We never had this when I was a kid. Dartmoor got snowed in often, but our village was full of teachers, so they'd teach us if they couldn't get to their own schools. :o(

If it's anything like my old school, it will be due to heating failure which is ironic as it seemed to work fine in the middle of summer!

perhaps one of the little darlings having a laugh, if a "teacher" wrote that sign I would be having words...

My children's schools use this: http://www.groupcall.co.uk/mes_emergencies.php

Who needs a website to get the simplest information.

Good communication method! Web 0.0?

Plenty of scope for fraud with that surely...?

Our sons' school has a great way of communicating such info to parents: it's called a "website". The concept shows promise. ;-)