School taking kids out of class to sledge.

[QueenArseClangers]

AIBU to think this is bloody marvellous?

Our fantastic infant school took nearly all the kids out sledging/snowman building/playing outside on the school field that has a slope on yesterday.
Makeshift sledges were constructed from bin bags and the kids all have school provided waterproofs.

Reading today about some schools not allowing children to play in the snow has made me appreciate our little school all the more. The head said she wants the kids to look back on their time at Infants and have happy memories

We used to be allowed to take bin bags to sledge with in the late 80s early 90s.brilliant fun

We took our infants out to play in the snow together - but not every playtime.

I do wish some parents would send their children in/with appropriate clothing and footwear though - slip on shoes and a hoody, no gloves or hat - really not great!

Last time we had snow like this, DD1 was in infant school and one of her friends arrived on a sledge. She was the only child to bring one, but I'm happy to say the very lovely teachers ensure that the entire school had a go on that sledge and DD1 still remembers the fun they had, ten years on.

What are they learning? They are learning to seize the day and have fun while it lasts. And that their teachers are normal people who like to play as well.

Our school is closed till Monday. They put out a facebook messages and said "Make lots of memories to tell us about on Monday".
I thought that was lovely.

From your thread title I thought you were going to be all sanctimonious and objectionable! I stand corrected. What a fab thing to do!

I attended Greens Norton Primary School (near Towcester) in the late 60s/1970 or 71. The head was Mr Dove. He used to get bored and take us out for nature walks. He also gave me my first ever driving lesson aged 10, in his Moggy 1000. He was brilliant. Today he would be a super super super head.

Fantastic! The headmaster who actually banned his pupils from touching the snow could learn from this

My old man was in the army, I spent 5 years in Germany, I remember to this day all the great times I had out in the snow while I was in school, the teachers used to open up the big field and we would have massive snow ball fights! The school was on a British army camp, and sometimes some of the soldiers between 10 and 20 of them would come down to the field and join in, was great fun, and I will remember it

At a previous school I worked in we were told we couldn't go out in the snow by the DH because of health and safety. Once we waited as the DH was going out on a course so we all went out in the snow. We built snowmen, had snowball fights then smashed up the snowmen and went inside. We were however found out when the DH returned and saw radiators covered with gloves scarves and socks.......oops!

To be honest couldn't care less if I got into trouble! It was worth it for the joy and learning the children got out of it.

I think this is fantastic. My DS (age 2) attended nursery this morning and they had a play in the garden in the snow first thing when it was beautifully sunny. Building snowmen and they also had their 'science' class using the snow too. Learning how snow turns to water when you heat it up. I was so impressed and happy with the nursery and my little boy kept talking about it this afternoon. That's learning for you!

Here in Denmark each school has it's own 'kælkebakken' (sledging hill) in the school field. Kids can just take in their sledges when it's a snowy day and in break time and lunch time use the hill at will. It's fab. We're a bit more free and easy on the H&S front here, mind

I'm in Finland and DD's school is surrounded by sledging hills because the playground is sunken so it's surrounded by steep slopes. DD's preschool class has it's own little hill and when DD gets to the school the first thing she does is dump her backpack in the cloakroom and fetch a 'bum-sledge' from the store room and go straight to the hill - every single day :grin:
No snowball fights allowed though, health and safety won out on that one.

Try to suppress my sledge envy. Here I can admit that, while I am glad to be sent pictures of the grandchildren/nieces sledging on my sledge, I really wish I could be out there with them, rather than cooped up here at my computer. [sledge envy emoticon] sigh.

How lovely, my 9 year old school yesterday has cleared a 3ft wide path around school and it was roped off, caretakers and teachers were all stood along the route to scream at kids who dared to even dip their toe in the snow 😂 bloody spoilsports

I work in Nursery and in January it snowed. We took the children out for the last 15 minutes (it was -3) and one Dad who turned up in flip flops shouted at me for having them outside even though we had literally just come out after ensuring every child was wrapped up warmly.

I struggled not to reply to his rudeness considering he had flip flop on!

That's lovely! what a super school. Every child should have at least a few memories of sledging... and we don't often get the chance in many areas of the UK.

I was so determined my DDs should have that memory that on a couple of rare snowy days I gritted my teeth and dragged each of them across snowy fields to a slope in a far-off field. I froze half to death, got snow in my wellies, endured freezing hands and had to do all the hard work of hauling the little blighters UP the slope - but those memories they do have and remember happily . I wish the school had stepped up to the plate and done the deed like OP's school, so I didn't have to!

That attitude seems unusual these days but I love the Head's statement. Sounds lovely!

She’s a super ace head.
All the staff are fab and give more time/energy/care to the school that they’re obliged to. They’re big on forest school activities, gardening and growing veg and animal husbandry.
The head and deputy head know every child’s name and sit and have lunch with different classes each day. They even have a ‘reading’ dog that comes in a few days a week.
It seems we’re really lucky to have a school that ‘gets’ children and childhood.

Oh I'm so jealous! Lap it up!

Great! My kids school had extra long play times yesterday and PE was a choice of football in the snow or playing in the snow, which apparently was a huge snowball fight. Y1werent allowed to throw snowballs which dd sulked about, but as their playground had been denuded of snow by 90 kids playing, so they were building snowmen on the pavement outside school, probably just as well as might have had quite a lot of grit in.

Where are all these amazing schools? I need a job in one asap. If one more parent asks me if we are really going out today as it's "a bit chilly for them" I might have a little cry. This was before the freezing temperatures, when it was sunny".

There was a lovely article in our local paper from a retired head teacher. He reminisced about the days when the teachers would see a weather forecast for freezing temperatures and go out the evening before to throw water on the playground so the children would have a slide. Brilliant.