To send in a raincoat for DD to do PE in?

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DD(8) came out of school in her completely soaked through PE kit today (they have PE last thing and get sent home in their kits).
She said she had asked to wear her coat but her teacher had said no as it would restrict her movement and she would get hot.
It was pouring down all day today, I understand that schools still want outside PE lessons to take place but surely they either let the kids wear coats or move it inside when it is pouring down.
WIBU to send in a raincoat with a note insisting that she is allowed to wear it in the pouring rain?

Agree with the pp who said that she will just get wet from the inside if she wears a raincoat.

I run and cycle and stuff and though I own a couple of waterproof supposedly wicking jackets I always wind up just as was wether I wear them or not.

If anything a sports wind proof or good quality wicking base layer would be best.

However going home in a saturated kit is pretty awful, you could end up bloody unpleasantly cold, if you'd been exercising then be stood around outside wet through. I wouldn't be impresses with that.

It was very mild today with heavy showers. Perhaps your DD was unlucky to get caught in the rain, and enjoyed getting wet in one of those showers?

Exercising in the rain really isn't that bad, I love running in the rain. It keeps me cool and means my routes are much quieter.

I think what you should focus on op is asking about time for them to change after PE. Staying in wet clothes as you are cooling down is not pleasant at all.

It's quite unlucky to be caught in short sharp showers, but you can get quite wet in a short time.

Another thing to equip her with is a microfibre towel (they squish does small) and some plastic bags for bringing the wet stuff home.

I'm going to to be the lone voice of dissent here. Our primary school requests a cagoule or similar to be included in PE kit so that the DC can continue to do outdoors PE in light rain. They also get changed afterwards.

I have jackets for running and cycling. I don't suffer from a sauna effect whilst wearing them. Maybe some of the PPs are just exceptionally sweaty!

Since both my DC suffer from eczema quite badly, which when very severe gets infected and requires antibiotics, I'm very grateful for our school policy of a cagoule. If DC1 did PE outside in the rain and did not get properly dry immediately but remained in the wet clothes, her skin would be raw and weeping/bleeding by the end of the day. She's also asthmatic, as are many of her class, so I'm pleased the school takes medical issues seriously.

I don't think you should insist she wears a coat, but maybe request that she can dry off and get changed before coming home. Could you send her in with a towel so she can get the worst of the water off, and maybe a spare hoody or jumper to wear home if she isn't allowed to change.

I think exercising in the rain is well and good if you can go straight home, get undressed and have a hot shower, but it's not fun to do an hour of school PE (which involves a lot of standing around ime) and then have to stay in dripping wet, cold PE kit until you can get home and change.

Luckily I found my school had more sense than to make people to PE in the rain. We went indoors if it rained, and used the sports hall or used the indoor courts for badminton/table tennis/volleyball/trampolining etc.

You don't need to force kids outside in the pissing rain to get them to exercise!

I teach at secondary. (Not PE!) I see them out in all weathers from my nice warm classroom. They often wear cagouls. The teachers wear coats!

You can't always move them inside, as the inside rooms are usually being used for another class

If your school has an outdoor PE in all weathers policy then the uniform should allow for it. Our school almost always goes outside for games (have to as most year groups do games at the same time each day and there wouldn't be enough inside spaces to spread them over) and the children all have lightweight waterproof trousers, a long sleeved skin and waterproof jacket as part of their uniform. They're not especially nice (the children call them bin bags) but they keep most of the wet oupt.

I do think it's horrible and silly though. I'm not a fan of outdoor exercise at the best of times (give me a sweaty dance studio any day!) but when you're trying to teach to teach hockey in January with icy rain blowing in your face on a windswept astro it's all I can do not to cry let along the children. And I'm NOT a specialist sports teacher so only have to do it once a week.

One child (9 years old) summed it up for me a couple of years ago. She didn't mean to be rude but she was a)cold and wet, b)one of my daughter's good friends so knew me very well and c) slightly on the autistic spectrum and known for being painfully honest. Anyway, it was a terrible day and I was shouting my lies through the wind and rain: 'come on girls, let's keep it going. It's fun!'. This child stopped, stared at me, burst into tears and shouted 'This isn't fun! This is crazy! Why are we doing this? Why aren't we inside? I'm so coooooold and weeeet. Waaaah!'

I couldn't truthfully tell her she was wrong!