To ask what you think to this school new rule?

[Redsatin109]

Just heard from other parents that apparently they’ll be reducing the amount of water y2 and upwards can have next year. So limiting the amount of times they can access their water bottle. This is because they’re only allowed to go to the toilets at breaks/lunch and it’s to limit toileting accidents in the classroom.

Plenty of opportunities to drink...before school, break, lunch, afternoon break, hometime.

The water bottle attached to hands has become a fad and a bit ridiculous. Yes we need to hydrate but not constantly.

How we survived I have no idea...

Oh don't be ridiculous. There is absolutely no comparison between that and this ridiculous idea of constantly drinking water.

Also agree, it just becomes an unnecessary habit and oh the going to the loo every 5 mins is crazy! X

Indeed! Now it's become such a thing kids (secondary) actually argue with teachers they have a human right to leave the classroom to fill the water bottle they've been chugging constantly within the first 10 mins of a lesson!

They are the ones who go awol and disturb other lessons 😌

I’m sick to death of water bottles and the latest crazes that go along with them such as Air Up. I have enough to do settling my SEN kids in the morning without dealing with upsets as Yolanda and Percy swapped Air Up Caps so they could make their bottles unique but mummy wants them to swap back and please could Mrs WP ensure that happens today despite the fact it happened off school premises and mummy agreed at the time. Then there’s the leaks, or the once’s where all with good intentions have had their water frozen in the bottle over night and it’s now dripping everywhere. Jezzabel is crying in the corner because daddy took her water bottle with him in the car, so off Mrs WP trots to make a phone call to ask him to bring it back. Then there’s Jimmy, his mum can’t afford Air Up so he has a big standard bottle only Jimmy wants to be the same as the others and takes Jeremiah’s bottle and tries to pass it off as his own. Insisting it’s his and no he didn’t just take Jeremiah’s, both children howling by now.

No word of a lie this is my ta life. Before we event set foot in the classroom and then the water gets spilt on workbooks, the floor, the child next to them as they have a bottle where the whole cap has to come off.

Try working in a classroom of up to 35 kids, just try…

It is ridiculous!
Sorry to say but regarding drinks during the day a lot of schools have the most stupid rules. There are two facts

1. People (Inc kids) in the UK tend to not drink enough from a health perspective.
2. Most kids only go to school toilets when they have to....for many reasons.

They should be encouraging the drinking of anything....at a push still drinks but there should not be rationing as standard (ok it someone repeatedly knocks it over then adjustments can be made). We're getting hotter yet the school's waste time policing drinks.

As a parent, as a TA, as a reading helper I am not abiding by rules that promote dehydration.

Sorry...pet hate

Not great especially when as adults we keep ourselves hydrated. Children should have the same opportunities. I remember feeling ill from not having enough water. Just because few children are having toileting accidents doesn’t mean they should all be affected.

I feel its a ridiculous rule. Everyone needs to have access to fluids and the toilet. My daughter has to drink a minimum of 1500mls of water or water based drinks a day and be allowed to use the toilet when she need's to go, for medical reasons. And her school are aware, but has taken a lot of pushing and letters from the hospital. If a child has a medical issue and cannot access their drink or the toilet then it is wrong. But also with this heatwave we care experiencing, you cannot deprive a child of fluids throughout the day. Many of you may not agree with me, but I have my own opinion. I struggle to work with restricted fluids, children should not have to, its dangerous.

Nobody in this country gets dehydrated in an hour and a half in November.
People saying they do is one of my pet hates - sorry.

I’m so lucky we don’t have this sort of stuff where we live . No way would I agree with that

Children don't need to drink all through every class. They will survive. It's bloody annoying. Our year ones and twos have their water in a box not on their desk. They are given loads of opportunities to drink water and go to the toilet but not continuous because other wise they ask for both every time they are bored with the learning.

It's not like a prison! And if someone was deemed to need an extra drink (coughing etc) they'd get one.

What about tepid water on a hot day in June or July .

And Monday to Friday week in week out does cause dehydration problems (not rushing off 999 problems but long term).

Can someone post some scientific studies showing the dangers of children not drinking water during lesson time? And a definition of dehydration would be good too.

Evidence please.

Oh don’t be so dramatic. Thats totally irrelevant.

The children at my school have complete access to water taps at playtime and lunchtime to refill their water bottles with fresh water.

During heat waves we allow the children have their water bottles on their tables.

This still isn't enough for some parents.

perfectly sensible. They get a break every couple of hours. No child is going to get dehydrated in that time and I imagine it’s a royal pain in the bum for the teachers as inevitably as soon as one child needs the toilet or drink half the class decide they need to too

I totally agree. I’d argue nobody who drinks at break time gets dehydrated in the hour and a half before their next drink

Your facts are not actually facts.

We only drank at break and lunch, no water bottles. We survived. I’m sure most kids can unless they have a specific medical condition meaning they need to drink more often. It got hot in those days too.

This.

So its hearsay and not been said by the school at all.

Maybe ask the school if its true.

Do you know what dehydration is?

A person running a marathon on a warm summery or autumn day, while sweating a lot - esp on uphill sections - and grabbing a small plastic cup of water only every five or six miles at a water station… this is an example of someone who’d be a bit dehydrated after a few hours.

Guess what? It causes no health issues. The runner would simply have a longer drink at the end of the race and all would again be well.

Little Isabella and Milo - who are not doing strenuous exercise and who in any case had a drink an hour ago - are not dehydrated.

Has anyone come up with any science yet?

This!