AIBU to take ds out of school

[Sadoldbag]

We're going away for the weekend and I plan to pick up ds early he will miss double PE which is his last lesson hes in year nine

he has had 100% attendance since year 7 and I really don't want to pull a sickie and take the whole day off

He has not seen his grandparents in 2 years(we finally managed to scrape the £400 together to go) they live in In Ireland and were hoping to to go Friday in a come back Sunday night

AIBU i am prepared to I get flamed

Can you really be fined if your OP is absent (unauthorised) just once in the school year? That's not what our school told us

Not for one hour on a Friday with 100% attendance record, Dromedary. That is why people need to get a grip and OP can go and enjoy it- her son's school career isn't going to be blighted because he missed a bit of exercise,when he can do that and more over the weekend!

I think Attendance records are fucking ridiculous.

why get a certificate to someone who has the good luck not to be ill?

this stupidity could also lead selfish twats to send kids to school who have had D/V and haven't stayed off long enough to prevent passing it around to everyone else.

I struggle to understand some if the comments here.

children get ill, sometimes very ill, sometimes off for weeks but they catch up with help.

it's 2 hours, get a grip people.

tamer, I understand exactly what you're saying about PE.

I would prefer DS didn't have to go to compulsory after-school GCSE RE revision sessions because I don't value RE as a GCSE.

But I would never be rude enough to say that to his RE teacher.

But I am sure that the RE teacher would understand that, as a one off in 2 and a half years, he is missing a session for a good reason! It is also more annoying because the teacher is doing it outside requirements and for an exam. Most likely if the double PE was games it was rained off anyway and an alternative had to be found. It seems entirely reasonable to do an alternative yourself and if they were going to play in pouring rain I should think an alternative was a much better option anyway!!