AIBU to be cross about this (P.E. at school)

[UndertheCedartree]

Like many areas we are experiencing heavy down pours. And like many schools the DC wear their P.E kit to school and don't change.

On Friday there had been heavy rain the night before and rain showers on and off all day. My DD's class were expected to go for a run over muddy and slippery ground and play basketball in the pouring rain. The running club was cancelled but this went ahead. Considering they then had to wear their kit for the last hour of school, there was then a information meeting so they sat in wet kit for another 45 minutes and then however long their journey home is, would you think this reasonable? I personally, don't.

However, my DD has Long Covid which has all been documented in an Education plan. She has only just been able to start coming to school full time again and missed so much last year. And they got her soaked through (due to weak muscles she slipped multiple times in the mud as well as the pouring rain). She's had a respiratory illness all weekend and soldiered into school this morning for her Mock 11+ and then got sent home. I'm really cross. Where's the common sense? I emailed the school regarding this.

When I went to pick my DD up the P.E teacher had passed on a message asking me to detail all the reasons she can't do P.E in the rain (it was all in the email plus all previous meetings/correspondence re Long Covid) and wondering if she had a coat. Well, yes of course she does, but they obviously don't take them to P.E! It hardly answers why they were getting a child with Long Covid to get soaked through with no opportunity to change. I honestly feel like I have no trust in this teacher to do the right thing for the welfare of the children and especially my own DC. I'm so upset that she's missing school again due to this incident.

My immediate reaction is to email the principal and say my DD is not doing P.E. until this is properly resolved. Meaning I know everything is documented properly about her condition and what would happen in any given situation as it seems I can't rely on the P.E. teacher's common sense.

What would you do?

I was answering your post that had sentences that ran on from each other...so you're the pot calling the kettle black!

I'm being ridiculous that my DC has had a serious illness for many months and missed so much school and now she is ill again because of this teacher. Honestly, if you can't understand that this is about a sick child not 'a bit of rain'...well, I suppose I see why you got confused about P.E teachers wearing wellies.

Anyway, your posts aren't adding anything to the conversation so I'll ignore them from now on.

I just don't really think it's the end of the world for a child to get rained on, and I'm not convinced that getting rained on is any different for a child with Long Covid than it is for another child. It's mildly uncomfortable to sit in damp clothes, but not harmful.

Don't know about Long COVID, but I had ME after glandular fever as a teen and getting cold and wet left me feeling incredibly ill and exhausted and it would take so long for me to feel warm again.

Wet kids will not get ill from a bit of rain too many wet parents about these days as this proves.

This is a child with Long Covid. I'm a nurse so I'm well aware of how her getting wet and cold can affect her illness. Too many ignorant posters....

I have long covid. Now two and a half years (nearly) on from the original infection I'm nearly better. But if one thing is guarenteed to totally wipe me out to the point of needing to go to bed it's getting physically exhausted and cold.

I'm sorry to hear you had ME. It seems Long Covid is very similar and can affect thyroid function among other things and this can cause problems with maintaining temperature. It can have such a knock on effect and cause relapse. I hope you are well now.

I'm so sorry to hear this. I had Long Covid for a year and that was bad enough but 2.5 years, I really feel for you. It is such a slow recovery with 2 steps forward and 1 back all the time. I'm glad to hear you've turned a corner. I don't know if you take Vit D, but that has been really helpful for my DD and me too.

Thank you. It's a slightly weird one when I think about it, because of course it's not possible to know how things would have been without the ME. I'd say I mostly recovered, albeit with a continuing tendency to catch colds at the drop of a hat and to really feel the cold.