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[Jules.]

Me!

I went home for at least 8 years out of my 12 years in formal education. It was great- a quick 5 miinute walk home & a hot dinner waiting for me

 

I don't know of any child now who goes home for their dinner, & I even think that my son's primary school doesn't give that option any more.

[Egluntyne]

There can't be many parents now who are able to be at home in the middle of the day, five days a week.

 

I lived too far from school to come home for lunch.

[Space Chick]

I didn't go home for lunch as it was too far away, but at primary school one set of grandparents were 5 mins away so I would go there (not every day), and in comprehensive school my other set of grandparents were 2 minutes away and so I would sometimes go there.

 

I liked the reassurance of having my grandparents so close

[ali-s]

I remember going home at lunchtime when I was in Infants school. My mum would come and collect me and my sister and we would walk home have a cooked meal and then be walked back to school. I often went back to school in a different dress as I was a messy eater

 

At junior school I stayed at school for lunch, mum was working then. I was a table monitor The food was put on the table and I had to serve the rest of the table. Once had an accident when the dinner lady was putting a jug of mint sauce on the table and tipped it over my head. I had to stay at school for the rest of the day with mint sauce in my hair.

 

At secondary school I went home at luchtime sometimes. Mum would put the oven on the timer so I had something hot to eat.

 

My daughter Natalie sometimes came home at lunchtimes when she was at primary school and we lived in the village, she walked home herself from the age of 5. It depended what was on the school lunch menu. Fridays was always hotdogs and chips so she never came home on a Friday. Natalie would only have a sandwich when she came home, she didn't want anything hot to eat.

[craftyhunnypie]

I tried dinner & butties, but at infants, primary & my first secondary school - I came home. I came home mainly because of bullying. When I moved secondary school - I had to stay for butties....plus their canteen was brill! I wasn't bullied at that one either!

 

Emma.x

[Vivihen]

I went home every day for lunch even when at High School. At our High School lunchtime was 12.50pm to 2.15pm and on Thursdays the Fire Station used to test the siren at one o'clock, I used to race myself every week to see how far I could get on my bike before it sounded! My children came home for lunch when they were in infants but not to a cooked meal. It certainly made me appreciate the effort my mother used to go through every day but of course, by then, it was too late to tell her.

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[Griffin]

All throughout my schooling I always went home for lunch, it was only ten minutes away. In those days we got an hour anyway, I don't think lunch breaks are as long as that in most schools now. I hated school so a break from it in the middle of the day was very welcome

[Tiggy]

I always had free school dinners, they were great

[SarahJo]

When we lived next door to the primary school I breifly went to before moving to Scotland, I used to nip home for lunch. I made my own and had a key to get in - great for independance and time keeping in a 10/11 yr old. Not sure of the legality nowadays - but when my 2 are at secondary school I would like them to have the option of coming home for their lunch

[Lewis]

We all stayed in school at primary, then when I went to secondary I'd take sandwiches or go to the canteen but now I go to town or the chip shop next door

Its only a 5/10 minute walk to the shops and the main reason we all go is because its cheaper and we can get what we want, usually go to Greggs or Ted the jacket potato man

 

Home is only 15/20 mins in the other direction, but by the time I'd get here, I'd have to back after 10 minutes.

 

 

We lower years we just had to sign a letter saying we're allowed to go home and not to the shops, but now we can do which we want to on different days.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I was at boarding school so not an option (the flight would've taken too long ).

 

My 17yr old has started coming home if he has no classes for a few hours . There's always evidence of fried eggs so I know even if I don't see him .

[Olly]

I used to come home from infant school, mum used to walk round and fetch me and then walk me back again. I was ill a lot as a child and at one point I only went to school in the mornings because I got too tired, so I used to come home for lunch and then stay ... I loved school at that point, so I wasn't particularly happy about it!

 

I did try school dinners, but hated them - however by the time I was in the juniors, they allowed us to bring packed lunches, so I stayed at school then.

[docsquid]

I didn't used to go home, but when I was in the sixth form, a couple of us used to go one day a week to our friend's house as she only lived on the corner of the same block as the school, and her parents were very kind.

 

I don't suppose that would be allowed these days without them doing some kind of CRB check and being on the new register.

[Lesley]

I always lived too far away to be able to go home, 2 miles from Infant and Junior School and 8 miles from Grammar School - I always had school dinners.....I liked them

[Kirstine]

When I was in secondary school the teachers went on a 'work to rule' and wouldn't supervise lunchtimes any more, so a few of us used to take our packed lunches round to a friend's house nearby. No adults present, but I think the school had to know the address you claimed to be at (and probably there was supposed to be an adult). I remember us being quite well-behaved, and we used to watch videos in installments, then when Neighbours started up we watched it and got back to school just in time.

[Purplemaniacs]

I only had one lunch at school and that was because my A levels clashed and I had to be supervised by a member of staff to ensure that I did not talk to someone who had already taken the exam.

 

Chrissie

[iar fach goch]

Went to my gran's for lunch from secondary school but had to sit in silence whilst eating it so as not to disturb "The Sullivans"!

[Griffin]

That was a brilliant programme

[iar fach goch]

Not really to my taste aged 13, I was sooooo relieved when we moved house and was able to go home for lunch and catch up with Neighbours!

[lisaroo2]

I used to my nan's house for lunch - all the way through primary and secondary, I loved it as I got to spend quality time with my nan - I miss her so much

[Valkyrie]

I did for quite some time when I was at primary. The first time I had to have school dinners I paid my half a crown and had that awful stuff on the Monday. Tuesday I waited outside the school and the crossing lady waited with me for a little while, so I walked home on my own. Mum said "why are you here?" You didn't meet me. "You were supposed to have school dinners for the rest of the week!" Well I didn't know that, I thought the half a crown was for the one day. Still, mum shared her dinner with me (lamb chops and mashed potato and something green, probably peas). Then my dad took me back because he was on shift work and he had to leave at the time I was supposed to start afternoon lessons. I didn't miss anything apart from some awful food in the canteen.

When mum had to be evacuated she went to stay with her aunt in Itchen Stoke - her house was next door to the school! Her cousins had a saying "all our din dins come in pig bins" - not much changed when I was at school - and any left overs had to be s"Ooops, word censored!"ed into the pig bin for the farm up the road.