to wish that parents would send their children with water bottles etc

[katydid02]

Children are hot and thirsty with this lovely weather and yet parents are sending them to school with no water bottles, no sun hats and without suncream. 2/30 had a sunhat today and only about 10 had water bottles.

[olidusUrsus]

Vitamin D isn't some magical thing that makes you super healthy though, there are such things as hypercalcaemia and hypervitaminosis D, as well as deficiency and the diseases it brings.

I just don't understand why sunburns are seen as less serious than the small risk of not achieving the desirable of Vit D mg/day for the few, hot days of the year.

[IThinkOfHappyWhenIThinkOfYou]

I'm not saying it's magic, I'm saying I think that's why it gets brought up.

[olibeansmummy]

I really can't understand why people are getting so defensive over something as simple as sending their kids to school with a water bottle. It's not hard, all you have to do is fill it up; don't even do that if you don't want, just send it in! Same with hats and sun cream.

On hot days, the children in our class get really thirsty and the ones who don't have water bottles are uncomfortable, why would you want your child to feel thirsty and uncomfortable?

I honestly don't get it. It's so easy to send your children in with those things.

[JumpingJacks]

I think a distinction should be made between secondary and primary schools.

Teens have a mind of their own.

[McNewPants2013]

9/10 DS has his water bottle which is filled with strawberry water ( a rule i broke) because that is all he will drink.

His water bottle is in the fridge and he knows it's his job to make sure he has it ( I am in work before he is out of bed)

[katydid02]

Yes, agreed. You know it is hot when your teen willingly takes water to school without it being suggested! Mind you, she might be taking water to school but she is yet to abandon the 60 denier opaque tights that she insists upon

[HeadFairy]

5 year olds have a mind of their own too! I send him in with his water bottle every day, he says he's not thirsty every day and comes home with it still full!

[Tallalime]

DD is five and her school actually gave them all a sports top water bottle when they started reception. They also have access to plastic cups and taps/sink all day every day just in case they forget to bring it.

At her school the children all bring a bottle of water and some fruit/veg for break time anyway, so they all have water every day as well as whatever they have to drink for lunch.

At the end of last week we also got a note in her book bag saying they must have a sun hat at school or they will have to stay indoors - the vast majority of kids will put on a hat if the other option is watch everyone else playing through the window.

I love her school, today as a treat they had paddling pools - that was another note saying they had to bring a towel.

I think it's awful that so few of your children had sun hats tbh.

[Shinyshoes1]

I was called in by the teacher last week because I sent dd in with a water bottle ... I was told not to do this again the school will provide them with water

Some schools don't allowi it

[squeakytoy]

not sure how I survived the summer of 76 without a water bottle... or the few and far between heatwaves that we have had since..

[Shinyshoes1]

I was called in by the teacher last week because I sent dd in with a water bottle ... I was told not to do this again the school will provide them with water

Some schools don't allowi it

[Tiggles]

Our school provide all the children with a water bottle that lives in school. Problem solved.

[SignoraStronza]

DD (6) had a water bottle that she keeps at school and refills from the numerous fountains. I also send her I in with a big floppy hat. She doesn't wear sunscreen for school though, as doesn't seem to burn from little and often exposure (school dinners mean that the long lunch break is shorter for her - cause of much complaining ). She is southern Mediterranean though (olive skinned), which helps.

[Turniptwirl]

I felt very ill on Saturday after only a couple of hours in the sun, wearing a Sunhat and drinking but obviously not enough.

At a scout/guide camp I saw numerous children suffering from not having drunk enough water while being out in the hot sun.

No, kids won't die if they don't have a drink in the morning at school but they won't learn as much or feel as good as if they did. Buy a refillable bottle and fill it from the tAp in the morning. Put some ice in to help it stay cool.

[Tiredmumno1]

Water bottles are in the freezer ready to go

[girliefriend]

My dd (7yo) has suncream on before school and is taking suncream to school as well. The school is very strict on hats and if the child hasn't got a hat they have to stay in the shade!! I felt sorry for my dd ystd as she lost her hat half way through the day (left it in the lunch hall) and was made to stay on the bench for lunch play.

We have never been asked to provide a water bottle, I think they are giving them loads to drink though.

I don't think yabu op.

[parakeet]

What a load of bollocks about how you have to FORCE children to drink enough, and making sure they gulp enough down in one go (or sip regularly throughout the day, depending on which Daily Mail article you last read).

Our bodies have a perfectly good mechanism for regulating the amount of water they need...it's called "feeling thirsty".

[curlew]

Parakeet- didn't you realise that children turn into cubes of desiccated organic salts if they are deprived of water for more than 20 minutes?

[curlew]

Oh, and the greatest marketing triumph of the 20th century- you have to drink before you feel thirsty, because thirst is a sign of dehydration, not thirst. They also tried the "water isn't enough to quench thirst, you need special hydrating drinks" but I think not even the Great British Public was dumb enough to buy that one.......

[rainbowbrite1980]

When my ds went to school, they refused to help the littlest ones apply suncream, didn't prompt them to drink water, and never reminded them to put a hat on.

[skyeskyeskye]

On the two hottest days of the year DD has come home with an untouched water bottle. I will be asking the school why she didn't drink anything. They should be ensuring that they drink with their lunch

[BlackeyedSusan]

we did have suncream in the 70's. we were encouraged to drink from the water fountains, we were made to play in the shade. there were standpipes aand waater bowsers too. not everrywhere had their water turned off.

[parakeet]

Oh, and I have a little secret that you can tell your children about, if it helps at all. If you squeeze your fingers together and curl them upwards to make a kind-of cup shape, you can actually use your hand to transfer water into your mouth from...you're not going to believe this...the actual cold water taps on the wash baisin sinks.

[HeySoulSister]

parakeet that made me laugh!

[MrsOakenshield]

parakeet - snort. Though as a child I would never have drunk out of the cold tap in the loo because we were told not to do it at home - cold water tank in loft, possibility of dead birds in it (I think). Not mains water, at any rate.