if your dc came down poorly at school with a high temp would you expect to be called?

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so they can be picked up early?
The teacher came out with ds and said he wasnt feeling well since lunch time,i could see in his cheeks he had a temp and felt him,he was boiling and he started crying his ear hurt .i had to carry him the 5 minute walk home (he's 6 so felt like 30mins)
Hes ok now after some medicine but im so angry they didnt phone me

I would expect to be called my DD school has called in the past

Was he seen by the school nurse?

Yes they should have called you. I'd be really upset.

I hope he is Ok soon.

no he wasnt, im pretty sure the school nurse isnt there very often.he has said he was told to sit on bench in playground where he sat on his own

Yes I would expect to.be called

Does your school have a nurse on site madbengal?

Yes if it was obvious he was really poorly and not having them on , sometimes it's hard to tell

I would absolutely expect a call and the school would expect me there asap. No school nurse at DCs school but most staff are first aiders handy in the case of accident prone DS Grrrrr to the school on your behalf

Most schools don't have nurses.

Yes, I'd expect a call

Yes I would expect a call.
No school nurse at my DS school, but teachers and TAs should be experienced in spotting fakers!

It's not always obvious to the teacher if children are too poorly to stay in school. Lots of children are 'hot' after lunch as they are running about. You would spot it right away in your own dc though.
Hope he feels better soon.

from lunch time until home time is a long time to not notice if a child is ill, his temp was 39.4 when we got home. no doubt he will be up all night (prone to ear infections),so will be mentioning something on the phone tomorrow morning when i tell them he wont be in

Yes ideally I'd want them to spot it and tell me, but in a class of 30 children it's not always obvious whether a child is just a bit quiet and tired or actually really poorly, so I'd understand if they couldn't tell the difference.

Yes I would want to be told, dilysprice she did say the teacher brought him out and said he had been ill since dinner so they should definately have phoned, poor little thing hope hes better soon

I'm reading this thread and feeling like the worst mother in the world ...

Have a word with the school - in fact ask them why no one called you.

My 9yo was poorly the other day - I'd sent him back thanks to some heavy hinting from staff that he 'should' be better by then, however he was still coughing a lot so I wasn't sure.

I was met by his teacher at home time saying, in the last half hour he hadn't felt so good, so she had told him to rest his head and wait for home time.

That was fine with me.

A smaller child and any longer than half an hour to an hour, and I'd really want them to contact me.

They probably hate to bother parents as some will be working and find it difficult to pick up a sick child - but that's no excuse for not bothering/giving you the option.

Aww Mrz why you feeling like that?

The school nurse?!! I'd love a world where every school had a full time school nurse for deciding whether children are ill or not! We see ours about once or twice a term if we're lucky. And as for contacting parents for ill children, we're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't. Ive lost count of The amount of times I've had arsey working parents on the end of the phone when I've called, although I still DO tend to err on the side or caution and make the secretary call. With a class full it IS difficult to judge genuine illnesses, and also as its so early in the year it's difficult to know whether kids are pushing it a bit. When he's up to going back to school I'd just have a word with the teacher and ask her to phone you in future if she's in any doubt. I know I've had families in the past who'd rather pop down to school and make a decision themselves, and also those where mum and dad work full time and can't/won't come and collect even really poorly kids. I'm guessing a new teacher wouldn't know which of these categories you fall into- but I'm sure that when she does this won't happen again. (sorry- I know I've gone on and on, just trying to help you understand from teacher's pov- I mean no offence!)

hahahahah school nurse

what corny said, partic after zooming round at lunch

and yy you would spot it in your child from 50 paces but staff wouldn't necessarily be able to distinguish red face/roses in cheeks from red face/starting a temp

because I wouldn't have expected school to contact me for something that could be made better with Calpol only for medical emergencies.

Lol Mrz I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't expect a call. But my DC get that flushed, tired look a lot when they've been in a stuffy classroom

i see alot of your points but when a child tells you they feel unwell whether they are telling the truth or not surely it should be looked into more?what if it was the begining of a medical emergency?
he literally sunk into my arms i had no choice but to carry him, so what was he like in class?asleep on table?teacher didnt think it was strange?

Unfortunately the problem with schools is that they are a breeding ground for every bug that goes around and if children were to stay home with every cough, slight fever, sniffle or runny nose they would miss most of the first three years

Surely if a child is ill and in pain they should be at home and not in school

Do schools not have to have a F/T school nurse then???

My DC school does so I just assumed it was the norm...

My son was ignored when he said he felt ill, he was never off school, never a kid who complained but when he said he felt sick and his stomach hurt they ignored him and left him to suffer, at the end of the day he walked home in agony on his own even though he had asked them to ring me, he had appendicitis! So I would rather be phoned