School asking for medical evidence.

[Sickdayz]

Dd was sick at school on Monday. 3 different members of staff know she was sick they did not send her home told her to sit on the chair near office. So she's not been to school since then. She's been vomiting could not keep water or food down. She's now OK with water. But can't keep food down still. She's had a temp and sleeping alot. But that's got less .so she is going in the right direction. I have not taken her to the gp because I don't take my children to the gp over bugs /sickness for something that needs paracetamol a bucket and rest . I have also contacted the gp in the past and he's told me the school should not be asking for evidence and he was pretty angry

The school has send me this .(copy and paste)

Thank you for notifying us regarding your child's absence today.
Please note that I will require supporting evidence for this absence. The absence will be logged as unauthorised if supporting evidence is not received. Some examples of evidence that will be accepted are copies of: Prescriptions, Appointment/Consultation Notes, Doctor’s Notes, Hospital Letters. Please kindly send over any medical evidence you may have or can obtain.

I feel tempted to send the school a picture of dd sick .

I was in this position and said would I need to send a photo of the vomit and they said yes, so I did. So you’ve done the right thing.

The whole thing is just pathetic. I feel sorry for children these days where schools make them feel so guilty for having sick days.
I’ve worked in a lot of schools and it’s common for the headteacher to do a shouty lecturing assembly in Primary school on why the children should never be off unwell because “attendance matters”. It’s awful for children who have weaker immune systems.