School closure due to heat

MartavTaurus

www.facebook.com/share/r/17d4zP31eS/

Another one, it's a genuine link.

That's lovely - the shrieks of those young girls jumping up and down, waiting to be doused!
Teachers are being so innovative during this heatwave .

www.facebook.com/share/r/17d4zP31eS/

Another one, it's a genuine link.

I know!
And they are really loving it.

I expect those children will remember this all their lives.
🥰

NotSpaghetti

Just found this lovely little piece about a school in Guernsey:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cn4rjpre42mo

... love it! The children with their feet in buckets of water

Just found this lovely little piece about a school in Guernsey:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cn4rjpre42mo

I am sorry Bellasnana as I enjoy reading your posts from Malta where my Dad was based in WW2.

I enjoy reading posts from other places as I am not well travelled even in the UK. I sorely miss Madeleine's descriptions of Yorkshire.

And this is a forum called Chat. I stay off the News forum as that is the wild west and I honestly CBA to read the threads. I have the BBC so I do keep up. Don't need to read any hot headed stuff. There must be smoke coming off some keyboard warriors' keyboards.

I hope you come back soon to the Good Morning thread BN.
Just take a break, but your posts will be missed.

Just to clarify, in no way did I intend my post to be ‘nasty’ or ‘contemptuous’, unfortunately when things are written down they are sometimes read in a way which was not intended.

I don’t think I said anything wrong. The fact is SOME people are never happy whatever the weather and, since we can’t change it, we must learn to adapt.

As for facts, I don’t believe I said anything was fact but I can speak from experience. My four children went through the Maltese school system from 1986-2006 and were lucky if they had a fan in the classroom let alone a/c which did not start to be introduced until the 90’s.

Contrary to some of your claims, schools here are not all built to keep out the sun. They have big windows with blinds which are not that effective.

I thought rushing to Google to try, gleefully, to prove me wrong was a massive overreaction. Of course we parents tried to campaign for more bearable conditions for our children, but my point was that school never closed due to the heat which can be relentless here for months on end.

In the 80’s we suffered two or three power cuts per week as well as water cuts, it wasn’t fun but there was no media frenzy whipping up controversy, we just got on with it as people have done since time began.

I am sorry some people chose not to see my post the way it was intended, just chat and my own opinion.

I have never in 13 years on GN been castigated so roundly and it smacks of being hauled up for a telling off from the head teacher.

I’m 70 next week and too old for this so I am stepping back from posting as I don’t wish to be misunderstood again. It has really upset me, I know there are some who enjoy a confrontation but I don’t so could we kindly draw a line under this now please.🙏🏻

Peace reigned at 6 am here today.
Enjoy your day, folks! And chill!

Dickens

Joanofarc99

Bellasnana

Why is it always the UK that makes such a huge fuss about extremes of temperature? The weather never seems to be right for some people, they moan about the cold, the rain, the snow, the sun whereas in other countries we just get on with it.

It is 37°C here today with 80% humidity but the schools are open and it will be the same in countless other hot countries the world over, and, no, they won’t all have a/c or shorter hours.

Common sense seems to have gone out the window. I usually sit on my hands and say nothing but I’m fed up of hearing about it.

That's a bit harsh and based on false facts

That's a bit harsh and based on false facts

Well, there weren't many facts to check, false or otherwise!

I believe it was more of an 'opinion-piece' and clearly one of low esteem.

Exactly my point.

Even the comment that it was 37° might not necessarily be a fact across the whole land.
It's how people chat, they don't need to be burned at the stake on a CHAT thread!

Maybe you're hearing voices that aren't actually in the post JoanofArc !
I read it asBellasnana chatting and giving her opinion, maybe just in her area, and not across the whole land.
Like I often say^here in France^, meaning MY immediate region.

Cherrytree59

My sister is sweltering in France 40°
The schools in her region are all closed but.......
the freezers and cooler fridges are all working fine, in our local Tesco they are all empty due to extreme heat 🥵

Priorities! Food first!

Though here is Sarzeau FR, the fridges in Lidl broke down two days ago, and my French friend had to leave their trolley in the shop! Quelle horreur!

Joanofarc99

Bellasnana

Why is it always the UK that makes such a huge fuss about extremes of temperature? The weather never seems to be right for some people, they moan about the cold, the rain, the snow, the sun whereas in other countries we just get on with it.

It is 37°C here today with 80% humidity but the schools are open and it will be the same in countless other hot countries the world over, and, no, they won’t all have a/c or shorter hours.

Common sense seems to have gone out the window. I usually sit on my hands and say nothing but I’m fed up of hearing about it.

That's a bit harsh and based on false facts

That's a bit harsh and based on false facts

Well, there weren't many facts to check, false or otherwise!

