I was thinking just now about what I would be doing this week if I were still a headteacher. I reckon that about 60% of my time this week would have been taken up by Standing on the edge of our school field and telling children to go back into class to get their hats and put them on before playtime/lunchtime Explaining to grumpy year six children who thought they were too cool to wear hats, why they needed to do so Collecting unnamed hats that had been discarded by children whilst playing and attempting to return them to their owners Writing letters and reminders via social media to our parents relating to hats, summer school uniform variations and sun cream In light of that, I thought I would try writing the letter I would have liked to have sent out when I was a headteacher. Feel free to 'magpie' this for your own schools if you wish! Dear Parents, There is not really any excuse for sending your child to school on a sunny day without a hat, is there? You can pick them up in ...