AIBU not to send DD in tomorrow due to dress code?

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Name changed as this has been debated in the class chat and I think a few people use this forum.

DDs class (reception) have forest school tomorrow. They pride themselves on doing forest school come rain or shine which I usually do completely agree with. However, they must be in full length trousers and full length tops tomorrow, and they walk from the school up to forest school and back, and will be there in peak heat hours tomorrow. My weather app states it will be 34 degrees.

There is no budging on the clothes, as a couple have suggested going in PE kits (which they did today due to heat)

AIBU to think this is absurd? I'm in the Home Counties where the hugest of temperatures are.
Not to drop feed but DD does have a medical condition which means she does get dehydrated more quickly than usual but she is very very good at drinking her water. I'm worried about her overheating in her clothes.

Keen to hear others opinions! Thank you

If you think this is unreasonable you need to check out the spread of Lyme disease.

Forest means deer.

Deer mean ticks.

Deer and ticks mean Lyme.

Lyme means serious problems if not treated with antibiotics very early.

As soon as it's sunny here they send the kids into the woods for playtime. Much cooler and shaded. They do lessons outside in the wood based open classrooms too.

Honestly I do understand why they ask for long sleeves and trousers, but the ‘forest’ at our forest school is just an area with some trees on it on the school grounds, in the middle of a town, surrounded by 12ft metal fencing. There has never been a deer anywhere near it 😁

Ticks and Lyme disease are a risk.

In the middle of a heat wave I think the temperature is the bigger risk.

My
daughter went to forest school, but the long clothing was lightweight and breathable. There were no uniforms. It was all about dressing your body for the conditions.

You don't think that in the forest might be the coolest place?

Cheap (and therefore typically lightweight) cotton pajama bottoms a size too big can make good summer trousers when shorts won't do for some reason. I get my daughter's from Asda.

We have deer in very central urban Leeds they get caught in railings and shriek in a really hard to hear way until released. We really wouldn’t know they were there if they didn’t keep getting caught in railings

OP explains a walk to get there in her post

There's never been a deer anywhere near my mother's house either. It never stopped me getting ticks in my legs when going outside, often complemented by rather fetching red rings in a bullseye pattern.

My reception child has forest school tomorrow, they have asked for full length trousers to protect their legs from scratches and nettles. It's a very shady area with lots of tree cover which will help with the heat. I am sendjng my daughter in thin navy leggings instead of the usual nay joggers.

What do children do at Forest School? How long do they stay there? Is it free?

To be fair, I cross posted with the OP who hasn’t clarified the joggers point when I typed my post.

Look at what people wear in very hot countries - lightweight fabric, everything covered! There’s a reason for that.
also main worry I imagine is ticks.

I hold a forest school leader qualification and there is NO WAY I’d be taking kids out tomorrow unless the forest was onsite, well shaded and had access to running water.

What you have described is a recipe for a serious incident! I’m so glad they cancelled and really hope it was due to weather and not parents.

I also agree that long sleeves and trousers are pretty essential for forest school but most British children won’t have the light weight kind needed for hot weather.

Slight exaggeration there then 😂

Lyme disease a person can be bitten and if not treated immediately it could have an effect on their health years later.

A colleague suffered terribly for years not realizing it was a bite she had 5 years previously.

Hi. I am a forest school instructor and just as I would in extreme cold I have cancelled my school sessions. I have adapted as I work in the school full time and did water play for those desperate to be outside. But under a time limit. I have raised, that as this is quickly becoming our new norm that we need to rethink the material our forest school clothes are made of. Yes long sleeves and long trousers are for safety but you need to be adaptable.