AIBU to keep my child off school sports day in 32C heat?

If he wants to go, I think I would let him ,with as many safety precautions that you can think of re water , hat, sun cream etc

There are sports day threads every year on here, in a similar vein to this one. More so now as the heatwaves are getting hotter. None of my children do well in the heat - and none of them particularly enjoyed sports day.

I just used to keep them off if I considered it too hot, and I wasn't the only one. Never had any complaint from the school. Adults now, they all enjoy sports activity of their choice from swimming to running to cricket and cycling. Not attending sports days at school has not turned them into unfit couch potatoes, nor has it affected their 'resilience'. Running around in scorching heat is simply not good for you. That's common sense.

We got ours done Tuesday morning when luckily not as hot. It was still warm and no shade. The kids did get to go indoors though halfway and then only came out for year group races. Anything after midday tomorrow I would say is madness if no shade.

I wouldn't expect the teachers to check every child constantly, but I know that at my DC school they would make changes to the day to make it safe (earlier, shorter, different events, etc). If you don't trust them to do this then, as I said, keep him off.

Yes, that was very much what I said.

If they cancelled it last time when it was less than 32 degrees, it doesn't make sense to hold it tomorrow.

I think it’s wise to stay off. Yes, it is looking more and more likely that our summers are going to be hotter, but countries experienced with this level of heat aren’t running about during the hottest part of the day. Only mad dogs and Englishmen, etc.

We pulled ours out because of the heat. Dentist appointment just came up. Took them swimming instead so they got a bit of activity in.

I am cringing with embarrassment for that poor child who will be marched away from his classmates when his mother has decided he has to stop. When the others don’t.
I am so glad I have a job to keep me occupied in the daytime!

This school aren’t keeping them safe if they are holding a sports day at the hottest time of the day with no shade or arrangements to keep cool. I wouldn’t want to be sitting in the midday sun watching.

That’s what ours did and they had spray water guns. Children had a marvellous time.

This is it, these are our summers now, get used of it.

Ask the school for their risk assessment for tomorrow - particularly related to the temperatures forecast.
I would keep them off!!

I love sports day- best day of the teaching year, but there’s no way I’d be sat out in the open, literally cooking under 30+ degrees of sun so kids can run around a field and get heat stroke.

Your son will have an asthma attack and be unable to attend.

I read that one too. The mum was exaggerating. She didn't bother doing anything about the "broken nose" either.

I think the kids would be much more comfortable outside than in lessons. School will adjust the activities to suit. They know what they are doing.

I would postpone it until a cooler date arrived.
I know we are watching elite athletes at Wimbledon in boiling heat, and of course the ball girls and boys running around and standing still holding out a brolly etc. They are all very fit.

Not unreasonable, my sons were meant to have sports day tomorrow as well. Thankfully they've cancelled it and changed it to non uniform day instead. Its going to be the same temp here as well.

This is ridiculous to hold sports day in these conditions. I would pull a sickie on his behalf.

Staff just aren't qualified to look for signs of heat fatigue. Too many kids, too few staff. There was a post here a few weeks back about a kid who'd been made to continue with sports day all day with a visibly totally broken nose and two black eyes from an injury. So I do understand caution.

You could ask the school for their risk assessment and action plan for sports day. That will be the reason they can go ahead tomorrow. There must be agreed mitigations: fewer activities, more breaks, gazebos for shade, hydration breaks, supervision etc for example

I know a few friends' kids who were really sick the last heatwave a few weeks back with heat stroke, 2 ended up in hospital. It's no joke. I'd keep him home.

I'm keeping my son off also sports day. He never manages to drink enough water and has been coming home from school every day this week in a foul temper as it is.

A hat and some water? School aren't going to beast them in the heat until they collapse.

I ended up in hospital on a drip for a few days after sports day in junior school. I just remember having to run long distance on a very hot day and being out all day no shade not having much acccess to drink. It does make me a bit nervous with my Ds as he’s asthmatic but I know now he will have his water with him and things are much more sensible.

It doesn’t make sense, given the previous cancellation—as you said. Why is it suddenly ok now, when it’s just as hot as it was the other week, when it was cancelled?
If your child is desperate to take part, then go, I guess? But like you mentioned, keep a close eye and if it gets too much just go home.

Our school put up pop up gazebo’s for the children on sports day. Are they not doing similar!?