Would you say something to school

I'd be a little 🤔 but wouldn't say anything unless my child became sick in the next few days, needed absence, and absences are held against the kids. Then, I would definitely have something to say.
Although as an emetophobic, I would have thrown up myself at the sight of a child being ill. As a child and as an adult, I can not be near vomiting, actual, or the thought of.

*There's one thing that will definitely happen after this phone call.

There won't be any more lovely photos of the children on your dojo. She won't bother doing that again.*

Yep!

We have a cupboard with a chair and a box of plasters ! (1200 pupils )

Didn’t think medical centres were that unusual in large schools. It looks like a GP’s office with a bed and lots of first aid/medical kit. Large school with multiple children needing to go during the day for routine medication, cuts, bruises, feeling unwell, accidents etc.

Have only been involved in one school without and (as I said) that was a small one form entry primary. It did have a small room with first aid supplies, a sink and a chair in it though and that’s where children were looked after if they needed any first aid. But it was the secretary who looked after children there, not a school nurse.

I’m wondering what a school medical centre even looks like, for those who have them. We have a nurses ‘office’ in our secondary. It’s basically a room with a rubber mattress if anyone’s feeling faint, with a basic first aid kit and a box of sanitary products 🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm surprised at some of these replies. When I was in school, and also my DC school, when children fall ill they are taken straight to the office and wait there until they are collected.

How could you possibly know that every child who says they feel sick is whisked to the office?

Unless your child's teacher is following a script like a call centre worker he or she will be using her judgment and knowledge of the children and assessing the situation.

What a school did when a woman who is now old enough to have her own children in school isn't relevant. Schools are not the same places as they once were.

I've taught for over 20 years, the only school I worked in with a medical centre was a boarding school.

OP never said there was any evidence of actual vomit in her opening post, just that they were holding a "sick bowl". It's standard to give an unwell child a sick bowl as a precaution, it doesn't necessarily mean they have any form of infectious illness. Kids are given sick bowls for all sorts of non infectious reasons (nose bleed, concussion, tooth knocked out...I could go on for years).

Medical centre !😂😂😂😂

I’ve never worked in a school with a “medical centre”. Neither of my children have attended a school with a “medical centre”. Our office has “one and a half” staff which means there is usually only one of us there (we’ve had our hours reduced due to budget constraints). Today I was in a meeting where I was taking notes. In that hour the phones were diverted to the head teacher and the reception area was unmanned. Any unwell child would have had to stay in their classroom. We also hand a sick bag to any child who says they are feeling unwell “just in case” but they are rarely used. We also have a child who often vomits after lunch - this child has a medical condition which causes this, there is ZERO risk of infection so we keep them in school as much as possible (as agreed on their EHCP).

There's a lesson here for teachers. Don't send photos home.

Might have been a nose bleed rather than sick?

Seriously 😒

This could have been my child except she's in Year 5.

She has a medical issue that she's on medication for which can cause her to feel sick (but not actually be), her teacher is very good at spotting when it's actual illness and when it's related to her medication. If they're about to do PE my child could well be wrapped up in hat scarf and coat etc but with a sick bowl.

You have no idea whats wrong with the child and nor should you.

😂😂😂 I thought this!

It’s funny that you replied to the one poster that agreed with you!

Definitely don’t email about this for the many reasons explained already.

Don’t be ridiculous

I'm surprised at some of these replies. When I was in school, and also my DC school, when children fall ill they are taken straight to the office and wait there until they are collected. What is the point in a 48 hour sickness rule if you keep a known sick child in close contact with the rest of the class? The argument that they are always exposed is pointless, as it is usually the case for the 48 hour rule too. And risking them being sick in the classroom is much more likely to expose them.

When my year 2 child told me somebody had been sick in his class and sent home but was in the next day, I did ask reception about it. They said they didn't know anything about it but it shouldn't have been allowed to happen. That was all they said.

What would mentioning it achieve? Apart from making the teacher or TA feel a bit shite and probably less pics of what the kids get up to being posted on Classdojo, for fear of getting that 'wrong'. Who'd want to be a teachet these days!

I am so glad that I can do my job without someone feeling they have the right to an explanation for a decision I’ve made as a trained professional.

You have no idea to the background to this OP and you need to pick your battles with the people you presumably trust to look after your child.

The child was off school today so was definitely unwell. The photo was taken yesterday

You need a new hobby. Birdwatching might play to your strengths?* *

If itwere my child pictured wearing outdoor clothes and holding a sick bowl, then Id be pretty unhappy!

I'd be annoyed if my DC was sat beside a child who was likely to vom due to a bug - at the very least he shouldve been in a quiet corner of the classroom with sympathetic staff keeping an eye....But, school wont discuss another child with you, and you dont actually know the child had a bug, so Id probably not contact school.

My DD is sick constantly at school, no Illness, its anxiety/stress caused ( she has ADHD and gets really overwhelmed ) she often has a sick bag with her at school, when shes coming home as she is frequently sick at school but is absolutely fine within herself

If it’s a case of preventing the spread of infection, then I don’t see how sitting a child in reception is going to improve the situation. In our primary every single class (apart from eyf) passes through reception multiple times a day, for drop offs and pick ups and play times and PE, plus daily mile and forest school etc. It’s where all the teachers pass through and where the parents go when they need to go in, the traffic is far heavier. Surely it’s better to contain in one classroom instead of the busiest area of the school??

Don’t be the ‘I overheard your conversation and…’ parent. Or the ‘I assumed from the picture I saw on Class dojo…’

The school can’t tell you about another child’s issues. He might have had food poisoning, or an ongoing stomach condition or just be a kid who likes to pretend to be ill.

You’ve got a long road ahead with this school so maybe save the complaints for something you’re really concerned about to do with your actual child.

Actually, this,

Also
My son has speech and language issues and claims to feel sick tbh he was pale (he usually is quite pale though) they give him a sick bowl one time they called me turns out he had fallen over hurt his ankle and couldn't express this so he said he was sick he has no understanding of pain everything is "sick"