DS (6, yr1) was proud to receive a 100% attendance certificate and badge when he was in Reception. This year he has also not missed a day so has been looking forwards to receiving another award at the end of term.
We received his report on Friday and it turns out that one session has been recorded as an absence. He has had two medical appointments missing part of the morning session, a local GP appointment which caused him to sign in late by about 10-15 minutes, and an x-ray in a neighbouring town at 9 am which meant he signed in around 10:30. Presumably the x-ray is the one that was "absent" despite still attending much of the morning session.
I've queried this with the admin staff this morning. Apparently, had he been present for the register, then gone he would have been marked in. Ironically, going to x-ray for 9am reduced loss of school time as the travel time was in our time, and the queues hadn't yet built up (we'd been referred by minor injuries the night before after x-ray closed). Another irony is that the injury was incurred in school (sprain not break).
I know the whole concept of a 100% attendance award is a dubious concept anyway, but IABU to be miffed that he's apparently missed out on one by about 90 minutes at the wrong time of the morning. He's been looking forwards to this unaware that his chances have been down the pan since partway through September. (No pressure from me, he's a very conscientious child who is motivated by such rewards)
(Please note he has been fortunate to be healthy with nothing worse than a bog standard cold. No vomiting bugs have been spread)
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SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 24/07/2017 11:27
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