A school one.

Just tell him not to play with water.

Why do people keep referring to “toddlers”?

The child is in reception. He’s not a toddler.

I’m on your side op. I wouldn’t like to outside in the cold with wet clothes on so don’t t see why toddlers should have to be.
Can you imagine the stink if you sent him in wearing wet clothes.

reefedsail 😂😂😂

For context my son goes to forest school 3 times a week - all day outside in water, today he was in a stream. Soaked and muddy! But bloody happy and hell!

Has he previously been in nursery or other childcare?

Having worked in Reception, you'd be amazed at how the little darling sneak water out of the bathrooms via cups, buckets, any container they can find, to play with outside when they're not supposed to.

And it's a choice to play with water as well. They don't have to!

suddenly wondering if this is the same school as ds

We had outdoor water play for ds today too.

He had to wash baby dolls to show the importance of health care

No coat on either but he seemed happy enough in pictures

This used to drive me insane at nursery. DD used to pick up a cold from someone in a one mile radius sneezing (health issues). In the end I had to get the teachers to keep her out of the water which they understood (poor attendance due to hospital visits etc). Its really hard dealing with the endless colds and such. You can either have a word, layer him up like a lasagne or persevere through it all. On the brightside DD has batted off colds much easier now shes older. Good luck!

Ask the teacher to keep him inside doing worksheets until you've had enough time to teach him how to do up his coat.

OP i was going to say YABU and very precious, but reading your updates you sound knackered and sick of the constant illness. I hope it gets better soon.

I Do think it's reasonable though for kids to be outside in the cold and getting wet. Like others say, they wouldn't do it if they didn't enjoy it. Let them eat mud, sand etc, that's how our immune systems build.

optical on the contrary, there is definitely evidence to suggest that being cold does lower the immune response and make it harder to fight off germs, so the opportunity for infection increases.

There's a middle ground. You don't have to "complain" or "say nothing". This sounds like a one-off activity rather than an everyday one, so that makes a difference too. However if it was a regular activity I might mention something.

ie "I noticed DS got very wet in the playground water activity, and when I took his coat off at home it was soaking and freezing. As he's still trying to shake a virus off, I'm trying to keep him warm and dry outside as much as possible. Are there any plastic tabards available in school for this activity, or could I provide one for him to pop over his coat?"

So much medical misinformation. Being cold doesn't 'lower your immune system'. Older people are given support with heating costs so that they don't get hypothermia, not a virus. Viruses are more prevalent in winter partly because we huddle together more and partly because sunlight kills viruses.

PFB is precious first born. It's that common we need an abbreviation for it. I of course am a superior being with superior abilities to maintain perspective and did not exhibit such things at all ever.

primary aged DC are kept inside at play and lunch times during school if it’s raining outside - so they don’t get cold and wet.
Bang out of order to assume a toddler with a lower immune system should be fine to spend the day cold and wet
The OP's child isn't a toddler with a lower immune system.

They're a primary school child who has picked up lots of bugs at the start of term, just like thousands of other children (and staff) in schools up and down the country.

OP It's worth having a conversation with the teacher if you're concerned, but I wouldn't be complaining yet as you haven't a clue what's happened. It could be that they've all been shoved out in torrential downpour, or it could be that during some freeflow time / playtime your DC had chosen to play with water and they've unzipped their coat.

I'd ask a TA, if available, if they really were playing with water outside as a scheduled activity tbh. I'd think it more likely he was playing in a puddle. Being cold and wet is not a good combination, you can get chills from it. Try to drill into him that he needs his coat zipped up (good luck with that). TAs will usually help with that in reception if they can get round them all.

You’re also not being PFB unless pop’s want to accuse someone with 3 kids from 2-10 of being PFB too. I damn well know what makes my kids sick, and how they’re more likely to get ill if they’ve spent the day cold and wet.

Definitely let this go.

I’d complain too OP - primary aged DC are kept inside at play and lunch times during school if it’s raining outside - so they don’t get cold and wet. Bang out of order to assume a toddler with a lower immune system should be fine to spend the day cold and wet.

Let it go, you're being a bit PFB.