Can anyone tell me how easy it is to 'catch up' if their child has sick days? I had thought in the early primary years it didn't matter if they missed days. They are still so young. My DS had most of last week off and now I'm being told by other mums that I'll have to teach him to tell the time and other things or else he'll never catch up. Is there a checklist of what they're supposed to have achieved by the end of each year? Where are such lists? Will he been seen to have failed if he has missed certain topics? It all seems madness.