How are you supposed to get dc to school if your not very well

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Hi

This may sound like a daft question.
I was just wondering what others do if they are not very well and they need to get their children to school.

The other morning I came down with a sickness buy and I dare not have left the house for how I felt.
Unfortunately I have nobody I could ask to take my ds to school for me.
I ended up phoning the school and telling them it was my son that wasn't well as I would have felt silly saying it was me.

Is anybody else like me who has no one take dc to school in the event of illness what are we supposed to do if we was unwell for a few days.

Obviously I know with some illnesses you would struggle on but it was very diffcult with a sickness and diaorrah bug.

you being ill or unable to get your children to school is, unfortunately, not a valid (or legal) reason to keep your children off school. I guess this is one of the areas where you have to have back up plans. Get to know some of the other mums at your school and get their mobile numbers so you can help each other out at times like this.

If I had a D&V bug and couldn't leave the house and had nobody who could take the LOs to school I would probably tell the school the truth and they would miss school. Unavoidable. If they could then help me get the children to school, perhaps by asking a mum who lives nearby to help, then I would probably go along with it and let them go to school that way. I'd rather have the LOs out of the house while I'm D&Ving.

The trouble with telling the school that the child was ill, si that the child would almost definitely (and quite innocently) let the cat out of the bag when they returned to school.

JHope you feel better soon.

Hi
Thanks unfortunately I live a distance away from the school and other mums live close and surprisingly alot don't drive and just walk to school.

But I totally agree with what you say.

Do you not know any other mums , stressed ?
Ds starts school in Sept, and from other threads, I was hoping that within a few months I would have a couple of mums phone numbers, for situations like this, and so that I could help thme out if they needed me.
Do you not know any of the mums ?

Don't get stressed about it - not the end of the world. If you have no back-up plans then tell the school you are too sick to take them and unfortunately the neighbour,friend, relative who was going to help can't (small white lie). Tell them you made sure they did some schoolwork at home. BBC website is good for schoolwork.

Hi
Prettycandles

Yes I suppose I felt that if I did tell the school they would look on it as tough and still expect me to get my ds there.

And yes I have thought about that my ds letting it out.

Yes, I have done this too. There is not always a feasible alternative. I would not make a habit of it and that is the difference, I'm sure you wouldn't either, but sometimes you just can't ask anyone or might even be too poorly to get the DC's dressed etc.

It isn't the end of the world if they just have one day off! Plus you might be unwittingly spreading the bug if they are already exposed to it.

I will admit at this point that I have failed to make it to school once before, due to my feeling awful (depressed) and just not getting it together in time, so we went out late and the gate was locked when we arrived.

Hugely embarrassing but I told the truth and though a bit patronising, the school was fine with me. I didn't do it again

This has happened to me before too,i have driven to school only to get half way there and turn round to come home. On the second attempt i made it!

I have no one to collect the dc, there are 4 to get to school so couldnt fit in anyones car. I cant walk to school either too far.

I would phone the school if i really couldnt make it, sure they would understand.

Hi

Oblomov

I do speak to other mums at the school but I am not on the sort of terms if we are ill we help one and other out if you know what I mean.

None of the other mums live in my area and alot don't drive I feel it would be too much to ask for a favour like that.

Also I am not very good at asking for favours would feel I am putting on poeple.

I feel the same, Stressed - I usually ask my mum to help if I am ill, but if she is at work I would not have anyone else I felt comfy asking.

Yes I suppose it is something that luckily has only happend to me the once.

I am glad I started this thread as it made me curious as to what others have done.

I guess that I'm fortunate that there are 3 families in my road at the same school, so although it can be a squeeze as we do all drive, we can usually sort out emergencies between us. We also have class lists with the addresses and numbers of all parents in the class (organised by one of the parents, not the school).

Yes flllightAttendant

My parents are elderly and don't drive so no way could I ask them.

All other relations are at work or don't drive.

I don't know if anyone else is like me but I am extremely shy and I would find it difficult to ask another mum even if they were in my area.

Are your kids old enough to go in a taxi? A number of firms have kids they take to school, and if agreed with the school in advance they could get someone to the gate to meet the taxi.

LadyMuck

They sound like a great bunch at your childrens school thinking of something like that.

This has happened to me, I've been too ill to even walk across the road to fetch ds from his nursery - luckily one of the staff brought him home for me.

I would keep them off school (and I have no shame in telling the school that I'm ill and have no way of getting them to school, you never know they might come up with a solution), stick on a DVD and go back to bed.

Or, worst case scenario - I'd get dh to look after them.

Hi
crumpet I have not heard of that service my ds is 7.

Not sure if I would be comfortable using it anyway.
I am quite paranoid about my son and like to make sure he is always safe.

agree with crumpet -some kids come to our primary school in a taxi every day.

They do at our school too, quite a few now i think of it!

Like LadyMuk we also have a list of addresses and phone numbers of the whole class. (done by one of the parents).

Also last year I was due to help out in class but could not because of a migraine. The school called me to tell me that DD1 had fallen and bumped her head, the deputy head and a TA brought her home for me.

There's no one I could ask, either; I suppose I'd have to ask DH to take time off. Or I'd just have to drag myself out no matter how wretched I felt. In a push there are a few people I could ask to pick kids up after school & bring them back, but I'd have to be on death's door 2 feel I could justify it.
Luckily I've never been that ill, but I have wondered what would happen if I broke my leg, or similar (we always walk).
Taxi service sounds good but what about getting carseat issues, and are the drivers vetted (CRB'd or similar?)
I have kept one well child off school if 2 others were ill and it would be cruel to drag them there and back, only when it was near end of term in December or July when they do so little school work, anyway.

I came down with the wicked bug last week and havent got out since! My kids get a bus to school but have to be walked to the bus stop and collected. I have no one to ask either!

I begged hubby to go to work a little later on the first day - but he couldnt be there at 3.30 to collect them. So I wrapped up warm and dragged my sorry self to the bus stop I felt like passing out.

They ended up with cereal, fruit and toast for tea as I couldnt even cook. Hubby ended up with fish and chips from the chippy when he came home at 8.30pm!!! So by then Ihad had to get them all to bed too!! Men they have it soooooo easy