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Year 6 SATS......DS1 has tonsilitis.....what a trouper he was!

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Ruprekt · 13/05/2013 14:41

Poor ds. Woke up with raging temperature, ear ache, swollen glands, headache. HmmHmm

Gave him calpol and took him in to see the HT.

Everyone was fab and sooooo kind to him.

He did the reading comp at 9.15am and the school receptionist gave him ibuprofen at 10am. At break he went for a snooze and was then given Lucozade and a bag of crisps.

I could have taken him home but he wanted to stay to do the short writing task.

He says it all went well and he is proud of what he did. He is now sleeping on the sofa til we see the nurse at 3pm.

Of all the days to be poorly!! ShockShockShock

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Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 08:46

I have never heard of half the class being off with Tonsilitis as it sweeps through the school Ruprekt.

TheDeadlyDonkey · 15/05/2013 09:32

I spoke to dd's HT this morning.
The hoops that they have had to jump through (and will continue to jump through) because of one child being absent for one day of SATs.
They had an inspection yesterday, on top of all the other SATs crap and increased workload, they will probably have another inspection when dd takes her reading test, they have form after form to fill in. All because one child was ill.

Dancer girl, in light of this, I imagine the school would welcome an ill child rather than face the ridiculous bureaucracy that dd's school are having to deal with.

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 09:34

Inspection on SATS week? Shock Poor teachers.

QuintessentialOHara · 15/05/2013 09:42

Ruprekt, are you sure it is viral? If you open his mouth and peek in with a torchlight, while he says AAAAA (opening the back of his throat wide), look for a white coating. If it is white or greenish pus, he may need antibiotics. I am speaking as the Queen of Tonsillitis. Hmm

How is he today? Did he sit his SATS yesterday and is he in today?

DS1 got something in his eye Monday afternoon, and has kept quiet about it, told me this morning when his eye was really sore and his cheek pinkish. Refused to go to the doc this morning, sitting his Maths today.
Silly boy, had he told me earlier we could have dealt with it before, rather having a sore eye during yesterday and today's tests.
He has an appt this afternoon. Right in time for the last day. How typical.

TheDeadlyDonkey · 15/05/2013 10:26

I know Sparkling.
I think I might take in a huge bottle of gin for them - sounds like they need it!

I really feel for them. Dd wasn't in any fit state to sit an exam at all, but it feels like everyone is being punished for this :(

Dancergirl · 15/05/2013 11:35

It's not my opinion, tonsillitis IS infectious as with any viral condition or infection.

Dancergirl · 15/05/2013 11:44

Oh and it's not thing to be proud of, sending a sick or vomiting child into school to pass their bugs around to other children and their families.

ruprekt WHY are you 'so stressed'? These are tests for the school, they are all forgotten about in a shirt time and if your child misses one due to illness it's not the end of the world. I really don't get it. No wonder some children are so worried about them if this is how parents react!

fanoftheinvisibleman · 15/05/2013 11:55

Nhs website does say that it is infectious and is spread in the same way as colds.

Our only holiday in the year is always May half term. I'd be pretty pissed off if it was ruined by someone deliberately and knowingly sending their child to school ill

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 11:56

My DSs have both had tonsilitis and it has never spread to anyone else in the family. Confused

Dancergirl · 15/05/2013 11:57

So would I fan

PLEASE keep your sick dc off school, even if the school say they want them in. YOU'RE the parent, not the school, if they're too unwell for school that's the end of it, SATS or no SATS.

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 12:09

Blimey Dancer I think you have got your point across.

Skiffle · 15/05/2013 13:44

Good grief, what is wrong with schools that they tell parents to bring in a vomiting child to sit SATS? Does the 48 hour rule only apply when exams aren't scheduled?

lljkk · 15/05/2013 14:54

Don't blame the schools, blame the govts that encouraged a standardised national testing regime that penalises schools if children don't get an untainted result within a narrow time window and makes it stressful to change the test dates.

If we went back to a mostly teacher-asessment system then schools probably wouldn't have to make these compromises.

Love the entitled comment about "our only holiday". Am I the only person who knows loads of families that never taken any holidays?

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Ruprekt · 15/05/2013 14:55

DS was dosed up again and went in. Did mental maths and maths paper A. Said it went well.

Rested at break, had lucozade again and seems to be a bit better.

Came home at 12 and had a full cooked brunch! SmileSmile

Am still controlling his temperature with calpol and ibuprofen. Confused

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lljkk · 15/05/2013 14:57

Your poor DS, Ruprekt.

I saw DD at lunch & she was in a foul temper, wouldn't talk to me, almost didn't even speak to her friends Shock, I expect that was due to something social, though.

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Ruprekt · 15/05/2013 14:58

Quint......the nurse said it was viral and his tonsils, though enlarged were clear.

Got him a throat spray today.

One test to go! SmileSmileSmileSmileSmileSmileSmile

Am baking for year 6 for End of Sats celebrations!!

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Ruprekt · 15/05/2013 15:00

lljkk......my biggest fear in all the tests was ds's reaction to them. He has come out very cheerful and not moody at all.

I do hope your dd is OK. Grin

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Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 15:00

Ooh the end is near. Grin

Dancergirl · 15/05/2013 15:08

I'm not blaming the schools, I know they are under pressure. But I am blaming parents for not standing up to schools and refusing to bring a sick child to school.

For example, look at all the fuss made (and quite rightly) about chicken pox. People have been slated on here about about taking a poxy child out. Suppose a child had CP during SATS, would the parent still bring them into school? And vomiting bugs spread like wildfire. I would be furious if my child caught a bug and spread it round the family when it could have been prevented by the child being kept at home.

And then to brag on a public forum about how 'brave' their child has been going into school. Very selfish behaviour.

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Ruprekt · 15/05/2013 15:09

Hardly bragging DG!!!

Simply commenting.

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Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 15:10

Dancer how is your child getting on with their SATS?

piratecat · 15/05/2013 15:11

aghhhh and it was all going so well, as dd had a sickness bug last week.

but today after the test got a call from school she's feeling sick again.

picked her up. teacher said to her to try and make it in even if she's feeling poorly tomorrow.

i said to the office, and if she vomits between now and tomorrow then what? You all know the puke rules.

They said oh well i guess she can do it another day, but be great if she can come in.

Yes of course it would be, but 'CAN' she do it another day, 'erm well we'll have to check ring tomorrow'.

wtaf. i really really don't give a toss now either way. Grin

OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/05/2013 15:13

The tummy bug thing would get me as its so rapidly contagious and especially spreadable via toilets. child A comes in on Monday of SATs week with it. by Wednesday they could have half the kids in with bowls. That would be grim!

Tonsillitis etc, I think can be more contained by just sitting the child away and lots of hand washing. You don't tend to see epidemics of it in the same way.

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 15:14

I think the Tonsilitis children would need to lick each other faces or something to pass it on OYBBK. Confused

OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/05/2013 15:15

Xpost. Pirate cat!