A girl was once off school for the day, and apparently she needed to help bake a cake for her grandma.
And this was in reception (I believe you call it kindergarden, which to me sounds like a plantation of really processed chocolate), where the only two things children can do is spin around fast and like trees - why the hell would her family take her out of school for the day to help bake a cake - a task which does not take 6 hours to do.
Unless it was her grandmother's wedding, and they were baking her a massive cake on the day. But then why not mention the fact you were at a wedding, that's perfectly acceptable.