fluoride, chloride, germs and even tiny little creatures.
As long as you're not drinking from public taps in 1960's America, you should be safe from LSD experiments though
"To be given a drink"?
He's four years old, not four months. He doesn't have to be given a drink. He can do it himself.
there is more control and testing done on tap water then bottled water which is pretty much unregulated.
She's at pre-school - she'll be surrounded by germs and tiny little creatures anyway! The tap water will be one of the most sterile things there.
I think that the comment about chloride, fluoride etc. was meant in jest.
Problem solved...how are they going to tell the difference? The only reason they know right now is that your grandchild is turning up with the mineral water bottle itself. Decant it into a lunch pack bottle and they won't know.
My daughter's school requests personal bottles.
OK, not sure about that. Some people have very funny views about tap water and prefer to pay more then petrol for water.
Either way, removing a child for such a trivial reason does sound ridiculous. Pre-school is about socialising and breaking the apron strings - and it does sound like the child would be far better off in school and on tap water at the moment.
As children get older, they will be allowed far more leeway as they are able to manage their own possessions.
Quite - and at some point she's going to realise that drinking tap water is a perfectly normal and safe thing to do, and wonder what on earth is wrong with her parents.