If you kept your kid of school

What about people with dyslexia ?

And it's not the job of posters on here to point it out, particularly if you don't even comment on the subject of the thread. Take it up with MNHQ if you don't like being deleted for it. And yes, I did report your post.

It's needn't be such a bloody drama to point out spelling. If you're communicating in the written word, it really matters. Of and off mean completely different things and if you genuinely don't know the difference, it's a good thing to learn.

Even in a south facing garden without shade (which will only be a minority of the families you're talking about) kids can self regulate and come in if they need to. In a school environment they may be in a poorly or unventilated room with a south facing window and 30 others and that may well be a lot hotter than an unshaded garden, and they can't just walk inside whenever they want, spray themselves with water, or suck on an ice pop.

Some parents have no choice as some schools have closed.

School buildings vary, some can safely stay open some can't.

If parents have children at home they can decide what to do.

you can keep them in the shade, top up suncream, give frequent drinks, water play opportunities to keep them cool. Lots you can do at home you couldn't do at school

Mind your own business you judgemental fool

off school

Both my children's schools are on half days at the moment. I'm a primary school teacher and my school is not- the classrooms were 40 degrees inside yesterday!

My yr6 did nothing but colouring in yesterday and begged me to let him stay home today (most of his friends are also out at secondary induction days this week).

I'm sending him in because I don't want him at home all day and school for a few hours will break his day up. However, if it was an option I would keep my children both at home in the pool. There is nothing going on at school that is worth turning up for.

My daughters friends came over today when they finished at 12.30 and some different ones are coming tomorrow because the school is closed, and guess what, they were keeping cool in a nice big pool, not shoved into a tiny box made out of glass with 30 other kids. This will also be something they remember in years to come. Who can even focus when you’re over heated… before I get the uv police on my case, I have a gazebo over the pool currently so they didn’t burn 😁

I do see what OP is saying going outside ..takes no account of UV dangers . Playing in water is one of the ways to acquire severe heat effects ..because it is hard to discern the radiation effects of the sun..the damage that the staying at home was trying to avoid has in effect been risked

That's a shame for your children, but you can't expect everybody to make the same bad choices.

UABU - my children went to school today and we got called to collect eldest as he had heatstroke and has been really unwell!
DH went to collect and asked for youngest too and the receptionist said that would be unauthorised and she’d have to check with the head! I can’t see how dragging eldest back out to collect him a couple of hours later would have been good.
Youngest went straight in the paddling pool and had a great time. Eldest flopped on the sofa with ice packs and calpol and still felt ill at bedtime.

Also, I’m a teacher and I can’t believe people can’t put themselves in the children’s shoes - 30 in a hot, classroom which has no way to cool down. It is unbearable and the job at the moment is about trying to keep them safe rather than learning.

My dc are home educated, so a moot point in a way, but we spent the early morning outside and then the hottest part of the day indoors in the cooler side of the house, then went back out again in the evening. I’m still outside now in the dark, as it’s much cooler than the house! Kids go out and play in the snow when schools are shut for weather. That said, I do think there are some people about who don’t realise how dangerous the heat can be - I’ve seen people running and out with their dogs during the hottest part of the day (I was in my air conditioned car), which I think is bonkers.

When you have older kids they are not going to be spending the day playing with water. They will be in a hot classroom doing geography etc. Your kids won't be little forever, it's not just about younger ones doing water play

What is wrong with you?
Very rude, you and others on the thread. You feeling better now Hun??
OP has a valid point. All this handwringing about the heat, while visiting the beach, granted classrooms are like an oven, I’ll be keeping DS in most of tomorrow, short visits to the shop or sitting in the garden.

They've kept them off either because they're worried about them coping as one of 30 kids, rather than being under direct supervision with constant access to cold drinks, shade and suitable clothing, with a house thats cooled overnight with windows open, or maybe they felt the kids wouldn't be able to concentrate.

Or maybe they just thought, stuff it, its bloody hot and something they might fondly remember from childhood, a bit like we did the odd snow day.

Its not your education, is it? How does it affect you?

People go on summer holidays all the time. You can't tell me you think people fly to DisneyWorld to stay in the hotel room all day.

Nasty.

I am keeping DS off tomorrow. He won’t change from his usual uniform although he’s allowed during the hot weather. He’s come out of school bright purple, we might sit on the garden at some point.

Another one picking on the OP's spelling without commenting on the thread. Do you feel better now? People deal with the heat in different ways. People also have different levels of literacy.

Our school is allowing home clothes for the rest of the week. Some lessons have taken place under the trees on the school field. A class water fight has been arranged for PE tomorrow. DS is assembling his water pistol as we speak.

No closures.

I kept my child off because he came home with symptoms of heatstroke on Tuesday. I’d much rather he’s at home where I can make sure he’s drinking and has access to cold baths etc. If I had a garden then I’d definitely be out there with some shade rather than inside a hot flat. Judging by the state that he came home from school I’m sure a garden is still much cooler than his classroom.

There were 8 parents queued up outside our school gate yesterday complaining about the heat and questioning how the school would help students, despite the detailed post on the school website and communication app giving exactly that information. People just don’t use common sense these days.