Putting a cat among the pigeons...or in this case, the hens!

Attendance at school is so important for academic and social progress - so important that when a child's rate of attendance falls below 85%, their academic progress is severely effected. Most families know that we take attendance very seriously, and they concientiously provide us with the reasons why their children are away.

Sometimes these reasons can be an enormous source of entertainment. Take this one for example.

 (Names have been changed to protect the 'not so innocent'.)

And it came complete with a photo!

And then arrived the after shot - just love it!

So the moral of the story is - if you are going to be away from school, an entertaining reason softens the blow, and a photo always helps! :)