To be worried about next weeks heat for my dd’s school trip

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Dd is 12 is going on a camping trip with the school next week. Temperatures due to 37 degrees! They are staying under canvas and doing water activities. I’m really worried the head will be too much.

I would be too.

I’m worried too OP.
my son has a theme park day trip with school on Tuesday I’m worried sick

Are they hiking there or being driven there? That's the key question, 37 degrees is too hot for a long hike carrying their camping equipment. If they're just being driven to the site I can't see an issue.

You're right to worry. How many nights is the trip? Do you know where they're going and if there's much shade?
I'd speak to her teacher and find out how they're planning to manage the heat.

I'm worried about an all day sports activity with school on Tuesday for DD. I hope they change the plans.

My DS does too. I’m sending him with sun cream obviously and an instruction to reapply every hour plus sun hat and plenty of drinks. He’s looking forward to it so there’s no way I’d want it to be cancelled, his year 6 residential trip was cancelled last year due to covid and he was gutted.

Millions of Children walk around disneyworld in 37plus degree heat every year.

Get a grip, a big one

I imagine the school will risk assess and mitigate accordingly.

If they are hiking they need to walk in the early morning or evening. Tell her to open her tent doors and let the air through during the evening. And leave a bit of door unzipped, zip to the top, to let in air at night.

Drink water a lot, be careful to apply sunscreen more than she thinks necessary!

Also, loose thin clothing that covers up rather than anything skimpy.

In and in water they will probably be cooler, but the UV will be intense.

It's probably unnecessary to worry...but I am also worrying. DS(7) has a weekend Beavers camp and I do think they will all come back a bit wilted, and thankfully the forecast for the weekend is no longer insanely hot.

I know other countries manage fine, and I know people drive to France to camp in exactly the kind of weather we're expecting next week...but DS isn't used to it, and I don't trust him to wear his hat.

Ds's school have today cancelled their visits to a zoo next week due to the forecasts. He's disappointed but I think it's only sensible - too hot for the kids and the animals

That's not a great comparison.

When you book Disneyworld you know it will be hot. Plus it's a more leisurely day out than a school camping trip. Also, at Disney there's aircon in all the shops and restaurants, water misters around and rides that get you wet, so it's fairly easy to find somewhere to cool down if it gets too much.

America is the air-con capital of the world. It's a great example of a place that mitigates insane temperatures. The UK is not.

My DS's school has just postponed its all-day Sports Day from Monday to Tuesday, even though it's currently forecast to be hotter on Tuesday where we are! They have virtually no shade on the school field and I'm disinclined to make him go in - he's only had a day and a half off all year but he's ginger and he does not do heat. He has a theme park trip on Thursday but it should be much cooler by then.

Well if she isn't camping she will be sweltering in a hot school. Personally I would think camping and water sports sounds ideal. Unless the school has a/c.

Well if she isn't camping she will be sweltering in a hot school. Personally I would think camping and water sports sounds ideal. Unless the school has a/c.

@SleeplessInEngland you think the outside is air conditioned?

Animal kingdom for example has very little indoor spaces, so adults and children are indeed out in 37plug degree weather, for 12 plus hours and cope just fine.

@Playplayaway maybe check the post I was replying to first.

They were complaining about a theme park trip being carried out next week.

A direct comparison

I camped as a teen in temps that hot and higher, in the American west. It was ok because obviously mornings and evenings are cooler. lf the activities are water based then I think it should be ok. I like the sound of that better than a theme park in high 30s because you can’t always get out of the sun in the queues.

One of the issues when animal kingdom first opened was there was not enough plants to create a shaded area which garnered complaints.
If you are worried about the heat don't send them 🤷🏿‍♀️

My daughter is supposed to be doing the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition on Monday and Tuesday next week and the school emailed yesterday to say the trip is going ahead with adaptations. Lots of parents complaining about the heat. I'm hoping that they decide not to go ahead with it as they have a meeting tomorrow to discuss the adaptations. It's going to be 37 degrees according to current forecasts. If the trip goes ahead and the forecast is the same by Sunday, I'm pulling my daughter out and I think a lot of the other parents will do the same.

Both our DC have had school trips cancelled next week due to the forecast so you may well find yours is cancelled too.

^Millions of Children walk around disneyworld in 37plus degree heat every year.

Get a grip, a big one^

The Met office has today put something out to explain exactly why you can't compare the heat in the UK with many other countries - like it's much more humid here, which means you can't sweat as much to cool down. That our lack of air conditioning doesn't give our bodies chance to recover. That our hot nights with no way of cooling down also affect us.

So it isn't a reasonable comparison (even when comparing theme park to theme park).

Also, in Disneyland, the kids are usually with their parents. Or if on a school trip they are used to those temperatures and live with the precautions needed. Children here, especially primary school aged children, aren't used to it so won't understand the importance of staying hydrated, or topping up suntan lotion or keeping a hat on, etc. They'll be walking round in groups of kids without adults, all excited to be there, not thinking at all about the heat!

This country is finished with attitudes like this! Hat,sunscreen, loose clothing and gallons of water. Sheesh!

Worried sick about your kids going out in the heat? Huge roll of cotton wool and tucked into bed, they'll be fine 🤞🏼

The average temperature in Orlando for July is 33c.

Their record temperature for July is 37c. Looks like that happens maybe once a year at most.

So their rare record temperature, with all their air con etc is what we are getting on Monday, although where I am maybe higher as my forecast is saying 38c.