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To think that school children should have easy access to drinking water?

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Schnullerbacke · 05/02/2014 10:36

I'm sure this has been done before so apologies.

My DD (7) has just had a new teacher who changed the routines around a bit. They are now only allowed to drink water at lunch and are not allowed to quickly grab their bottles whilst going down / coming back up from break time or assembly. This is apparently done so they won't have to go to the toilet too often (which is just outside their door).

I think its a bit out of order but before I have a word I wanted to check whether IABU. I know its important to stay hydrated and I don't think this is achieved by drinking before school start and only then drinking again some 3 hours later.

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BrianTheMole · 07/02/2014 14:40

Thats fine Curlew, but I find that if I am dehydrated myself my concentration levels drops. So I still believe this to be true from my own experience, regardless of who funded the research.

curlew · 07/02/2014 14:55

I'm sure if you were dehydrated your concentration level would drop.

Calling not having a drink for 90 minutes being dehydrated however,
Is crass.

BrianTheMole · 07/02/2014 16:00

Well, i'm not saying that Curlew. As my dd only got the drink from her lunchbox and nothing during the breaks or between lessons, then she was dehydrated. Certainly much longer than 90 mins. Not crass, not rocket science either, just common sense. Children should have access to water when they need it. Like adults do. You sound more than a little crass yourself. Maybe you need some water.

LaQueenOfHearts · 07/02/2014 16:10

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chrome100 · 07/02/2014 16:11

We were only allowed a drink at lunchtime at primary school. Only water was on offer which I hated, so I spent the whole day without drinking anything. I can remember getting home from school and my mouth being so dry it stuck together! Clearly this is not ideal, I think kids should be allowed to take their own drink of choice in (yes, even if it's not water) but that drinking it all the time is a bit unnecessary.

tilliebob · 07/02/2014 16:15

I'm a teacher, I let kids drink water, I send my own kids to school with water...but what happened years ago? I never needed a water bottle, no one had them....if you wanted a drink you went to the water fountain in the loos at breaktimes.

LaQueenOfHearts · 07/02/2014 16:16

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ExcuseTypos · 07/02/2014 16:19

Hang on a minute. When we were at school in the dim and distant past, we did all have access to water- the water fountain. There were several in our school, dotted about the place. There was always a huge line of children trying to get at it. And I can remember children asking at primary school if they could go and get a drink, and at secondary school children having a quick drink between lessons.

Anyway, I'm glad I work in a school where children are allowed water whenever they want it. It seems very mean to deny a child a drink if they are thirsty.

ExcuseTypos · 07/02/2014 16:23

Don't think it takes 2 hours LaQueen.

I vividly remember going for baby scans and having to drink a lot of water one hour before the scan. You'd then feel ready to burst so it goes through your system pretty quickly.

LaQueenOfHearts · 07/02/2014 16:36

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ExcuseTypos · 07/02/2014 16:52

I know that LaQueen. I was commenting on how long it takes to go through your system- it doesn't take a couple of hours, it takes one hour. So dc may be thirsty in class if they've last had a drink at 8ish, then have to wait until after play for another one.

In fact my dc had to leave at 7.30 for the school bus and didn't get a break until 10.45. They were allowed water bottles and I'm glad.

curlew · 07/02/2014 17:04

"Well, i'm not saying that Curlew. As my dd only got the drink from her lunchbox and nothing during the breaks or between lessons, then she was dehydrated. Certainly much longer than 90 mins."

So are you saying that if a child does not drink between breakfast and lunch they will actually become dehydrated? Really?? You do know that's bonkers, don't you?

curlew · 07/02/2014 17:06

Because of you are saying that I am amazed that any child survives the night.

ExcuseTypos · 07/02/2014 17:12

You're being a bit silly now Curlew. Children aren't running around or in hot stuffy rooms with twenty or thirty odd other people, when they're asleep are they?

curlew · 07/02/2014 17:20

No. But you do sweat and give off a lot of moisture durning the night. If you don't dehydrate during the 12 hours of the night, you're hardly likely to do so during 2 hours in school!

ExcuseTypos · 07/02/2014 17:22

Speak for yourself I don't sweat at night.

BrianTheMole · 07/02/2014 17:31

So are you saying that if a child does not drink between breakfast and lunch they will actually become dehydrated? Really?? You do know that's bonkers, don't you?

One small carton of juice or water for the whole day isn't enough, whatever you might like to think. Hence the headaches my dd used to get when she wasn't drinking enough. Now she has more water, and rarely gets headaches. You're starting to sound a little bonkers yourself.

curlew · 07/02/2014 17:35

Everybody sweats at night!

I suspect the idea that we spend 12 night time hours without a drink and survive unscathed had not occurred to you before........

BrianTheMole · 07/02/2014 17:43

Well everyones different curlew. But I don't sleep for 12 hours a night, nor do the kids. But we all take water up with us as well for when we want a drink in the night. But maybe you are talking about you, and what you do. Fwiw people can survive reasonably long periods without water. Clearly people won't actually die if they only have a small drink in the day. But that doesn't actually mean it feels pleasant or is particularly good for you either, just because we won't actually die.

curlew · 07/02/2014 17:48

ExcuseTypos · 07/02/2014 17:53

curlew I actually have a glass of water by my bed, as do my dc. You seem to be unable to appreciate that everyone is different. Your blanket "NO drinks" really screams of Victorian values.

And you haven't acknowledged the facts that we all had access to water at school from water fountains- which were used frequently. In fact I remember water fountains being available all over the place- parks etc before bottled water came popular.

BrianTheMole · 07/02/2014 17:56

No they manage to wake up and do that all by themselves I'm afraid. Just like I do. Sorry to disappoint.

TeamWill · 07/02/2014 17:57

Water is mainly absorbed by the small and large intestine.

Anti Diuretic Hormone (ADH) prevents your body producing large volumes of urine and its production increases at night.

Children wont become dessicated at night although there are conditions where ADH deficiency associated with nocturnal enuresis.

Everyone sweats about a pint overnight which is why beds should be aired !

BrianTheMole · 07/02/2014 17:58

Yes we had them in the classrooms too excuse. And we could go and use it whenever we needed to.

TeamWill · 07/02/2014 17:58

Water fountains in the toilets. I remember that ,going for a drink and holding your breath

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