Called in to collect DD today as she said she was ill

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The school called me today saying DD (5 in recpetion) was complaining of a sore throat. I collected her and since then she had been bouncing off the walls not complaining of anything wrong. I have asked her if all is well and she just said she didn't want to go to school because she is bored with playing.ANy ideas on how to deal with this?

what time was you phoned? cos i would have taken her back in.

I don't suffer "cry-wolf" children easily

If my child was sent home and then admitted they weren't ill they would be sent to their room as punishment. If she is that bored with playing then she wont want to play at home either - will she

ds used to do this

whenever I picked him up from the school office, he would look like death warmed up

on the way home he would invariably forget himself and skip

I'd make it as boooooooooring as poss

I agree, you have to make being home "ill" even more boring than school was. And tell her the story of the boy who cried wolf, in the hope that she might see the risk (tricky with 5yo as stories are a bit theoretical)

I would make her copy out, in her best writing, the story of the boy who cried wolf

If she can't manage this then something really really boring, with something really boring for dinner and an early night - when you aren't well you need an early night

However, I think this time of the year school can be boring, they are all tired & excited about Christmas - so I can see her point

"What a shame you're not feeling well, you won't be able to eat any biscuits/pudding, will you, and you won't be able to watch telly either. You'd better have a really early night and hopefully you'll feel much better in the morning."

Mwah hah hah.

my ds was sick so I had to collect him, he's fine (he sometimes gets sick when he's got a cold, mucus I think), He's got to have tomorrow off as well.

He's admitted he's bored, and it's a right pita as I have loads of work to get done at this time of year

I would (and have ) have told the school to give it an hour or so and call me back if they are still unwell. If you allow them to have time off school when they aren't really ill then your making a rod for your own back IMO.

If we were off school ill, we had to lie in bed with no TV or books. Didn't do it often

I have told my children if they didnt seem ill when at home - that if they were too ill for school, then they would have to go to bed with no tv and get an early night so they could get better.
Definitely need to make it boring!!

since when has having a sore throat been classed as being ill? I would have said for them to send her back to class and keep quiet or gone in and given her some calpol and then sent her back to class myself.

I was about to say the same thing LB29 a sore throat is to reason enought to not be at school.

TBH unless they have a temp or have been sick in the last 24hours then its off too school