To keep my daughter off school for the final week to properly recover?

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My daughter (year 5) is currently battling yet another virus and has now had 3 in less than 3 months. I'm loathe to send her back in when she's still not 100%, ie, no fever or vomiting but still congested and a bit tired. She hadn't fully recovered from the last thing when she got this current thing and with flu being rife, I feel sending her in will likely compromise her health. She needs time to properly rest and recover. I figure they won't be doing much learning during the last week anyway. Would it be unreasonable to keep her off even if she is technically capable of going in?

If she's already been off that much already I'd send her in. Also be nice for her to do the end of term Xmas activities with her friends.

The last week is always fun in primary. Make sure she has a completely lazy weekend.

To clarify, she isn't actually at the point of being able to go in yet as she still has a mild fever and was sick in the night. I know the last week is fun for them but the flu certainly isn't fun and her immune system has taken a battering this term already so her immunity will likely be low.

I'd consider keeping her off school BUT I'd be teaching her during that time because she's missed so much. It wouldn't be a normal week of being at home in jammies and watching TV.

I would keep her off. I don’t think you’ll regret it but you could regret sending her in only to get ill again. Give her body a chance.

I would keep her off.

I’ keep her off and get her teacher to explain what she’s missed and would go over this with her next week and in the holidays

I'd decide how well she is on Monday, she has a whole two weeks off school coming up to 'rest and recover'. Lazy weekend, no clubs if she has any but go to school if she is well enough.

I understand where you are coming from, I work in a school and as staff we know we are nearly always poorly at the end of the term/start of the holidays. Unfortunately it will go against her attendance and I don't know if her school is like but sometimes the start of the last week is the last of the assessments. I'd say all you can do is wait and see and play it by ear. I hope she feels better soon.
PS: Despite what MN say, soo many kids miss the last day or 2 of term!

I would keep her off. Her body needs time to recover properly.

I wouldn’t plan to keep her off. Once she’s well in herself (fever free, 48 hrs clear of sickness) then an active recovery is best anyway. If she’s still unwell iver gge weekend, keep her off Monday for a rest. But I wouldn’t keep her off for 5 days just to try to avoid catching something. The last week of school is fun, it’s where the memories are made. And her teacher will likely catch her up on any essential missed learning.

I'd definitely be keeping her off if she's still feeling slightly under the weather on Monday, poor kid, let her recover. We're way too hard on kids in our desperate pursuit of attendance perfection.

Hope she feels better soon OP and that you all get to enjoy Christmas.

I wouldn't be worried about her attendance record at this point but she's soon to have two weeks off to rest and relax. The last week of school will be fun and there's a lot to be said for getting up and about once you feel better.

It's only Friday!

I would give them a restful weekend, with no clubs etc and see how they are on Monday. But personally, I would be sending them to school unless they were too ill to attend.

If she is too ill to be there or needs more recovery time, of course, keep her off.

But please don't assume there will be no learning, my class will definitely be doing learning next week. (as well as the Christmas jumper days, carols, etc). I have had a number of children off this week and have TAs lined up to help catch them up on lost learning next week so they start the new year in good shape.

Absolutely ridiculous. Send her to school

You're honestly going to keep her away from all the fun Christmas activities that go on in the last week of term? School party, fun games, Xmas jumper day, whatever they do. And she will miss out?

All the people saying the teacher will catch her up, when are they supposed to do that with 29 other kids to deal with and all the other extra Xmas activities they’re likely to be doing?!

If it was just a couple of days fair enough but a whole week is excessive!

She will probably enjoy seeing the other kids and taking part in the end of term Christmas activities. I wouldn’t keep her off unnecessarily, just put her to bed early for the week and cut back on extra curriculars if she needs more rest.

As long as her fever has broken and 48hrs clear of sickness I would send her in.
Is she in reception or year 1?
Firstly I assume if she has had 3 bouts of sickness her attendance must be dreadful, they will start getting on your case, it’s not fun.
Secondly she will miss lots of fun and learning. At my school the last week is a mix of lessons and fun. She will probably start getting bored at home as she gets better.
Also if you allow her to be off when she isn’t really that poorly you are making a rod for your own back. She will expect that you will keep her off every time she has a runny nose or a headache.
Finally if she doesn’t go back before Christmas she will have had a month off. This could also lead you to problems with her not wanting to go back as she will be completely out of the routine.

She is in Year Five.

Opps you are correct!
misread it as 5 years old.

Just another thought but why is her immunity so low, a child in infants usually catches everything and anything because they haven't been exposed to it but by year 5 they are usually a bit more robust...do you have a history of keeping her away/off from school viruses...I'm old school, unless they are actually immunocompromised I think the more they catch builds their immunity in the end...chuck some extra vitamin c in her direction and send her in, she has time to rest over the christmas break

I’d probably keep her off as she’s been ill so much in the past few months and agree that she needs a period to build up her immunity again.

I would ask the school if there’s anything you can do at home to make sure she doesn’t fall behind.

Have a super chill weekend and reassess on Monday. Does she want to go in?