My ds1 is at high school, he is 12 and in yr 8 and over the last few months i noticed he hadnt been doing PE as much, they have a two week timetable, one week they do it once, the next week they do it twice.
It turns out that when it rains they often dont do PE at all! They have a gym and several big halls, but these are sometimes used for exams etc, i can understand if its PISSING down then maybe they wouldnt do outdoor PE but they have a good pe kit, with stuff for colder/wet weather and there are showers etc for after PE so if they get a bit cold, wet and muddy then they can clean up afterwards.
It turns out that often they are watching films instead of doing PE when it rains, recently they watched a james bond film and to make it a PE lesson they had to spot the 'gymnastic style moves' in the film!! not that they were quizzed about the film to see what they had spotted anyway.
when i was at high school we did PE outside in all weather, ie hockey in the friggin snow! now i probably wouldnt expect him to do PE outside in the snow, its probably against some health and safety rule, but surely a bit of rain is no reason not to do PE outdoors?
they have tennis courts, big fields with running track, football pitches, rounders fields etc all marked out, plus basket ball courts, rugby, etc etc, some of these sports can be done in the rain yes?
is this some new healthy and safety thing ie they 'might' slip on the wet grass?
aibu? or should they be doing PE regardless of weather conditions and not watching films?!!