To be annoyed at the school letting the children play in the snow all afternoon?

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Most schools in our local area closed today due to snow but DD's primary school stayed open. (Fine by me)

DD (year 2) informs me that they had no lessons at all this afternoon and spent most of the time out on the field (so over 2 hours)

Apparently lots of children were being taken out as the day progressed, so I guess it got to a point where the teachers didn't see the point in carrying on with normal lessons.

AIBU to think that in sub zero temperatures this is too long for little children? I know that they're obviously going to play in it at break and lunch but I'd like to think that on the whole they are in a warm classroom when they're at school.

I think playing outside is always better learning than sitting inside. But as long as they had enough warm clothes on x

Think how rosy-cheeked the little bobbins will have been from playing outdoors!!

It's like 1964 all over again.

She’ll have had so much fun, honestly. There’s nothing better than playing in the snow. We don’t get it that often so we have to make the most of it.

Please get help for your health anxiety. You don’t want it to rub off on your DD.

Thank you honkywonk and to the posters who have been kind.

I think some people on this thread have been trying to upset me though what with I've given them a good laugh and I've not had an education etc.

What a funny thread! OP I think it might be worth reading up of children’s health.

FFS, drip drip drip "health anxiety" drip drip drip. There's always a drip feed on this type of thread.

You're on your own on this OP, I think the majority on here would be delighted that their kids are running around enjoying some fresh air and exercise.

So yes, YABU.

Did your DD have a nice afternoon OP? Did she say she enjoyed it?

I don't think the teachers were trying to make memories for the children, I think they just couldn't be arsed anymore

Now you're just being silly and insulting to teachers

That sounds brilliant. I would love it if our school did this. My kids would enjoy school more too.

My children's school built snow forts and walls with the teachers on one side and pupils on the other and had a huge snowball fight. I think that is brilliant! they had a great day that they will remember and built fantastic relationships with their teachers.

Do you never take your DD out in the snow OP?

this is a wind up.

ALL (normal) children would absolutely love playing outside, instead of doing boring stuffy lesson stuff.
YABVU.

Poor op I feel for you.
Fwiw this does sound like your health anxiety speaking (just in my unprofessional opinion)
But you are absolutely right about getting colds when it’s cold! It’s on the nhs website and everything. For years they told us it wasn’t true....

Oh do fuck off furrywall. I didn't think my anxiety was relevant to my OP. I felt (and still do) that the school were BU. If I didn't think it relevant then it wasn't a drip feed.

God forbid kids should enjoy the first real snow we've had for years. Cold winters kill germs, OP, it's the mild damp ones you need to worry about.

it was a lesson though. Not all education has to happen in the classroom.
If we are tomorrow we will use pictures from today and memories to do some writing.
It’s also a good topic for STEM water and solids for example. So many uses in lessons

When I was in the army 100 years or so ago, the best PE lesson we ever had was a massive snowball fight all afternoon one day. We had to do physical training three or more days a week and we spent happy hours running, throwing, racing about and being thoroughly physical. Came in at the end glowing with exertion and laughter. It was like being a child all over again 'playing out' in the snow and was excellent fun. Your child is lucky, they could have made everyone stay inside all day and be miserable.

I don't know how some people on here actually navigate through life

I feel so sorry for these poor children who miss out on life skills due to 'anxiety' of a parent

What life skills is my DD missing out on?

How to not panic at the sight of a snowflake?

How 'not to be' a snowflake?

I send my child to school to learn, not to spend hours outside jn the freezing cold. I don't think the teachers were trying to make memories for the children, I think they just couldn't be arsed anymore

Yep.

You are a strange person.
and I feel sorry for your children.
I loved school, and I love learning.
However, I ABSOUTELY, LOVED, HAVING A SNOW DAY!
A DAY TO LET LOOSE AND NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW STRICT GUIDELINES.
A DAY FOR TOBOGGANING, BUILDING SNOWMEN, CHILLING.

Yes, it was Learning.
the intelligent parents recognised it for what it was.
The others.
Not so much.

Of course they were making memories. I still remember the snow day 20 years ago when a year 5 v year 6 snowball fight happened.

So, this is a reverse isn't it?
Some really annoyingly precious parent came to complain after you'd had a beautiful afternoon watching the children play and run free in the snow and you've come on here to vent?
Tell me it's so...

Doesn't getting cold lower your immune system and make you more susceptible to catching things / not being able to fight them off?
Yes but not significantly. Statistically some viruses thrive in cold temps. But that’s on a whole population level your DD isn’t much more likely to get sick because she has been cold.

So bloody rude, just because I've said I have health anxiety

I'm not going to bother explaining WHY I have it as that will just be ammunition for people to accuse me of drip feeding

I just worry about loved ones becoming ill

I don't think this affects DD's life in any way