Got it in one. Once we were out at playtime (especially at lunchtime, which was then, of course, dinnertime) the weather had to be really pretty unpleasant before we were allowed back in, and there was no cover at all. Staying in from the beginning was much to be preferred in bad weather, and also a rare extra chance for "activities". Maybe it was psychologically more difficult to throw 4 - 9 year olds out into the pouring rain, than not to let them in if it started falling!
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Got it in one. Once we were out at playtime (especially at lunchtime, which was then, of course, dinnertime) the weather had to be really pretty unpleasant before we were allowed back in, and there was no cover at all. Staying in from the beginning was much to be preferred in bad weather, and also a rare extra chance for "activities". Maybe it was psychologically more difficult to throw 4 - 9 year olds out into the pouring rain, than not to let them in if it started falling!