have some schools shut then?

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should children still be at school in this heat?

Will they not be just as hot at home?

Working parents would find it quite difficult, I think.

No schools have shut round with us.

sorry, all parents work . Non SAHM

A couple of primary schools here (N London) will be closing tomorrow - after lunch I think. It was 36° in dd's class this afternoon but you have a point Martian, it's currently 33 in our house!

Except the difference is that not many parents are trying to cope with 30 overheated children at once. They're not going to learn much in a sweltering classroom, and I don't know of schools with paddling pools and ice creams to hand.

LOL at MB's political correctness gaffe

Blimy, there would be a riot in some quarters if the schools sent the kids home. It would be a real issue for non SAHP.

and I am still teaching all my classes, I don't have curriculum time to to.

poor little buggers in y7 have a test with me tomorrow!

22 seconds to correct it though

Farking impressive in this heat

When I au paired in Germany it was standard practice to close school when it got to a certain (unbearable) temperature. I think it was a legal thing. I guess at least parents were then a little bit forewarned. Not really a common problem here though, yet...

My two have finished school over a week ago, lucky beggers, and I still have the rest of the week to go!

Counting the days

why should they be sent home. people have to work in this weather(said with tounge firmly in cheek)

ah the last week of term and you are making them do a test

Hard bastard, me.

I don't have the time to waste. As it was I had to compress lessons to cover all the work

we closed last friday for the summer!

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THis friday for us. I finish at 1, and will be driving away on holiday by 2!

We are having sports day tomorrow!!!

We cancelled ours , it should have been help week before last

We all finish Thurs my school was awful today but dds slightly better as they are near the sea.

We finish tomorrow - yippee!
Can't wait

We finished up couple of weeks ago, so this week kids are at an activity week in a country park, so I am spending this week mostly lounging under trees reading .

Kids out and about 10-12 in and out of woodland so quite a bit of shade and lovely coastal breezes, lunch in the shade of the trees and indoor activity in the afternoon. Bliss.

Have to laugh at the families plastering the kids in factor 10,000 and then wandering about in the sun all day, then sitting out on a picnic rug in blistering sun for lunch. The place is surrounded by trees FGS. Probably on Mumsnet worry about what factor to use .

mine finished june 15 - am worn out