Before we did our European Grand Tour in 2006 we wrote a letter to each of the kids' schools to inform them of the dates we would be away. To our frustration, when we got home it was to several letters from each of the boys' schools at least (can't remember if the primary school also offended) telling us that school attendance was compulsory under The Education Act 1990 and that we were required to explain our child's absenses. The offending schools got a very terse, sarcastic letter back.
Last year we had a letter from Robbie's school asking about an unexplained absence. A quick look on our calendar revealed that he was on a school excursion on the day in question.
Last night I was visiting my friend, Joanne, in hospital. I mentioned the above experience and we laughed about the possibility of it happening again. Guess what! Yup! When I got home, there was a letter asking us where our son was! We got another one tonight! He's on a school-related trip ~ if they don't know where our son is are we in trouble?
I was only at the school earlier in the week, collecting Robbie's School Certificate. I explained I was there because Rob was in Japan. Today Ian got a phone call asking him to come to school to collect an award!
Not impressed!
2 comments:
I can empathise, we have had several letters from the school for "unexplained absences". Some after we had sent letters into the school explaining his absence. We also got one after Ben represented the school at the zone sports carnival that they took him to. I wrote asking them why didn't they know where he was when he was in their care!
Granny Shearer got a letter from her medical practice asking her to attend for a cervical smear 10 years after she had died. I still have the letter in grampa's box!
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