I've just had a letter in DS2's book bag (he is 8). Basically saying his attendance is at 92.2% (how many sessions is that? I don't know) and that if it's up to 96% by Dec 4th, he'll get to go to a pantomime for free.
I'm reluctant to support this strategy as I feel it is unfair, counterproductive and irrelevant as I make the decisions about his attendance, not him.
It seems so short sighted. I'm not even going to tell him about it - imagine how he will feel if he doesn't achieve it due to illness?
WHY do primary schools do this? Secondary, where there may be a problem with truancy, then sure - good idea. In some ways.
Primary - I totally don't see the point, unless it is to provide a useful carrot for parents whose children don't want to attend, and who give in rather than try to address the causes of this?
If that's so then they are presuming rather a lot in sending it to me.
If not, then I can genuinely see no point to it at all, except to get their figures up?
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Attendance incentives...here we go again
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Anastasie · 17/11/2015 17:08
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