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Any ideas how I can Make school stop forcing DD to do PE?

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EccentricaGallumbits · 07/02/2010 13:06

Her knees are knackered (Osgood Schlatter) and has a Ballet exam in March.

She has stopped playing football and I have to drive her to and from school for a while until she canwalk it again.

Bloody school (I know I'm moaning about them again but.....) have ignored the letters I have sent in for the last couple of weeks and tell her she'll be fine to do circuits . And street dance

She won't be fine. She needs to stop and let them recover if she has any hope of doing her exam.

I'm going to try to get the GP to write them a letter but last time she had a flare up it took weeks to persuade school to listen.

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EccentricaGallumbits · 07/02/2010 13:23

Will go to GP. She isn't doing full ballet lessons at the mo - no jumping or character stuff, and by tomorrow i suspect she'll have to watch rather than take part.

Now got to sort out the logistics of driving her to school when i have to be 60 miles away at the same time, while persuading DD2 to go to school. oh joy.

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cory · 07/02/2010 13:19

cross-post with heQuet there.

cory · 07/02/2010 13:18

If your dd has a variable condition, it's absolutely essential that you spell this out to the school, as most people are simply not used to this concept: they think you are either in a wheelchair or not as it were. Can't cope with someone who might need a wheelchair in the morning and do PE in the afternoon (that would be both my children).

heQet · 07/02/2010 13:18

You need to explain to them why she can do ballet but not PE. Explain how the condition prevents pe at school, but not ballet. Once they understand how that can be so, they might be more helpful. If they don't understand, they might think you are taking the piss.

stitch · 07/02/2010 13:17

get her gp to phone them as well as write to them.

cory · 07/02/2010 13:16

Depends on the kind of condition the OPs dd has, if she can do ballet or not. My dd was actually recommended ballet by her paed but told not to do most kinds of PE, including contact sports and anything involving jumping. The reason being that her joints could at that time cope with controlled movement (=ballet) but not with anything uncontrolled. It was also the case that she was allowed to do things at certain times (good days) and not at certain other times (flare-ups). Something that was perfectly safe one month could land her in a wheelchair the next.

So I wouldn't jump to conclusions here.

Trickle · 07/02/2010 13:16

Get her a stick - I have something that means i have a lot of pain on and off but it's not consistent. I kept getting made to do PE with semi-dislocated joints no matter what got sent to school.

Had bad ankle one day, mum gave me a stick so I could cope, low and behold didn't have to do PE and not even a letter - my ankle healed sooo much faster.

janeite · 07/02/2010 13:13

Agree with Coldtits - it wouldn't come across at all well.

coldtits · 07/02/2010 13:11

You're not going to get anywhere telling them they need to stop making her exercise so she can do a ballet exam. Ballet is much harder on the knees than circuits - if she can't do PE she can't do ballet.

Reallytired · 07/02/2010 13:09

You need to get the GP to write a note on proper headed paper.

Prehaps your daughter should give up ballet as well.