to think my dds school should not ban dd from school because she has 'suspected' threadworm

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ie. they dont even know if she has it or not but I have been told to 'keep her off school and see gp' because some other children in the class have got it

ds1 has had it before and we just treated him and carried on as normal, its not going to kill them is it?

I am fuming and unreasonably foul today so I apologise in advance

grr on your behalf. I know that for the nursery I work in we are not allowed ot exclude for nits or threadworms. THis is mainstream, but I would have thought it should be the same for SN?

Have I missed something here? Have all the other children been excluded for worms? Or have they seen specific evidence that your dd has them? Or do we have a case of discrimination?

Oh well I have just spoken to my gp and he isnt happy to treat her unnecessarily and says I need to speak to the school as to whether anyone has seen them and why she needs to be excluded from school anyway! So I ahve to wait until the morning now anyway

batters I am laughing at you feeling sorry for the headmaster. Dh said 'you havent rang him tonight have you? because you sound very wound up about it' - which roughly transplates to 'you are a psycopath, calm down'

No cory it seems they havent. I presume they do not realise I am friends with quite a few of the Mothers. Also I have only been told they are 'suspected' but to keep her off until she is treated (ffs)

I was actually really wound up when i spoke to the poor gp I am sure I have got a little black mark next to my name

The school holiday club rang me one holiday to say dd2 was complaining of an itchy bum so they suspected this and wanted to send her home and my other 2 as well - I said no. She had had it in the past and all I did was get some tablets from the gp and the whole family had to be treated (however in that case I had actually inspected her bottom late at night and seen them) I knew this time she didn't but it's a common problem and a stupid reason to try and stop children going to school - however next time you want to bugger off for a week's holiday just call in and say you suspect the kids have worms!!

dont teachers wash their hands for fecks sake.

Even if the child is worm free now she may be worm infested tomorrow.
Or vice versa.
Thus the whole exercise is pointless.

No communication very very bad, in partic with a child who I beleive is non-verbal?
In al lthe schools I work in,this is top priority.

Blimey, I seem to recall constantly having threadworm when I was a kid...don't suppose I'd have got an eductaion these days.

take a sample of poo to school, slam it on the table and tell em if they can find one you'll keep her off, i suspect that they shall welcome her back with open arms!

YANBU. It is pretty easy to treat isn't it!

One of the TA's rang me at home last night and I am seriously wondering if she is a mumsnetter! She said they 'thought' they had seen 1, yes 1 threadworm by dd's bum though it could have been a bit of fluff or whatever but she was really confused herself as to why dd was being excluded and she thought she best ring to see I wasnt upset (she is a mumsnetter isnt she?) Poor woman had to hear me moan for a good half an hour

I have dressed dd for school and I am ringing the headmaster this morning because I am pretty sure he is unaware of the situation. I am also going to raise the no communication issue, the waiting over 2 months for orthotic shoes/insoles situation, the no lunch eaten issue, no trip letter home letter etc etc. Moondog she isnt completely non verbal but she cannot relay her day to me at all

oh and I hate confrontation so this is going to be hard

oooh - yes fio she is a mumsnetter

Really moan about the no-communication - it's essential.

sounds like there are lots of issues fio good luck it shouldnt be like this

and yurt eating a statue and getting a huge tropical worm is surreal yuk

I have seen a photo of the worm. OH MY GOD. It was revolting.

What they should be doing is making sure all the children are in school, and have a treat the threadworm week, when everybody applies the medication and they issue frequent reminders to wash hands (or actually organise regular hand washing) Much easier to treat everyone at once imo. Bloody stupid to exclude her unless they are planning on shutting the entire school as well...

but duchesse you cant treat kids will nilly for things they dont ahev

what kind of statue was it

a wooden one - don't know what of, it was before I moved down here. Her dd eats everything though (glass ornaments, window sills, she's been up to A&E a lot for eating weird things).

i guess it would be an understatment to say that sounds awful

oh yuk yurt

My phonecall didnt actually go as planned tbh the headmaster was very confused to say the least. I only actually raised the fact about exclusion because of threadworm and the fact that no one from school communicated anything to me about this situation and the gp would not treat her etc. Even though i had wrote a list I got so overwhelmed that I still forgot! The fact he was so confused about what was going on didnt really help.

He is going to ring me back later.....

In the meantime I am writing a letter

dychese my gp is not willing to treat her or us 'unnecessarily' and even the headmaster said they cannot exclude a child whose parents are acting on their gps advice

Letter is good.
Send letter then ring to discuss with a list of bullet points.
V. effective.