To think the school were neglectful?

With abundant access to water.

They didn't drink it. And, crucially, no one noticed.

In the UK.

What's your point? High temps are high temps, geography is immaterial.

Priceless!
Surely the elephant in the room is this. If she felt thirsty, she would have drunk!!

@BournetillyPostponing the trip means it would never have happened. There’s only a week or so left of the school year. In September the kids will be on a new class and whatever the objective of the trip was will be gone.
Jesus, the over-reaction in this country to warmer temperatures is insane. The school organised a nice trip out, the weather was good and the venue close enough to walk to, making the visit affordable (something else parents complain about). With suitable clothing and water bottles on hand, all should have been fine.
Trust some Mumsnetters to flip their lids about things. One kid felt mildly unwell afterwards because they hadn’t taken in enough water. I presume they’ve now recovered and will know for next time. Complaining or “having a non-blamey word” (same thing in the eyes of the school staff) will make zero difference to things going forward as there will always be kids who don’t follow instructions.

I can’t say I’d have wanted to be out walking in that heat. Having said that, my 5 year old knows to wear her hat, drink water, and reapply sunscreen, so unless your 8 year old has special needs, I think YABU.

Presumably you had the option to remove her from the trip yesterday morning if you felt it was too hot
for her?

It is up to your daughter to drink. My DS is 9 and needs reminding. But I don’t physically need to hold a drink and force it down

This

Does getting hot give you diarrhoea?

I don’t think they should have got them to walk 40 mins each way, they should have postponed the trip.

Your DD is old enough to know to drink water and wear a hat though.

Yep!

I left the education system after 13 years because of a myriad of reasons but partly because of some of the parents and their batshit comments and deferring their poor parenting on to us.

This..what a drama about nothing.. she didn't drink the water or wear the hat and now is slightly unwell which may be nothing to do with this "epic" walk. She will be fine..do not bother school with this.

I wouldn’t have taken my daughter on a 40 minute each way walk in this heat

But you let her go, which amounts to the same thing. If you didn't think it was safe, you should have kept her at home.

And people wonder why teachers are leaving in their droves 🙄

I agree. So much bloody drama.
Especially as @@frogshead hasn’t come back!
Like I said not long ago, light the touch paper and watch it burn ……

Its getting so bloody tedious on here

Lots of drama on this thread. People are forgetting that one half of the walk would have taken place probably between 9 and 10 in the morning when the temperatures wouldn’t have been very high at all.

And she doesn’t know that the teachers didn’t ask everyone to put on their hats. And she doesn’t know that the teachers didn’t keep reminding children to take drinks when needed.

Yes it is a complete worry you’re right. It’s also the truth whether you like it or not.

No I don’t have any idea what you do.
But I’d bloody put money on the fact that you’ve never worked in a school and have been part of a school trip!!!

Well yes it is useful to have someone with medical knowledge comment on symptoms.

My child has a half hour walk to school. No I don't keep him at home when it's hot. He's older than your daughter, but really she's 8 old enough to put a hat on and drink when she needs it!

Think it’s on your child tbh rather than the school.
5/6yo on the trip I was on recently all knew to drink when they required to (and they did!) and a reminder during lunch of which they were all doing so anyway.
of course, bring it up with them and ask what they did to encourage the children? My guess.. they said it a few times as encouragement but children can’t be forced to do so

We're talking about a walk to a museum.
A little over half an hour.
With abundant access to water.
In the UK.

It's not a four hour trek across the savannah. There is absolutely no need for dramatic language " safety is paramount"
" absolve responsibility" " extreme situations '

As I said, you’ve clearly never worked in a school.

You have no idea what I do. Simply because I would make it a priority to make sure all the kids were drinking, not just ineffectually reminding them?

Maybe she did. She still wasn't there and so couldn't have been able to make sure that was acted upon. The teachers were, they should have.

If they're too busy to make sure basic safety is occuring during a heatwave, then they're not competent.

It's not difficult - safety is paramount. Reminders alone are NOT enough to absolve responsibility if no action is taken to ensure an action is completed. Especially when dealing with children, especially in extreme situations.