to think the extreme school attendance pressure makes more illnesses go round.

[staydazzling]

so yeah, this holiday has been a nightmare, the Friday they both broke up, both that night started with D&v and of course within 24 hrs so had me and my DH we then sort or recovered to then get worse again and fingers crossed now the worst is over, I spent yesterday shivering in bed raging with fever and throwing up . When I posted inquiring on Facebook the response was overwhelming, also quite relevant the junior and infant is next to each other but seperate so has raged through both like wildfire, one mum has even been hospitalised, we think it's gastroenteritis. These 'epidemics' seem to be happening regularly now though, when I was at school bug season was winter, that was it, certainly not different ones all year round, AIBU??

@boilersontheblink

To be fair I would have no problem with people asking about sickness if they were worried it was just the combination of slightly accusatory questions (my son is basically always snotty) then sending her own in with what was clearly chicken pox!

@AuditAngel ....a sick bag? Honestly this makes me ragey! Poor kids. Where's the caring side, they're just kids :(

@Slazengerbag

I remember getting a shitty phone call from admin, because my dd had been off 3 days, it was diarrhoea, observing the 48 hr rule and she'd still had it so...., apparently she wouldn't have expected her to be off 3 days, 🤔.... I'm no mathematician but erm,

Children should not be in school if sick however if they are pressured to attend its one of the few real world experiences they will get in education.

@boilersontheblink would you keep your kids off if they had a temp + flu symptoms? Or would you send them in?

Flu is something where you can't even get out of bed, so no, wouldn't send them in.

My kids had perfect attendance last term. (Not bragging, just lucky to avoid bugs).

On the last day of term, the kids with perfect attendance came home with permission slips to go bowling during a school day.

So they want to reward kids who haven't missed school with... missing school?