Are you sending your children to school Tuesday and Wednesday?

[wonderouswelly]

I am a teacher and have heard lots of parents won’t be sending their children in during the heat wave next week.

Are you keeping yours off?

I am dreading it as a teacher; our classroom is so stuffy!

Honest if 39C was likely where I am, then yes I would. In formal uniforms in sweltering buildings … no chance.

As it happens it looks like we might get 21C so yes kids are going to school!

Fewer.

The real question is, why would you think children shouldn't attend school? I mean why is school an inherently bad place to be when it's hot? They'd still be hot at home - why is that any different?

Be honest you're just looking for an excuse for a day off aren't you @wonderouswelly

Mine have exams so yes of course

I don’t work Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I may consider letting him stay off to be honest.

He actually hasn’t missed a day of school yet but if he sleeps badly on the Tuesday especially I might let him stay home.

School is school and kids should attend unless there is a very good reason not to. Warm weather is a not a good enough reason.

Both children in private, yes. Why?

To be fair, there probably aren't 25-30 people in op's living room!

Not because of the heat but they may be tired on Weds after the England match.

YEP! And the ones complaining about how soooooooooo hot it is at 26-30C, will be the same ones saying 'had anyone got their heating on yet?' when it drops below 17C! 😂

I remember it well. Lying on the school field in the sun, with my bestie Gary, reading the NME and Melody Maker. Being told off by the Headmistress for ‘cavorting’ on the field with that awful 6th form boy.

Well may have to close nursery if it reaches 30. Our building is stifling and it's impossible to keep very young children still calm and cool. Much safer for them to be at home when it gets to 30

You’re keeping your child off for 32 degrees, getting up at sunrise (4:45am?!) and then going to do some revision? What a bloody day!

I am unsure where you got your idea from here?

I have never stated that I think children shouldn’t be coming to school!

I hear it from children in my class or parent chat in the mornings/afternoons!

I don't imagine the OP's living room is the same size as a school classroom! 😂

Two of mine are still at school, and they have both been lobbying for a few days off. Absolutely not.

Dd's classroom is almost the same size as my not that big living room. Not all schools are new and airy.

Mine will absolutely be going. Shorts, hat, suncream, plenty of fluids - have a good day.

He can have the paddling pool when he gets home, but I don’t think “summer” is a good enough reason to stay home.

Should the country just take a few days off paid?

I agree. People are being ostriches about climate change. And as for ‘we survived 1976’ - well, not everyone did. Hundreds of people died as a result of the heat.

Parents should not be encouraging their children to play truant.

How do they think kids in hot countries like Spain or Italy cope?

In Africa the kids will run to school in temperatures hotter than this.

And yet parents of today's snowflakes worry about them getting too hot on the bus.

It is pathetic if you ask me.

Cheers. Thank god I'm not a teacher.

Are you teaching in a Prep School? I think you will find many parents, especially in state schools don't have an option whether or not send their children to school as they will have to work.

Yeah. I'm pissed off that sports day has been cancelled because of the heat.

They just wore school summer dresses, same as here. Building a bit naturally cooler (in the older part) but not wildly. Tolerance, yes, if you spend more time in those temperatures you acclimatise but I think a lot of that is change in behaviour - staying inside in the day, slowing down a bit where you can, staying up late- basically not mad dogs and Englishmen in the noonday sun. My children have a complexion more suitable to the Highlands of Scotland. They survived. The holidays are worse. The days are very long when it's too hot to even go in a pool.

(Not all hot countries have the infrastructure of the gulf or southern Europe before anyone starts talking about Dubai).

Anyway, I'm sure schools will keep it chill this week.