No toilets at sports day.. anyone else find this weird?

[Islalouisa92]

Okay so maybe just me but does anyone else find this odd? Little ones sports day coming up, weather forecast says it’s to be HOT. Sports day lasts approx 2.5 hours. Due to the weather I certainly will be drinking lots and assume everyone else will be. A letter has be sent out to say no parents/siblings etc will be allowed access to the school for toilets. Anyone else find this odd? There is NO public toilets within walking distance either and I don’t want to have to keep hopping in the car to drive ten mins to the nearest supermarket every time my 3 year old needs a wee! 🤔 in my history of attending my children’s sports days I have never ever come across this problem 😂

If you need a wee you need a wee! It's a basic bodily function!

Then you have to accept that there will be some events you can't attend.

everyone should complain that is crazy you can need a toilet at a moments notice.

Yep, and then the school will have a ‘behind closed doors’ sports day and then everyone loses out.

Anyone with a medical condition should have a quiet, polite word to explain and ask about the policy and in the vast vast majority of schools then if they can help they will.

It won’t be a policy they’ve just made off the top of their heads for no reason, there will be a reason for it - most probably the safety of the children.

Schools really can’t win most of the time. There would be outrage if a child went to the toilet and encountered a random adult.

"another poster said earlier, this kind of thing can cause actual irreversible bladder problems later on in life"

As can the go before we start/before we leave nonsense. You are asking your bladder to do something it doesnt need to do.

Would you strain to have a shit or pop a Senokot to suit someone elses timetable?

Thinking about it, when my two were at primary school theur sports day was on a field away from the school, probably about a5-6:minute walk. The kids would come to the field at the bottom and and the parents from a other at the top end and walk down the field for the games. Nobody would go back to the school and no outdoor toilets.
I never thought it was weird, bloody boring, mind you!!!!

In all of your years of parenting multiple children, you never felt the need to ask a question or respond to a thread on mumsnet until now
Gosh