Child being mean

[Pomponiers]

My child is in year 2, one of their friends has consistently been being mean to my child. This started a few months back, we spoke to the school, the school dealt with it appropriately and it calmed down for a few weeks. It’s happening again, for the second night on the trot my child has been distraught at bedtime constantly repeating ‘today has been a bad day’ and crying. Said child is trying to exclude my child from the friendship group and generally saying low grade bullying comments. Can a 6 year old even be classed as a ‘bully’? It’s awkward as we are friends with the other child’s parents, only from being at school, but it’s all quite close knit. I feel underhand going directly to the school about it tomorrow, but equally it’s been going on for a while now and as the parents we are there to defend our child and help them whilst they learn how to handle situations in life. However, I don’t think it will go down well if we speak with the other parents. This should be done via the school shouldn’t it?

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Yes, definitely speak to school and not the other parents, that rarely helps and usually doesn’t end well. Good to have a few specific examples of what has been said or done so that the school understand the situation. Good luck.

New guidance released last year for schools talks about Peer on Peer abuse, which this would fall into.

you absolutely must speak to the school. At year 2 age, so much can be done around circle times and reflecting on what’s being said etc. plus, your child needs to know that you’re doing what you can to help them.

Thank you for your responses, I will go in this morning to arrange a time to see the teacher. I would like the school to sort it without any of the other parents involvement as I’m rubbish with confrontation, but it can’t continue. Thanks again.