Sickness

[Maries88]

Hi
My little boy is in reception and im worried about attendance and him being off sick! How many times are they off sick before the school gets funny and fine you ect.
Also will you get fined if the are off for things like sore throats and cold

In reception they are very understanding as long as there is clear evidence they are sick. My kid started reception straight after lockdown and had 28 days off across the year. It was awful but she had everything. Chicken pox, Covid plus isolation period, scarlet fever, constant sickness bugs, admitted to hospital with wheezing, endless madness. I wrote to the head of year and they just asked me to send time stamped videos in of the temp being taken that day.

In hindsight I wish I’d done more catch up work at home with her though as I think her late struggles in maths are partly to do with it internalising the basics early.

My youngest had a full nursery experience with no breaks (she didn’t start til after lockdown) and got everything out the way then. She has barely had a day off school since she started.

Why did you right to the head