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Sunburnt child

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brownjumper · 28/06/2019 22:46

My dd came home today badly burnt on her face as she had two hours of PE in the hot sun this afternoon.
I didn't send her in with suncream and suncream was never discussed between the staff and the kids, my dd says. It's is secondary, she is 12.
Should the school have used common sense and checked if the kids had suncream or hats on. My dd is very fair with red hair so burns easily. They were outside in the afternoon in this hot sun for 2 hours.

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stucknoue · 28/06/2019 23:54

At secondary kids should know about sunscreen. Yes it's hot but it's no stronger than any other June sunny day

AnotherEmma · 28/06/2019 23:28

It wouldn't be unreasonable to expect the teacher to remind children to apply suncream at the beginning of the PE lesson (when they were getting changed).

But secondary school students have timetables, they know when they're doing PE and have to take in their PE kit, so they should also be taking sun cream to school and know they will have to apply it.

Of course parents might need to prompt/remind.

But it's certainly not the teacher's responsibility, first and foremost it's the parent's responsibility to ensure their child takes sun cream and knows they need to use it.

Tigger001 · 28/06/2019 23:28

Even if they did ask, you didn't send her in with any to apply .

Sorry OP but this ones on you 😫😫😫

RoxanneMonke · 28/06/2019 23:23

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Totaldogsbody · 28/06/2019 23:20

She has a timetable and according to that she knew she was in gym class. As it has been exceptionally hot the last few days I would expect you as a parent to tell her to put sunscreen on before she leaves the house and to carry some to top up as it would be a reasonable assumption that gym class would take place outside in the good weather. Teachers are dealing with a class full of pupils and doing their job which is teaching your children, they cannot be expected to be responsible for providing sunscreen on hot days.

EmrysAtticus · 28/06/2019 23:13

Sorry but in secondary school you should be sending your child in with suncream and they should be responsible for applying it. Not the teacher's responsibility at 12

Starlight456 · 28/06/2019 23:13

Why didn’t you ensure she had suncream on before school. It was forecast to be very hot today.

AnotherEmma · 28/06/2019 23:11

Parent your child FFS, she is 12, send her with hat and sun cream and tell her to put them on.

My son is 2 and they put his suncream on at nursery, I'm expecting to teach him to do it himself at some point over the next 10 years Grin

BelindasGleeTeam · 28/06/2019 23:08

It's literally midsummer. The sun is at its strongest mid June to mid July.

If your child has sun based issues (I do too!) Then you need to sort it.

My kids are younger and take roll on sunscreen. DH takes them to school. More than once he's forgotten to do suncream this week and the kids just applied their own at breakfast club. They're primary.

expatinspain · 28/06/2019 23:07

I always put sun cream on DD in the summer. It's not a surprise that the weather's hot. It been on the news etc. You should have got her to put some on.

Baritriwsahys · 28/06/2019 23:02

Should not staff ask if they have suncream on?

Not in secondary school, don't be ridiculous.

It's not normal weather is it?

Sun is totally normal weather for the UK in June.

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brownjumper · 28/06/2019 23:01

Should not staff ask if they have suncream on? It's not normal weather is it?

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Baritriwsahys · 28/06/2019 22:59

Are you serious?

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SavoyCabbage · 28/06/2019 22:53

I agree that they should be wearing hats. My dd’s School doesn’t let they wear at all that’s not in the uniform. So no hats.

Stuff like this is hard at secondary. They should be putting sunscreen on before they leave in the mornings and taking some ifbthey know they have sport but did he know he was going to have two hours of PE that day or was it unexpected?

BelindasGleeTeam · 28/06/2019 22:49

No, she's 12.

If she's fair or burbs easily you/her should make sure she has sun cream. She could also have asked a friend for some.

It's not hard to put a roll on sunscreen in her bag.

Once they move to secondary, they have to be responsible for more of this stuff.

Samcro · 28/06/2019 22:49

isn't it up to the parents to deal with suncream?

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