can someone explain to me why "health and safety" prevented my children from playing outside yesterday?

[hatwoman]

I feel like telling Boris Johnson. It's absolutely ridiculous. to put it bluntly I don;t give a rat's arse if they slip or fall over and graze their knees. If playing in a bit of snow comes at the price of risking a grazed knee it's a price I am FULLY prepared to take. or to put it another if protection from grazed knees comes at the price of not being allowed outside when it's snowed then that is a price I am utterly not prepared to pay. They're going ski-ing in a couple of weeks ffs. They might break their legs. The more I think about this the more cross I am.

I was ready for a fight yesterday (was CONVINCED they would have been kept in because of the snow - after all, they get kept in for sodding rain, wind, sun, life it seems) but NO, mine were allowed out to play because it doesn't snow often and they thought they'd let the kids enjoy themselves. Not every break mind but they were allowed out for one long one.

So yes, in your shoes I would complain. Pisses me right off.

Yes complain, they should be allowed out in the snow, ours were.

Although I still haven't decided whether to take issue with the fact they had a fire alarm during the day and had to go out and down the field and DD2 (6) only had her T shirt on. DD1 (10) had her cardi on but a lot of her friends didn't. They tell me it was just a drill to see how long it took them to get out and to prove that fires don't only happen in good weather!

I quite agree with you, hatwoman. Snow's a simple pleasure that children should be allowed to enjoy. DS2 and DS3 even got to throw snowballs at their Deputy Head .

I'd agree too hatwoman. Ds and dd's school allowed snowballing too, I was pleased to hear

I grew up in canada and we were rarely kept in at recess.Bloody freezing too,wish we had been kept on sometimes!
I think it's ridiculous,definately complain!

agree, complain hatwoman! It didn't snow here, though

Complain, definintely, bloody crazy .
Poor kids.

That's one thing I like about my kids school, they have to go outside regardless of rain, wind, snow, hail. Everyone is expected to keep rain macs, wellies, hats at school at all times. My mum thinks its barbaric but I love it .

Blimey, at DS's school yesterday not only did they have a frenetic snow-filled break, most of the teachers were outside as well throwing snowballs with them.

Because for everyone who is pissed off that they were kept in, there will be someone who would moan if they fell!

Schools can't to anything right. Someone will always be pissed off

ours went out and had a snowman competition.

but were not allowed to throw snowballs

at my dses school they were allowed out for an extra snowy playtime as soon as they got to school- they loved it.

just as well, as all the snow had gone by home time

We had very little snow but the path to the playground and the playground itself was like a sheet of ice. Hence they were kept in.

Same here hatwoman.

My poor ds. He hardly ever sees snow and the one day it fell they banned him from going out to play in it because it was too slidey.

I remember reaching speeds of about 30 miles an hour in the death defying toboggan run we made at primary school in Aberdeen. Fanbtastic! Best school memories ever.

To make matters much, much worse, his sister has had two days off from the junior school because they had a fire.

He's an embittered figure.

i was on playground duty at our school yesterday and let them go on the field . 'the field? in january!' i could almost hear the caretaker say. sod it, i thought. these kids never see any snow- we're on the south coast- if the corridors get muddy, so what? i was prepared to get told off by my colleagues, though.

DS is at nursery and they had them outside at 8am yesterday so that they could all enjoy the snow before it melted.