I would be grateful for professional opinions on this, as I feel it's pretty poor, but I'm also aware that I'm in the midst of dealing with my very ill DD,meshes in a lot of pain & my nerves here are frayed, so I'm open to us being over sensitive.
DD has missed a lot of school, all of last term & all of this one todate too, she was also ill with something else last term, that has triggered the current injury in that she returned to school too soon & she was very weak,,so was very vulnerable to injury. She also has a diagnosed medical condition that can affect her attendance, but she loves school & pushes herself in regardless most of the time. This year however has been grim, she's been in severe pain & in a wheelchair when she can cope, for over 2 months.
School have been good in that we haven't felt pressurised to get her into school, perhaps not so good in providing work for her, I asked a lot in the beginning as perfectionist DD was very anxious about falling behind what's she's capable of, but we didn't really get anything. Later when attendance was becoming a real issue, the HoY rang us, we got a little in a few subjects, but mostly lots of compliments & reassurance that as she does so well in school, she would soon catch up & not to worry & get better.
I was torn, as DD was so anxious it was affecting her health further, but also we've had such a bad run of it with our hospital & is in so much pain, strong pain drugs aren't helping enough, so she panicked she couldn't think straight, but we've got by, concentrating more on keeping her spirits up & distracting her from the pain the best we can, but she is devastated to be missing so much school & just missing out on life in general, she's so tough,but it's been a hellish few months to put it mildly.
This week she found out from classmates who message her, that a boy who DD says is in trouble a lot has now been put in her form class & they've given him her seat. This coincides with class gossip that she is faking being ill to get out of going to school, or that she's left & isn't coming back
This has broken her heart, she sobbed so much, for so long, that she vomited, it's set her back so much at what is already a difficult time for her - we were just getting to the stage where she was a little less embarrassed by being seen out in the wheelchair & she's back to hiding again
I emailed both form teacher & HoY as regards help to stem the gossip on Friday morning, but have had no reply as yet.
The more I think about it, I do wonder if they could have handle the situation with her seat in class better & wondered what others working in secondary schools (yr7) think ??
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Giving Away Seat in Form - Long Term Sickness ???
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RockinHippy · 21/06/2015 02:35
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