I believe it was more of an 'opinion-piece' and clearly one of low esteem.

Tuliptree

Padstow13

Do the officials who make these decisions reckon the pupils will stay indoors at home, dutifully sipping tepid Vimto and responsibly staying out of the sun?

Not likely! They be out and about, very much IN the sun, having the time of their lives, playing, vandalising, starting grass fires "for fun", not to mention a little bit of light shoplifting.

And parents will be frantically trying to find emergency child care at very short notice.

Nope, I really think the powers-that-be don't think through the possible consequences of their snap decisions.

Gosh what a positive view of your fellow human beings you have . How sad to think so badly and negatively of others

Yes, Tuliptree, I truly have a tremendously positive view of the human race but I feel compelled to observe the likes of people such as yourself rather negatively as you obviously take everything you read at face value and immediately turn into Judge Jeffries - (refer to The Monmouth Rebellion.)

Does the word 'satire' register?

Ps: please stop being sad on my behalf........

Bellasnana

Why is it always the UK that makes such a huge fuss about extremes of temperature? The weather never seems to be right for some people, they moan about the cold, the rain, the snow, the sun whereas in other countries we just get on with it.

It is 37°C here today with 80% humidity but the schools are open and it will be the same in countless other hot countries the world over, and, no, they won’t all have a/c or shorter hours.

Common sense seems to have gone out the window. I usually sit on my hands and say nothing but I’m fed up of hearing about it.

That's a bit harsh and based on false facts

My sister is sweltering in France 40°
The schools in her region are all closed but.......
the freezers and cooler fridges are all working fine, in our local Tesco they are all empty due to extreme heat 🥵

With the Heads explicit permission a teacher can bring their child into school.
In this case the Head could have given permission if it meant keeping the school open.
As this current heatwave in June is not likely to be the only one this summer, schools will no doubt close again.
Just as well I am on the outside with no responsibility or accountability and dare to tell experienced professionals how to do their job. Never mind I don't think he heard me through the radio.

The CEO of the 25 school Academy said on You and Yours that the one school of his 25 schools which was built to be heat resistant (and therefore should have been able to say open) had to close as some staff had to stay home with their children.

I doubt if every single teacher or member of staff has children. But those that do I would hope would be able to keep that school open by bringing their children into school for the day.

I did not say all of the 25 schools, but the one which was "heat resistant". I expect the parents of those children in the heat resistant school would have been relieved.

MartavTaurus

At school, and I do know this because I was the Headteacher, we have an Adverse Weather Risk Assessment which covers all eventualities. Each school will have its individual policy because no two settings are the same in terms of the accommodation and heating systems, and staffing etc.

The final call is that of the school's Head. It's a tough one. Sometimes you have to weigh up many different things, but as long as you keep parents and staff informed of your decisions, things usually work out for the best. You can't always come up with solutions, but you must come up with strategies.

The final call is that of the school's Head.

I'd imagine that is a tough call.

Get it wrong, and the media and the public will be on you like a ton of bricks.

Hats off to Heads.

Tuliptree

MawsRosie are you really unaware of the irony in your post? And being charming and diplomatic is a two way street. Rubbishing the UK based on a false premise is not acceptable. Perhaps you could dispense your wise advice in the direction of people who do this? ? No, thought not.

Absolutely.

MawsRosie are you really unaware of the irony in your post? And being charming and diplomatic is a two way street. Rubbishing the UK based on a false premise is not acceptable. Perhaps you could dispense your wise advice in the direction of people who do this? ? No, thought not.

Miss Trunchbull 😂

At school, and I do know this because I was the Headteacher, we have an Adverse Weather Risk Assessment which covers all eventualities. Each school will have its individual policy because no two settings are the same in terms of the accommodation and heating systems, and staffing etc.

The final call is that of the school's Head. It's a tough one. Sometimes you have to weigh up many different things, but as long as you keep parents and staff informed of your decisions, things usually work out for the best. You can't always come up with solutions, but you must come up with strategies.

Tuliptree

BNs post stated that the UK was making a fuss and that other hot countries were not. That is not the case - many many other countries are very concerned, expressing that concern and taking action. In Malta teachers and parents have been campaigning for years to improve schools in the hot weather with some success eg hundreds of air conditioning units installed in schools. I’m sorry that the tone of my post was seen as unacceptable and therefore deleted. However I stand by my view that BN’s post was inaccurate even if I should have said it in a kinder gentler way. But that’s a two way street isn’t it?

Inaccuracy can easily be pointed out in a reasonable and polite way as opposed to the Trunchbull school of charm and diplomacy 😁
As it happens, I believe there’s a thread asking whether the present hot weather is making people short tempered .

This answers it I think!

Dickens- thanks for that.

That was to Helter Skelter