school not bothered

[midnightmunchies]

AIBU to be upset that my DD has come home from school having been pinched on her finger so hard that it broke the skin and has become so badly infected that she needs antibiotics. I spoke to her teacher about it and was just given the brush off - which has made me even more upset.

YANBU...however if the school is unaware of the incident at the time wich is possible but doubtfull as dd would have alerted them? then maybe they cant do much if they dont know the culprit, what was schools responce?

No I dot think that's good enough. Has the other childs parents been informed at least? I'd certainly want to know if my dc had done that to someone, your poor dd, hope she's ok now

DD told her teacher at the time, but was told to 'just get on with it' and they do know who the culprit is but when I talked to DD's teacher who is also the head teacher, she played it down saying girls will be girls and they are all at. whilst I accept there will always be little niggles etc between children, I am upset at the severity of the injury - requiring antibiotics and the teachers laid back attitude to it.

then that is not good enough, i would be worried about the head teacher having to take a year class?? surley this alot of work and IMO may lead to why incidents like this are not being delbt with, girls will be girls, behaving like this with no repocussions? I dont think so, i would kick up a bit of a stink over this, what was your drs thought?

Dr was not impressed at what happened and told me to talk to school which I did. Head teacher is temporary - ne head next term - thank goodness - the previous head was very good and would have taken the incident seriously. Think I will talk to teacher again tomorrow. The school goes through from primary to sixth form, and DD's teacher is only junior head, may go to overall head tomorrow if no joy with junior head.
Thanks for all your comments - glad to know I'm not going completely mad! am off to bed now but will let you know how I get on tomorrow.

good luck and i would def let them know what the dr said after giving your own opinion. you are not looking for an excuse because unfortunatly this kind of thing happens but what you need to know is what is going to happen as a result of this incident to try to ensure it does not happen again. especialy as it is juniors as this is not normal behaviour from a child that age an clearly requires some kind of management programe.

Yes, absolutely speak to the teacher again and take it to the higher Head if you are still unhappy. Schools have a responsibility for the children's welfare. Make sure you mention the word 'safeguarding', because that's Ofsted's current baby (God knows what their next whim will be, mind, the bastards).

I'm confused. The finger can't have got that badly infected in a day. Ok, she was pinched and it broke the skin which is wrong, but if that was my child I'd have put antiseptic cream on and it shouldn't have got that infected.

Once it became infected, wouldn't you take her to the doctor before it got so bad it needed antibiotics? Or am I missing something?

Agree with Galena. Any bullying issue should be dealt with straightaway and firmly, but avoiding infection is the responsibility of the parent, so a bit of a red herring. After all, most children do occasionally get mild injuries at school (grazed knees, papercuts) under circumstances that do not reflect in any way on the school and these can equally be infected if not treated properly.

Not much you can do if germs have already got into the cut because it hasn't been addressed, is there? And waiting lists for doctors when you have a non-emergency...

Maybe galena and cory are right, but the way it has been shrugged off by the teacher is not on. I think it is being given the brush off that has upset the OP - I suspect that if the teacher had said she would speak to the culprit there would not be so much annoyance.

i have worked with children who have autism and had a pinch on my arm that required antibiotics, after injury I cleaned area and bathed that evening but by the morning it was so infected it did require antibiotics. infection can set in very quickly.

as a paediatric emergency nurse I am well aware of how to look after wounds, and as allhallows says infections can set in very quickly. I have seen many patients requiring hospital admission for IV antibiotics within less than 24 hours of sustaining a wound. Little you can do if certain bacteria get into the wound. Antiseptic creams often cause more harm than good.
I was annoyed at the teachers lack of response, however I have now spoken to senior head and she assures me she is going to look into the incident and get back to me on how they will deal with it.

that sound much better, make sure get a responce from them on monday. hope she is better over the weekend.