I had to laugh when DD's school send home this note! How should I reply?

[LauraNorder]

Yesterday in DD's bookbag I found a note which said it had been noted that Laura's DD was absent on 9th Sept afternoon! This has been noted as an unauthorised absence, please could you send a letter to DD's teacher to explain her absence................er yes I can. She was taken I'll during the school day and the school called me to take her home

Could it be, Laura, that said note has been languishing in your DDs drawer for weeks? DD1 has nearly missed extension days and has missed deadline's for clubs because of this.

Love it, that's just the sort of thing ds's school do!

Write back just as you said it to us.

Dear DDs School

Small Norder was off school on the afternoon in question as she was ill. I didn't think a note to explain her absence was necessary since you called me to pick her up and were aware that she would be off for at least the rest of the day.

Love and Kisses
Laura

Haha

She was taken I'll?

I love that reply Annie! Please send that reply and report back with how they respond!

They obv had forgotten that. Mo reason to be snotty though

Add a line to the tune of : 'you administrators aren't allowed to teach at all are you '

:)

Oh I send them notes to explain to me why a certain day orf was recorded as unauthorised absence...which they do, but with bitter resentment in their eyes.

Sorry about the I'll - predictive test on the iPad! You knew what I meant though?

Who's being snotty? I think it's funny

It's snotty and rude

Just reply that your DD was taken ill during the school day and was taken home for the rest of the day. The person sending the letter might not have known this and the school need something in writing. At our school you have to phone in that the child will be off and then send a note in when they go back.

It's just an admin thing, they know why she was off but it needs to be in writing from you, school policy!

Ah do you mean Annie's reply?

I meant I think the original note is funny! I have no intention of being rude although I don't think Annie's reply is snotty or rude as I did think that they would have recorded her absence as they sent her home. I might leave out the love and kisses bit

Sounds like they don't keep very good records at the school. What if there had been a fire, would someone have gone in looking for your DD? Surely if they asked you to take her home because she was ill they should note their records accordingly. At my DS's old school, there was a record book at reception and any child coming or going during the school day signed in or out.

Same happened to me a few years ago. For religious reasons Ds was not doing the nativity. All the other years he had stayed in school and done other things. On this particular year, the teacher said to me after school "There is no need to send Ds to school tomorrow as we are doing on show in the morning and one in the afternoon he will get bored." so I did not send him and got a letter very similar to yours. At no point she said "maybe you should book the day off, she clearly said d not send him

our school work by sessions ie morning session and afternoon sessions for registration so if the school sends my child home (happens a lot) before lunch we still have to write a note for as he would missed afternoon registration even though the school has sent him home. Maybe your school works on this idea as well

I now have pre-printed form letters:
"Mloo-Surname is off school today, 201, due to .

Signed _ (Mloo)

Then I just fill in the blanks.

I Fing hate this modern penchant for laying papertrails everywhere. I an convinced that it achieves very little.

Maybe you could all stop being so anal. This is likely to be a computer/data issue that seems to have been resolved - chill

Maybe the school administration should stop being so 'anal'? They sent the child home, they should be able to do the paperwork for it - not claim it was an unauthorised absence. Idiots.

DD had an ongoing problem with her 6th form college. Her attendance was around 85% because whenever she was out on a field trip, or doing something drama-related for the day, the computer said she wasn't in college and marked her AWOL. Did it when she was taking an exam too.
Communication problem, no biggie.

it has never occurred to me that it might be necessary to write a note when my child has been sent home . Surely they would have to record it in the register straight away, so that they have an accurate record of who is in the building.

This does strike as a big fuss over nothing. Mistakes are made. Let them know what happened and move on...no biggie.

It will have been on the system, but something in writing from the family is still required!