Year 6 lunchboxes: bigger appetite, same budget
Isla's eating more and the spreadsheet shows it. How her lunchbox has changed for Year 6, and how …
Holiday club packed lunches: a four-day plan for two
Four days of holiday club, two packed lunches a day and a club rule of no nuts. The …
Summer-term lunchboxes at 24 degrees: keeping food cold until noon
A warm June and lunchboxes sitting on a classroom peg all morning. What we pack, how we keep …
Hot lunches in a food flask: four weeks of trial and error
A £14 food flask, a girl who wanted hot pasta in winter and four weeks of trying. What …
A year of lunchbox receipts: what 2025's packed lunches cost
I tracked every lunchbox item for a year. 183 packed lunches, £239.73, and what that comes to against …
The class Christmas party sign-up sheet: what to send and what came home
The sheet asked for 'savoury or sweet'. What I sent for two class parties, what went down well …
Free infant school dinners, and why Alfie wants a packed lunch on Fridays
Alfie's school dinners are free until Year 3, yet he's begged for a Friday packed lunch. What he …
The lunchbox kit I've bought twice, and the bits I'd never buy again
A snapped bento clip, a leaking drinks bottle and some very sad wax wraps. The lunch kit that …
Picnic lunches for summer days out: our cool bag kit and costs
Six weeks off school means a lot of picnics. What goes in our cool bag, how we keep …