Schools to stay open and move pupils from 'hottest classrooms' as temperatures set to rise

Schools across Greater Manchester have been taking steps to prepare for the unprecedented temperatures. With the heatwave expected on Monday and Tuesday, schools have been outlining what measures they are putting in place to try to keep pupils and staff cool.

Many have relaxed their uniform rules, with some allowing children to wear PE kits and others scrapping blazers, ties and tights. At Tottington Primary School in Bury, parents have been told that a number of measures are being put in place to protect children from the heat - including moving them out of classroom if needs be.

A letter to parents states: "Children who are in the hottest classrooms of our school will be moved into the school hall. Children will only spend time outside, in shaded areas, for short bursts of time and not at the hottest times of the day."

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Pupils at the Moorside Road school have been allowed to wear PE kits or summer uniform and the Friends of TPS will be providing ice pops for all the children over the next couple of days.

At Bishop Bridgeman CE Primary in Bolton, parents have also been told that pupils will 'move accordingly to keep cool'. Rigorous activity will be kept 'to a minimum' and 'no PE lessons will be taught on Monday or Tuesday'.

A notice from school states: "Time outside in the sun will be limited and when outside, children will be encouraged to use the shade."

It comes as Greater Manchester has been placed under a rare red weather warning for extreme heat as temperatures are set to soar across the region. The warning, the first of its kind, covers a large area of England from London up to Manchester and Yorkshire and will be