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How much shade does your school playground have?

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charliecat · 28/06/2005 21:28

Whilst driving past the juniors today at 1.20 I noticed dds school has 2 tables with parasols and thats it. Wondering if its the norm or just her school and if I go into the office what to say..except for the obvious which is the advice is to stay out of the sun between 11 and 3 is it?
(DD is in the infants at the moment but moves up in september and will then be in the unshaded playground till highschool 5 days a week..not impressed.)

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spidermama · 28/06/2005 21:33

Good point. Kids at my local primary have been told to keep out of the small shaded areas because and remain on concreted areas to keep mud off school carpets! Grrrr! They've sent a million notes home about applying sun cream (which will have worn off by lunchtime anyway) but surely teaching kids about shade is far better.

wangle99 · 28/06/2005 21:52

DD's school has big trees all around the edge of the playground that provide plenty of shade. There are no tables and parasols though.

Fio2 · 28/06/2005 21:58

I have no idea whatsoever

it is weird as I make them sitr in the shade at home

Tanzie · 28/06/2005 22:20

Big canopied area. If it's too hot, they don't go outside.

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charliecat · 29/06/2005 08:04

bumpty bump!

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Flamesparrow · 29/06/2005 08:14

Can I just ask.... did you sit in the shade in the summer at school, or did you just carry on playing?

Shade is good, but not always practical to arrange (money spent doing up a playground could be spent in the main school).

firestorm · 29/06/2005 19:29

my dd`s school playground has no shade whatsoever im afraid i pity the poor kids whose parents dont use sunscreen on them.
talking of sunscreen i have just started using piz buin 10 hour sunscreen on dd before school & it seems to do the job ok. its currently buy one get one free in boots & superdrug (well it was last week) & it needs to be because its £12,50 a small tube

essbee · 29/06/2005 19:32

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QueenOfQuotes · 29/06/2005 19:33

The local primary school used to 'only' have shade from the trees at the edge of the little playground.

But last week they fitted two really big 'canopy' type things to the sides of the buildings - one outside the reception classroom, and one round the otherside (not sure which classes play there). So now got 'extra' - I know one of the minor points that were brought up in their last Ofsted inspection was lack of suitable shaded areas for the children to play in.

essbee · 29/06/2005 19:34

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Hermione1 · 29/06/2005 20:00

My kids are on two differnt playgrounds, ds2 is in reception and have a great big cover but dd1 is in a larger playground with no shade whatsoever, make sure she wears a hat, don't see what else we can do really?

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charliecat · 29/06/2005 20:25

The infant playground has canopys and trees, its the juniors that is just pure sun. No hats are insisted on and suncream is applied in the morning. But some shade would be nice. I dont think this burning skin heat does anyone any favours.

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charliecat · 02/07/2006 22:29

I have just emailed this to the school.....

Dear Mr XXXXXX,
I have noticed when pick up my children in the afternoon that there is next to no shade in the juniors playground and it is almost unbearable standing there for the few minutes till the children come out.
It cant be pleasant for the children at lunchtime and playtime with no option but to be out in it scorching.
Sports day is coming up this week and last year the children were placed under the tents, but the actual shade from them was to the side....so they may as well of not bothered.
Cancer Reseach suggests staying out of the sun between 11 and 3 when its at it highest, this is in school hours, yet there is nowhere for them to get out of the sun.
www.cancerresearchuk.org has a lot of fab information for schools.
I have been pondering this since it started getting hot.
Could you have a fundraiser for tree planting or tarpalins?

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julienetmum · 03/07/2006 18:17

Well I'm glad to say that when I went to collect dd from nursery at lunchtime I bumped into the reception teacher who was taking a jug of orange juice to the classroom. She said they had decided to keep the children in at lunhtime today as it was too hot for them to be out in the mid-day sun. Very sensible I thought.

It didn't affect dd as the nursery play area has a canopy over it. All the nursery children who wanted to play outside were lined up to have their sun cream put on and no-one was allowed out without a hat.

Pinotmum · 03/07/2006 18:23

Two small trees in Dd's playground and no canopy. Classroom is stifling! Dd had a hat on at break but was so hot today she vomitted in the class after assembly which was very exciting for everyone in the vicinity I believe. She's OK now though and ds gave her a saucepan to use if she was going to be sick again .

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