To complain to school?

[Dutch212]

Son was to do PE at peak heat outside yesterday followed by lessons outside. Came home with heatstroke. Aibu to complain that school should have kept children cool and out of sun. I sent him with hat, water and creamed but it didn't prevent this.

[Mycraneisfixed]

DGS aged 8 came out of school feeling ill yesterday. He had a headache and was really tired. Said they'd had their packed lunches outside on the school field. No shade, so they were in full sun between 12 and 1. He'd had a baseball cap on and plenty of water. I had aircon full blast for 10 minute car journey home and as we got home he slumped to one side, passed out. Frightened the life out of me. He came to quickly but was a bit disorientated. He lay on his bed in cool room for about an hour before he felt better (cold drinks and food obviously). Was fine by about 5.30. We were livid at how stupid school were to expose the kids to an hour of heat and sun in the middle of the day. The teachers, of course, were inside in the shade.
Heat exhaustion!
Definitely not typhoid

[VioletBam]

A headache and feeling tired is NOT heatstroke.

[Mycraneisfixed]

And obviously not in school today.

[Mycraneisfixed]

Violet: I suggest you look up symptoms of heatstroke before posting.

[PigletWasPoohsFriend]

Just checked my sons school Facebook group and an awful lot of parents aren't even sending their kids in today stating it is too hot for them.

People aren't sending DC to school because 'it's too hot'

[NickiFury]

I think this prevailing attitude on MN, that any parent with an issue regarding school/teachers is a massive fuss pot and "THAT parent" could be really damaging. Trust your instincts we say - right up until Saint Teacher/School is involved then STFU because they always know best . I can imagine that this could make many parents too scared to speak up about real concerns, which sucks, mainly for the child who is stuck in a difficult or uncomfortable situation because their parents are too apprehensive to advocate for them because MN Said So!

[Gileswithachainsaw]

I agree Nicky if more people spoke uplerhaos alot of this nonsense wouldnt happen. Instead people turn into mindless drones and would probably agree to throw their kids into pirahna tanks of school said to.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Up perhaps

New phone sorry

[SemiNormal]

People aren't sending DC to school because 'it's too hot' - Yep, appears to be the case in our school. Although it's the last day of term for ours so it's likely parents are feeling a bit like they won't be missing much anyway. Some mentioning it's 'too hot', others saying theirs are unwell due to the heat.

[BastardGoDarkly]

This happened to my son last year, so he was just 7,, lunch outside, PE outside, then after school football, I went to pick him up at half four, and he was throwing up and burning up, I took him to hospital, he was kept in overnight.

I spoke to the school about it, they appeared to take it on board.

It's not fussy it's common sense ffs.

[OnTheMove28]

I think it's certainly worth raising as an issue - and all schools need a sun policy of some sort.

My DCs school is not allowing them out in the playground (concrete), they have to go on the field where there is some shade from trees. One of the teachers has put up a tent and they have also put up awnings for additional shade. All the kids were allowed ice lollies at lunchtime. I would like to see compulsory hats and sunscreen as they do in Australia. Another tip I learned from Australia was to put DCs water bottles in the freezer overnight so they stay reasonably cool during the day.

[user789653241]

I would raise it to school.
Heatwaves these days are different from past.
6 years olds are too young to know.
People die from heatstrokes.

[practy]

Talk to the school if you want about him being too hot. But do NOT say he had heatstroke. They will simply be inwardly laughing at you.
Heat stroke is very serious and a medical emergency. Someone with heat stroke has a rapid pulse, stops sweating and gets confused and disorientated. Whereas your son got too hot and did not drink enough.

[t4gnut]

Wouldn't common sense have been not sending him to an afterschool football match in high temperature?

[NickiFury]

They will simply be inwardly laughing at you.

Really? How mean.

[t4gnut]

I would raise it to school.
Heatwaves these days are different from past.
6 years olds are too young to know.
People die from heatstrokes.

It was 29 degrees yesterday. it 1976 it was over 35% for multiple days in a row.

Being a bit hot and thirsty is not heatstroke. Bunch of fusspots.

[practy]

How is it mean? A simple google will tell you that this does not fit the symptoms of heat stroke.
It is like saying your child has pneumonia when they have a very bad cold. The first is unpleasant and feels horrible, the latter is potentially life threatening.

[NickiFury]

I lived in Cyprus in 1976.

It was famously less hot there at the time. All the adults moaned that we had missed the only decent UK summer in decades. In Cyprus we religiously wore sun hats, had accessible water fountains in the playground and class rooms Andee started school at 7 am and finished school at 1 pm as it was deemed too hot to be in school after that. Less hot but more precautions.....

[NickiFury]

practy you can't pose

[NickiFury]

Sorry posted too soon.

You can't possible know this because you weren't actually there were you? You didn't see the child.

And yes I think it's very mean to be laughing inwardly or otherwise at a concerned parent.

[paxillin]

Aged 6 I would complain.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Who even cares if it was heatstroke or not.

He was unwell. As a result of too much sun/heat

It doesnt matter less just because he wasnt worse.

It was a stupid thing to do. End of

[NickiFury]

Agree.

[user789653241]

Thanks, t4gnut.
I am from the country where temp is slightly higher than England.
Few years ago, children died playing football in the sun. Children and elderly people get heatstrokes every year.
Government issues warning to stay indoors 10-3 if possible, or take cover.
And we don't have sports day in the summer.

[t4gnut]

Its just the level of over-reacting helicopter parenting extreme fusspotting at every tiny little thing!

It was hot yesterday. He got hot. it will be hot again another day. He may get hot again. Perhaps with repeated exposure to it being hot without the helicopter she bear hovering he will learn to not run round and round like an idiot in the midday sun, to not guzzle all his water within 10 minutes of arriving at school and to stand in the shade. It's life, get a grip and get on with it.