Crunch time as head bans crisps from lunchboxes

A HEADTEACHER has banned crisps from pupils’ lunchboxes, only allowing the snacks to be brought in on Fridays.

The school has already forbidden children from having fruit juices since 2015, keeping them to water or milk during the day.

Teachers at Wateringbury Primary School near Maidstone, Kent, are also encouraged by head Chasey Crawford-Usher to take pupils out of the classroom three times a week for a tenminute run, on top of the two hours of physical education required by government.

The head’s tough stance on crisps and fizzy drinks comes after figures showing around one in five Year 6 pupils in the area are classed as obese.

Ms Crawford-Usher said: ‘Just like we insist on no sugary drinks, we’re going to set out crisps only on a Friday. I’m not the food police. Parents are responsible ultimately for the health and well-being of their children.

‘All I can do is insist when they’re in our school, they follow our best guidelines.’

An NHS-backed campaign sugested children aged four to ten consume 22kg of added sugar a year – more than the weight of an average five-year-old.