If you're in the area that will be 38-40 on Monday and Tuesday, are you considering keeping your kids off school?

[MisterMist]

YANBU - I'm thinking of keeping them off, it's a health risk going to school.
YABU - They'll be fine going to school.

My sons school has sent a letter to say they will close on Monday and Tuesday as they do not have air con, no shade in the playground, they can't keep all kids cool, heat in the kitchen at lunchtime etc.
it will be open to key workers though. I'm glad to not have to take him and he has Google classroom work to do.
I'm currently in between jobs so this is fine for me 👍🏽

Can’t keep DC home because I have to work…

My flat is hideously uncomfortable so yes sending in.

Wondering if the hot sweaty hospitals etc stop for hot weather????

Not exactly a fair comparison, is it?

People would die if hospitals shut down. Nothing bad will happen if kids are off school for a few days!

I see this point being made all the time. Buildings in very hot countries are built for the high temperatures. We build for the very opposite in the UK. I'm willing to bet that schools in hot countries are generally cooler than our schools in the same weather conditions. Lots of other factors at play too.

If I wasn't a teacher at the school I think I would. The classrooms are usually considerably hotter than the outside. We measured a 5 degree difference last week and I was teaching in one of the cooler rooms in my building. Dreading it

I think it will hit 40. They've wrapped Hammersmith Bridge in special silver stuff.

My youngest has MS. He's been off all week and will e off next week too unless it gets cooler. Heat really affects him, he can barely do anything when it's so warm.
He's at the hospital today for his monthly treatment, so would have been off anyway.
The school has no air con, the windows open something like four inches, and they must wear full uniform - shirt, tie, and blazer, at all times unless teacher specifically says they can remove blazer during an actual lesson.
It's the last week coming, they've finished all the tests and exams, so there's no point risking him being really ill, it's not worth it.
I'd probably let him off (if he wanted) even if he had great health tbh though.

Often with very different building types and many times air con, and also with different hours to accommodate the heat.

In the UK we don't design houses and buildings to keep them cool. We build them to keep us warm.

My sil is Australian and says it was very different going to school there in the heat than it is here due to many factors.

Quite simply, the uk isn't designed for extremes of temperature (either way) as we didn't have to be in the last. We've never been able to justify the cost of providing infrastructure for very hot or very cold weather.

Yes , because we can.
I think dd will be far more comfortable here with access to ice cold water, paddling pool,cool shower's.

It's also not just being in class it's also getting them there and back.

I'm amazed at the school with air conditioning!

Snow rain why?

Yes we will send them in, but probably drive there and back instead of walking. So far the school say they are happy to open.

It’s not just the time spent in classrooms - it’s the large number of children who’ll be walking back and forth to school, of all ages, some long distances. This will be peak heat time of 3-4pm. Not everyone will have the ability to just drive them that day.

This is out of the norm. Entirely reasonable to not send them in.

I've told ds2 that he can take the day off on Monday if he wants to (he's 14 ).

The school have graciously relaxed the uniform rules so that the students don't need to wear their (hot and sticky polyester) blazers but they still have to wear long trousers and carry a big backpack full of books all round school all day.

Plus it's nearly the end of term anyway. Take a day or two off, I say.

I remember my school closing because the boiler broke in the depths of winter. I remember going to a cafe nearby with some friends to warm up and wait for buses / lifts home. Not sure how this is different. Some people's homes will be hotter than school. I think it is best left up to the individual to decide unless the school genuinely decides they can't keep the kids safe from the heat.