I would have been very pleased if they had closed though. As we would then have had the window of time needed when the snow was suitable for building a snowman in the garden.

I guess it will have to wait until the next time the land of snow and ice visit’s our faraway tree.

We only had one day when we had very low numbers and so we took the children to the school field for a snow-ball fight.

The decision to close rests with myself and the Head and sometimes it can be difficult to make the right judgement but our philosophy is that as long as we can get at least the minimum number of staff it, then we open and if we only get a hand-full of children so be it.

We even opened our doors to a neighbouring school one day last week. Although they have the same attitude as us and were otherwise open, their heating completely packed in and so they really had no choice but we were happy to invite their children into our classes.

Many of the schools that our older children attend closed because their grounds were deemed unsafe – but guess what those children were doing when not at school – playing sliding and skidding on the pavements, hardly that different!

I think, as with most things in life, if you want to do something you will. Just depends how much you want to.