With last week's extremely cold weather, our school shortened the morning recess. The school principal will consult Environment Canada (http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca) or Toronto Public Health (http://www.toronto.ca/health) websites for information. These links can also be found on the right. Here are our guidelines for extreme weather.
Conditions warranting indoor recesses:
(a) Rain, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, extreme winds and extreme cold.
(b) Cold weather:
Conditions warranting indoor recesses:
(a) Rain, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, extreme winds and extreme cold.
(b) Cold weather:
- –28°C or lower, indoors due to risk of frost-nip and frostbite.
- –20° to –28°C, recesses may be shortened to 10 minutes and lunch recess be 20 minutes depending on local conditions. Children should be monitored closely for signs of frostnip, frostbite or difficulty breathing.
