Not to feel like writing an absence note

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DD1 has had various odd days off school this year, for various minor reasons. All totally genuine and I have sent her in sometimes when she really wasn't very bright. Now she's had 2 days off because she's being coughing and snuffling with a vague bug (the locum gave her some antibiotics, but I'm not sure they did much good) combined with hay fever, Whatever I write I think its going to look a bit feeble even though she really wasn't well and had had very little sleep.

Just say she has a chest infection and is on antibiotics. Not far from teh truth really, and sounds valid enough?

But what if lots of parents didn't write notes? There has to be some sort of system - otherwise all is chaos. She had a bug. That's all you need to write..

Just say she's been ill. Do you need to be specific?

dd is off school with an respiritory infection... we have visited the gp and been given medication...

think i still owe school a couple of absence letters... oops

I would ring/e-mail to say she is ill and won't be in that day - I wouldn't think to follow it up with a note when she returns.

If the school wants a note, just write one saying she was ill and had to see a Dr.

Re the anti biotics, they won't make her feel better...they just stop the spread of infection.

Blackeyedsusan, that's perfect, a slight exaggeration, but it'll excuse her coughing in lessons for a bit. I've even written the thing and pressed print (No hand written note ever leaves here my spelling and handwriting are dreadful - DH's spelling very good, but his handwriting is even worse than mine)
DD1 is dyslexic, so only 10y DD2 is allowed to handwrite anything vaguely important.