Boy leaves school, having NEVER missed a day

[fryalot]

from starting in reception, to finishing his GCSEs

What a crashingly dull family he must come from that there was never a single event that was more interesting than school

think he's got a lot of friends?

strangely enough, my first thought was along similar lines....

tis nice though

judgey much?

My BF (who I was at school with from age 4 to 18) didn't have a single day off sick all the way through secondary school. And the only time I remember her being off at primary school was once when she had chicken pox.

In fact I remember her throwing up at school with a stomach bug but refusing to let anyone call her mum to take her home. I think she just was in denial over ever being ill!

quite impressed by the teacher never having missed a days work in 29yrs!!

My dd2 went three years in a row never missing a day..and her school used to hand out certificates.

Someone I went to school with (had major crush on his older brother, now of course he looks like someone hit him with the ugly bat, anyway.....) this lad in all his school years (inc. college and uni) had a total of 10 minutes off at the end of one school day, and that was for an ear ache in year 2 or something...

LOL, I think a cousin of mine got an award and was in his local paper when he left school as he had never taken a day off ...

they used to hand out certificates for good attendance when ds1 was in primary. There were a couple of cases of parents bringing in children when they'd been sick the night before because the children 'went mad at the thought of ruining their record' so they came in as the mum said 'well, what can you do?'.

Snurk at the headmasters name

"What a crashingly dull family he must come from that there was never a single event that was more interesting than school"

Why must he come from a dull family, being at school doesnt mean you dont have fun any other time. Kids have 2 days a week off plus 13 weeks holiday a year as well as every night at home.

I personally think its great, shows that he and his family believe that school is important and that you should attend instead of skipping school.

Chances are though that he was ill during that time, but he still went into school and infected everyone else .

Anna888 Is that why you started your own daughter at school at age 2?

I just hate certificates for attendance. DS was genuinely ill last term and I'd have been inflicting his germs on all the other kids had I made him go in. Plus he'd have been miserable in class.

So at the end of term, his mate gets a certificate and on the way home the kid says to me proudly, "I went in even when I was ill".

WRONG attitude.

It is inconceivable that he was never ill during this time, therefore he went to School whilst ill, which is bad for him and bad for the other children.
Just to try to maintain a stupid pointless record of attendance.

My daughter started at 2.10 because that's what happens here in France - there would have been no social life for her at all with children of her own age had she not gone to school.

But she has missed loads of days - when better things have cropped up

My DS1 is almost never ill. I suspect he has had 4 days off sick in his whole secondary career (he's 16 and doing GCSEs this year) and a similar number of days missed throughout primary. DS2 is not bad either.

I am very rarely ill. I think you either inherit a strong immune system or you don't.

I have a friend who has just last month moved to Paris (v close to the Eiffel Tower). She has no intention of sending her young children to school this early and says she has met quite a few people nearby who don't either.

I agree with PG and DR - it is stupid for kids to feel pressurised when they are genuinely ill.

oops I meant GR

99% of children do go at that age here in France and I personally do not know a single child who doesn't go. But there are always people who want to make their lives (and their children's) more difficult than they need be

I should add, Swedes, that your friend will have a great deal of difficulty getting her children into one of the good bilingual or international schools if she doesn't send them now - since school reports are an integral part of the recruitment process...

Anna - my children also go to school as the system is similar in Belgium.

But I keep them home at the drop of a hat - if they are tired, slightly ill or if I want to take them swimming for example.

When they are 6, apparently, they will need a doctor's note every time they miss school and missing school is very frowned upon.

Absolutely, I keep my daughter at home at the drop of a hat for illness, fatigue etc. And if she has had a busy weekend and been dancing until the wee hours

Lots of children have been on holiday during school term time and that is no problem either (we can't do that, since my stepsons are older).