One parent in our class WhatsApp chat raised a pressing concern: her daughter was coming home every day with a full water bottle. Were other parents faced with the same unsettling discovery?
There followed a lengthy discussion of how much water was left in each child’s bottle. Some children, when confronted, testified that they had drunk water during the day and then filled up the bottle at school.
Anyone who expects children to enjoy cooked courgette has forgotten what it was like to be a child
This was not good enough for the concerned parent.
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