to think if your kids is too ill to be at school( or otherwise not capable)

[DillyTantay]

( and he looked perfectly normal)
he shouldnt be reading at the gym?

I've taken mine swimming at the gym instead of school before.

DD was absented from PE a bit last year as she had suffered from a horrible bout of proper full-blown influenza, any activity more strenuous than climbing the stairs would have her have a bad asthma attack. She also had chronic bronchitis associated with the flu for about 4 months, not ill enough to keep off school, however she was not healthy enough to run about and play sports.

Actually, when GP did deem her well enough to play games again she promptly played a game of rugby and broke her collar bone, followed by a tumble down the school stairs whilt in a sling 2 days later in which she broke her (other) arm. Poor dd.

I hated games with a passions when at school and made up all manner of lies which teachers sometimes fell for. I once got out of games for 4 weeks by forging my gran's writing and saying I had a detached retina so could not do PE (probably watched too much Casualty as a child )

Oh, misread OP as thoiught said was in school gym reading.

As you were, etc.

I am happy to oblige Dilly ( btw your caps are Not Normal )

( it is true though )

colditz. very true

pmsl at hunlet

I thought the reason they have to stay off school for 48 hours if they have D&V is because they could still be infectious.

So not v happy at the amount of people who take their kids out and about elsewhere while still potentially infectious.

Thanks a lot!

I am draconian about time off school - but can quite see that it can happen that a child is out and about when off. Anyway, maybe they were HE?

I had whooping cough, aged 9. I was off school for 6 weeks straight.

Between coughing fits, and the eventual throwing up, I was and felt as right as rain.

As long as i didn't do anything to irritate cough, I was fine.

But obviously I couldn't have staying indoors all that time. I wasn't doing anything daft, but did go to my parents business and quietly do homework/assignments etc, library etc.

I wasn't mixing with other kids, except my sister, i wasn't out at parties etc, i wasn't doing anything worse than the child seen quietly reading at the gym.

At least he wasn't running about, causing mayhem...

no he was a good boy.

MAybe he was home educated?

Education doesnt have to take place between school hours if you are HE

'It depends on what is wrong with the child really. Some schools do not want children to comeback to school earlier than 48 hours after a spot of diarrhea, even if it is caused by something dodgy the child has eaten, rather than a bug.'

Oh goodness yes we've ahd that-

they gave him milk by mistake (intolerant) then wanted him home for 48 hrs af6er he reacted with diarrhoea

We took him to the Head and made sure they accepteed him- rules I willabide by, silliness I will not