to be pissed with DDs attendance letter

[RichardIII]

..and ask you to help draft a reply.She has only bee off school twice since she started Y7 and both times she has started with the illness at school and been sent home by them.the last occasion she was off 10 days though because .. well you'll see from my reply . Comments please!

^Whilst i share your concern about the amount of time C has missed school recently, my overriding concern is, for her health.She has suffered a run of ailments-slapped cheek, nausea and diarrhoea, followed by a heavy cold and urinary infection .During C's last absence she visted her GP, Dr RS twice. R's opinion is that C seemed very pale and run down and that her immune system has had a battering and needed to recover . I followed her instructions precisely as to when C should return to school.

Just to clarify, as a parent I have a legal and moral obligation to seek and follow medical advice for my child when she is unwell.This is my position now and will continue to be in the case of any future illness.I would like to think the school would support me in this.^

Standard letter sent out. As a form tutor I was lucky if I got a copy after it had been sent out to the parents (love the way its signed by the form tutor at the bottom even though we have nothing to do with them).
Please ignore. They will ring if there is a big worry or if you're really concerned let the form teacher know you've received the letter and if they are really concerned could they ring you.

stupid letters drive me nuts

My dd had one from the local authority.

This is the same local authority that risk assessed a school trip in which my dd was seriously injured and that's why her attendance has been appalling.

However I am happy that the authority chases up parents and ensures all absences are for good reasons.

It's sensible and not personal.

we had one,

DS ages 11, was off because a 17 year old (with lots of issues, mainly he randomly attacks children) decided to smash his head against the wall as he walked between classes, he had damage to his spine and a serious concussion, he had to have hospital treatment.

It happened on school property, we also were going to almost daily meetings, yet they claim that they had no idea why he was off.

Ok so the letters are compulsory, but surely they don't have to be so crappily written? It's the tone that grates.

It's a genuine waste of resources. If the school knows of an attendance problem, then why not devote time to that case, not thosr where the reason is known and founded.

We should reply and pick the schools up on the way we're communicated at. We deserve respect as parents, and as people who help fund/support the school.

Yanbu

I recently had a letter home from ds class saying he was on a 'amber warning' and if attendance drops further we could be seen by someone from the education board

Ds attendance is in the 95-100% group

He's had 5 days off since starting school in september
1 for headlice (school policy)
1 for falling over at school and we had to collect him
3 days cos of bullying and the school couldn't be arsed to sort it so I kept him home

:(

Its a loada bollocks :(