DD (6yrs) went on a school trip today, I couldn't go because there were no facilities to take younger siblings. No problem, she's a happy wee soul who and I wasn't worried about not going with them.
I got a text message from one of the mother's on the trip stating that DD has knocked out one of her classmates front teeth 
That this was hilarious and not to worry about it because of who it was (he a notorious pest)
Needless to say I was saddened and upset at the thought that something had either happened to make her feel the need to hit this wee boy OR that she had indeed just decided to hit him on the face.
DD is sturdy and doesn't realise her own strength sometimes however she is not violent in the slightest and this would be very out of character for her.
Nothing I could do until 3pm when I arrived at the school to collect her. DH and I take bullying/violence very seriously and I wanted to confirm with the teacher on the trip what had happened so we could take appropriate action if necessary.
Teacher knew nothing about it. She knew that the boy had lost his tooth but there had been no complaint regards being struck etc. She called over DD and asked her what had happened and after speaking to DD was happy enough that she had not been involved in any way and that the boy's wobbly tooth had come out. She informed me that was the end of it as far as she was concerned and not to make a big deal of anything.
DD has a sports class straight after school so we went along. The text sending mother was there and standing in front of myself and another mother telling us all about the trip and how hysterical it was that DD had punched the wee lad in the face causing him to loose his tooth. That this was ok because he was a wee 'shite' and had it been any other child it might not have been so funny
I decided to say nothing as I hadn't had a chance to speak to DD. I am not known for having a rational manner and my short fuse/temper has landed me in trouble before. I wanted to speak to DH about is (he is considerably more rational than me) before I said anything. He sent a text to the mum this evening asking what she had seen exactly at which point she stated nothing definate, she had presumed DD was involved because she was standing in the boy's company and she maybe shouldn't had mentioned it to me but she thought it was funny due to it being that particular boy being involved.
Another message stating the same thing in a different way arrived soon after. We haven't replied/spoken to her about it again yet as I am stuck as to what to say.
Her middle daughter is best friends with our eldest DD and her son is in DD2's class which was the class on the trip today. She is a SAHM who is constantly at the school gates and knows everyone/everything. None of this bothers me at all however I'm not happy that my DD2 being is branded for hitting someone when she didn't and if it's being told as a witty anecdote in my presence then it's likely to be passed on.
A little help from the MN jury please and apologies for the LOOOONNNNG post 