to be cross with school for sending primary kids out at lunchtime in heat yesterday

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So, it was 33 dgrees in this part of Essex yesterday. When I picked up my 9yo DS from school yesterday he had heat rash everywhere and was really uncomfortable and distresed.

AIBU to think that the school was wrong to insist the kids went out to play at 12.30 in that heat - albeit that they had hats and sunscreen. There is very little shade in their playground. Every year the advice on the telly is to avoid the sun in the middle of the day - the teachers stayed inside!

Contemplating making a fuss with the headmistress, so please let me know if I should wind my neck in....

It's not the actual temperature, it's how acclimatised to it you are.

I was annoyed last summer when DD was allowed to sit against a south facing wall for the whole afternoon without a hat on. She had heat stroke and was throwing up for ages and felt so poorly.

However, with cream and a hat and the provision of shade, I don't see how they shouldn't go out; it's only for about 45 mins anyway isn't it?