Is your child's elementary school nut/peanut-free? - Page 3

[Alison's Mom]

Originally Posted by westcoastmom

I have seen some schools in Vancouver with "Peanut Free" posters posted around the school. My assumption would be that those from the local Coastal Health Unit. There is a binder for Coastal Health info in every school, and thee likely is info in there.

Not all parents come into the school and see posters. Some never read the newsletters that are sent home with notices that there are students with severe allergies

Kindergarten is sometimes easier to manage if the kindergarten does parent meetings at the beginning of the year (which many do) If the teacher knows ahead of time, she can tell parents when they come for meetings.

The kindergarten child at my previous school had such a severe allergy even traces of peanut butter on the wall could trigger a reaction. The school nurse gave a presentation to all the staff about severe nut allergies, using an epipen

Thanks for the additional info. I've spoken to the health nurse for our area and he seems helpful and willing to get involved, and speak to the principal as well, which is good.

[mamajama]

In BC here and my kids' school is peanut free. They do a good job of imparting the message to the kids, it seems, because every Sept. my kids remind me of it for a while I had Cashew Butter for them and noticed they hadn't eaten them and they said they didn't take them out of their lunch bags because they were peanut butter. I had forgotten to let them know

[Alison's Mom]

Originally Posted by mamajama

In BC here and my kids' school is peanut free. They do a good job of imparting the message to the kids, it seems, because every Sept. my kids remind me of it for a while I had Cashew Butter for them and noticed they hadn't eaten them and they said they didn't take them out of their lunch bags because they were peanut butter. I had forgotten to let them know

That's good to know - thanks!