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?

I think it's good to send the message school is not everything. Look at young people's mental health nowadays. It really doesn't matter if you get a bad grade or are just not good at a subject.

Can't get worked up about the lying bit either.

When I was a teenager, I had Osgood-Schlatter disease. Apparently very common in growing adolescents. Got me out of PE for a good few weeks.

Seriously don’t tempt fate. My DD (13) has had to miss PE for over a year due to an ongoing illness. If there’s nothing wrong with her she does PE.

Oh my god I hated PE. It was nothing about team work or sportsmanship, the teachers used to pick the most popular girls to be captains and I was always one of the last to be picked. I used to skip it all the time.
This taught me nothing and I've managed perfectly fine in the working world

@Chuechebache

Terrible parenting.what other lies do you teach your child.

It's not teaching your child to lie. It's teaching your child that when they are young, there are some really stupid things imposed on them by the idiots who come up with this crap (Covid rules, anyone?), and that a bit of critical thinking does not go amiss. Nobody's life chances will be ruined by them not doing PE.

So if she doesn’t like maths does she get to skip that too?

A fine example you’re setting; if you don’t like something just lie your way out of it.

DDs' school sets for PE (they do a fitness test at the beginning of the year) and teaches all but the most able students in single sex classes. The truly amazing kids (often competitive out of school, etc.) get taught mixed sex. It at least means that kids are playing sports with other kids of a similar physical fitness.

If she's just cold, could she wear her PE kit under her uniform and then make sure she has warm layers?

@RussianSpy101

So if she doesn’t like maths does she get to skip that too?

A fine example you’re setting; if you don’t like something just lie your way out of it.

You're not the first to come up with this silly analogy. Everyone needs at least basic Maths to function as an adult. Nobody actually needs to know the rules of netball.

@HelloKittyGirl

Those asking about art, Spanish, DT, etc. No, I don’t feel particularly strongly about anybody being made to pursue any of those subjects either.

Why not just send her to a Steiner school or Home Educate? That way she can just do the subjects she wants to do.

I don't think I would, it's teaching her to lie to get out of doing stuff she doesn't want to do, not a very good life lesson.

Totally sympathise with you & her. I dreaded PE so much that I began to skip school entirely, and nobody had a clue what I was up to or where I was, which looking back was pretty dangerous and I think would be more so nowadays.

If your daughter is as phobic about PE as I was, I'd advise seeing your GP and getting him or her to write to the school advising that for mental health reasons your daughter must be excused PE.

Bloody hated PE too. It put me off sports and made me think I was shit at it. Turns out I’m not, I’m just shit at anything to do with a ball and in a team. All PE taught me is that I was rubbish and no one wanted me on their team.

@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.

No but physical activity is incredibly important

I don’t think this can be a genuine post but if it is then just say bollocks to it and pull her out of school completely. Let her sit in a library all day or better still you could school her and she’ll no doubt pick up your crappy attitude in no time. Next thing you know she’ll spend her life on benefits thinking the world owes her a living and normal rules don’t apply to her

Surprised people managed to skive PE when they were having their period (or pretending they were having one). If we were ‘on’ we were excused from showering with the rest of the class but still had to do the lesson.

I didn’t like PE at school. Also didn’t like History, Maths or Art, but I just got on with it. My parents wouldn’t have entertained the idea of lying to the school to get me out of doing things I didn’t want to do.

@Dita73

I don’t think this can be a genuine post but if it is then just say bollocks to it and pull her out of school completely. Let her sit in a library all day or better still you could school her and she’ll no doubt pick up your crappy attitude in no time. Next thing you know she’ll spend her life on benefits thinking the world owes her a living and normal rules don’t apply to her

Hilarious

Fgs tell her to come up with her own excuses!

She'll never stand on her own two feet if you do everything for her.

Shin Splint?
Strained ankle?
Broken toe?
Pulled Calf muscle?

If you help your daughter dodge PE, you'll be helping her dodge things for the rest of her life.

So she wants to skip PE for a few weeks because of the weather?!
I can’t believe you’re even entertaining lieing for her tbh. PE is compulsory at all schools. There will probably be lots of other dc who would rather not be outdoors on a cold wet January/February day doing sport, what gives your dd more reason than them to opt out.
I get that not every child is naturally sporty/enjoys physical activity and if there are issues with anxiety about not being good enough or bullying then you need to approach the school about it to deal with it - after all some people struggle with maths/geography/music/french but don’t get to opt out.
Many of us probably did try to skip PE on occasion when we were at school, but it wouldn’t have been condoned by our parents and if caught they would have supported the school with the consequence they imposed (usually after school detention).

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

@Lavender24

God these responses 😂 Did none of you ever skive PE? My Mum always wrote me notes. I got plenty of exercise, I just hated competitive sports. Didn't mind if we did gym or running.

This was me too - my mum just wrote me a note every week - no big deal.

Excellent idea OP. Teach your daughter if she doesn't fancy doing something she just has to lie to get out of it. She'll make a great employee for any company with that sort of work ethic. Well done you.