To ask if you can think of an excuse which will get 11yo off PE for the rest of term?

[HelloKittyGirl]

Just that, basically. What would get her off games for a few weeks?

[quote RussianSpy101]@HonoreDeBallsack no but being fit and healthy certainly has its perks. It’s not just the physical aspect, it’s the teaching that lying is fine.[/quote]
But what would happen if the OP wrote to the school to say "PE is shit, and I would like you to excuse my DD forever?" If this would achieve the desired result, then fine. But it wouldn't...

I thought even in the Dark Ages when I was at school that PE ought to offer more than team sports and shitty PE teachers humiliating girls who are crap at sport and are slow runners (me). There are loads of 'sporty' things that I love (orienteering, cycling and hill walking, for example), but I only discovered that orienteering even existed in my 20s! It would be better for school sports to be broader, as nobody would feel the need to skive off them if they offered more than lacrosse/hockey/netball.

its a bit weird to miss it because of the weather though i used to write my own notes back in the day mainly because i dditn want to shower in front of everyone

Pretty shocked at the number of mumsnetters that are okay with mother lying to her daughter's school to allow her to skive off PE.

We clearly have a big problem here.

Ooh we're you smoking fags behind the bike shed, cool

@HelloKittyGirl

Those asking what will change in a few weeks time…

The weather!

(Although yes, I do realise there’ll be other years before anyone points that out. The PE requirement at her school drops quite considerably though after Year 9)

If you are so convinced that PE is pointless and rubbish in cold weather, then own it. Tell the school that DD won't be doing PE until next term. Don't try the weaselly, coward's way out of thinking up a lie excuse.

@DysmalRadius

I'd be interested to know how many of those that are berating the OP participate in a team sport as an adult?

Most won't spend their spare time solving equations, or writing answers to questions about the book they are reading either, but they will have done both at school.

I faked a limp and said I'd fallen over and sprained my ankle. Worked for quite a while to be honest.

I did sports outside of school though, quite a few. I just didn't like pe because they taught us the wrong things. Wasn't going to follow incorrect teachings just to please them.

i was skinny btw am obese now

@Dita73 I have never claimed any benefits in my entire life, despite having had a permanent excuse from PE. I have a very good job but, strangely, hockey has never been part of it. Just saying.

My kid never wanted to english either but he had too

DD2 loves PE, Drama and Art. How does she get out of the rest of her subjects for the rest of term?

@Youngstreet

I love all the outrage from the perfect teen students on here who never skived off PE

PE was my favourite lesson.

@HonoreDeBallsack but life doesn’t work like this. Chances are, you won’t always like every task in your job but it doesn’t mean you can lie your way out of it. It’s teaching a very shit lesson to our children if we enable pathetic behaviours like this.

Alternatively, choosing a school which actually matches your child’s interests and strengths reduces the risk of needing to lie for your child because they don’t want to do something. Many schools now offer more than netball and hockey but a lot of people just seem to still choose the closest/most convenient school.

This has to be a joke, so I am going to assume you're an 11yr old looking for ideas.

If you think universities ONLY look at results then you are very naive. Lots of kids from selective schools will get A's. What will set them apart will be their character, integrity, extra curricular activities, testimonials from teachers.

Money can't buy you health. No matter what high-flying career you envisage she will do, her health and wellbeing will be important for her entire life. The time to get good habits and priorities in life is now.

I think you'd be really letting her down by letting her 'wimp out' of things she doesn't want to do.

@ElftonWednesday I’m sure between the 2 of you, you can come up with a decent lie. If not, many posters on here would be happy to help I’m sure!

Is it just the cold? Wouldn’t that be solved by decent sports kit- under layers and hoodies?
Exercise is essential for physical well being, and is linked to good mental health and academic performance. Does walking to school make her feel short of breath and raise her pulse?
I get PE can be awful - I can remember cross country - hated it, but actually wish I had taken exercise more seriously even then.

Endurance is valuable skill as an adult - and I mean mainly completing something that you don’t enjoy rather than in just in the physical sense of endurance.
That’s probably why Duke of Edinburgh scheme was so well respected when I was at school at least. Pretty sure it was crucial for my uni place from a comment my tutor made.

You are colluding with your daughter and are showing her that is ok to lie. Shame on you!
Next you will be telling her that she needn’t go into school if she is feeling under the weather. Frankly your daughter obviously sees you as a pushover and your useless parenting skills will come back to bite you in the future.

[quote HonoreDeBallsack]@Dita73 I have never claimed any benefits in my entire life, despite having had a permanent excuse from PE. I have a very good job but, strangely, hockey has never been part of it. Just saying.[/quote]
Good for you. I have a good job too, never had it involved one word of French, I feel that it should have been okay for me to skive off the entire 5 years of it really. After all surely we should only be educated as children in things that we know we will use in our jobs in 20 years time?

[quote RussianSpy101]@ElftonWednesday I’m sure between the 2 of you, you can come up with a decent lie. If not, many posters on here would be happy to help I’m sure![/quote]
The raised eyebrow emoji was meant to indicate sarcasm.

God, I wish my parents had been like you @HelloKittyGirl and others who are understanding. Sadly, my DF thought it was important (he likes exercise/sport) and my DM was “You’ll be fine on the day”. I used to pray to be ill/break something so I didn’t have to do it.

I’m 42 now and still haven’t really (semi-lighthearted) forgiven them. It teaches fuck all about exercise/healthy living, just an excuse for school-sanctioned bullying (teachers as well as pupils). If other teachers and pupils had behaved in a maths or history lesson the way they did in PE then they’d have had disciplinary consequences for it.

I am really curious as to why there is such a strong view that it's a terrible lesson that kids learn that they have some choice in what they do, and they don't have to do things they don't enjoy that have no value to them.

One of the worst lessons I ever learnt, and I learnt it far too well, is that you have to do everything other people want you to do. I have stuck at shit jobs and shit relationships far too long in my life. I am 50 now, and gosh life is short. I wish to god I'd wasted less of it on
this defeatist attitude that you just have to get on with things.

Hockey has been part of my job, only once. We did some daft races at a team building event and one of them was dribbling a ball round cones with a hockey stick. I never really liked it at school but at least having done it before I didn't look like a complete tit.

I’ve always let my kids bunk off PE. I utterly hated it. Found it humiliating.

Bad circulation works for winter. In summer they just bunked off to go to the quiet room or library.

I think it’s wrong to force kids to do PE.

I hated PE, too. Don't think it helped me learn sportsmanship, love of sport, etc. If anything, it made me dislike sport! I didn't skip it, but I wouldn't have missed out on much if I had, to be perfectly honest!

One of my worst memories of school happened during PE, and I still resent that awful teacher. She really had no business teaching PE. She certainly didn't set a good example of health and fitness!

@SenselessUbiquity relationships and jobs you have a choice
There are many things you have to do that you don't have a choice in life thats also a lesson to learn