Children's lunches

My little boy is too young for school yet, but I am already asking myself what do other parents to do stop kids lunches spoiling. During my schooling years I attended 3 different primary schools and 1 high school. Some had indoor or undercover storage for school bags, others only had hooks by the classroom door where bags were exposed to the weather. The weather here is cooling down, but what happens to food in the hot weather when it isn't being refrigerated? I ate vegemite sandwiches all through my school years, so they were probably reasonably safe, but I would hate to think of what ham and cheese sandwiches would look like after a few hours unrefrigerated, exposed to the weather! Here is my tip for avoiding your kids lunches spoiling in their school bags...insulated lunch packs. Placing their sandwich keeper inside an insulated lunch bag or pack, along with a reusable freezer block, will keep their lunches cool for quite a few hours. My mum used to freeze my drink bottle overnight and use this to keep my lunch cool. Wrapping your kids lunch in plastic cling wrap only results in a soggy sandwich, especially if there is some condensation from the freezer pack. It is better to place their lunch is a plastic sandwich keeper (it's reusable after all and the sandwiches won't end up squashed in the bottom of the bag!).