NURSERY children have to blow out birthday candles on a wooden cake — after snack police staff banned the real thing.
They are even barred from giving out celebratory sweets to pals and are told to bring in stickers instead.
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Emma Clarke with kids Isla and Archie Credit: Kennedy News
It is all part of the pre-school’s healthy eating regime, which involves staff searching lunch boxes for banned snacks, including smoothies or jam sandwiches.
Emma Clarke, 34, whose four-year-old son Archie attends Cippenham Nursery School in Slough, Berks, said he had told her about the wooden cake.
She added: “It’s made of wood and somebody’s painted it so it looks like actual cake with holes in for candles.
“They are little kids. Aren’t birthdays all about cake?”
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Emma, also mum to Isla, eight, claimed Archie was prevented from eating a 99-calorie pack of mini Maryland cookies on his first day — and had a bag of 79-calorie Pom-Bear crisps removed in the same week.
She was then given a list of rules on how to pack a balanced lunch.
Emma said: “I told them I wasn’t happy with them taking food off him. I put a note in his lunch box telling them not to remove items — and they still did.
“They open up the lunch boxes and take the items out in front of the children.”
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The nursery says the vast majority of parents are supportive.
Head Nisha Gill added: “We whole-heartedly stand by our policy of encouraging healthy choices for the children.