DS1 (yr 3) being bullied by older boys :(

[Ulysees]

It only started on Friday but apparently one of them was waiting for him as he came out of lunch yesterday and 3 of them hounded him, pushing him up against the metal gate, nipping and kicking him all lunch time His little friends tried to help him but they got it too

One of the boys is in year 6 so he should know better.

As soon as DS1 told me after school I turned us right back and went to talk to the deputy head. She took notes and said it would be investigated. I told DS1 that I'd walk by his school today as the yard is right next to a path. I did so and an aquaintance who's a dinner nanny came over as she could see I was hovering. I told her what was going on and she said (in confidence) that the year 6 kid is a nutter and always picking on someone. I took that as he has some behavioural problem but they were her words. Yesterday though it was a year 4 who was causing more problems so she's keeping a look out. Anyway, I went to the supermarket and when I walked back I saw DS1 playing happily with his little girlfriend

Oh, and the dinner nanny said she'd been in school all morning and no one mentioned DS1's problem!

[edgetop]

you seem like you are doing the right thing already, seeing the teacher & checking with the dinner lady,its just what i would do, hope it gets sorted ouy soon.

[jenk1]

its awful when this happens to your child, my DS was bullied earlier on this year he has AS/ASD and cant stand up for himself.

It got to the point where he was self harming so we took him out for a couple of months,his school headteacher was a complete waste of space but he had a lovely deputy head who sorted every thing out-after 2 months LOL!

You are doing the right thing getting on top of it straight away, i wish i had in hindsight then DS might not have self-harmed but its no good looking to the past, he,s ok now and thats all that matters

[Ulysees]

sorry to hear about your son's problem jenkglad he's ok now though.

DS1s bullying has stopped now, hopefully for good. A teacher who I'd mentioned it to noticed him being bullied on Tuesday morning break(the day I hovered)and reprimanded them. Also, it turns out one of the boys (yr 5) is the charge of my friend who's a childminder. I gave him such a shock on Tuesday night when I shouted his name and when he turned round I pointed to DS1 and said "do you recognise him?" Let's just say that I can be very intimidating when I want to be and only stopped short of him sobbing. My friend said he was very quiet at teatime that night He's a good kid normally but obviously thought bullying my son would be his new sport. I've probably done him a big favour as he'd only have ended up carrying on doing it. Oh, and this boy is a school counsellor so I doubt he'll get to keep that title?