Bite mark from child at school

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My DD (6) yr2 came home from school yesterday and when I was taking her cardigan off she said 'oww mum that hurts'

I took a look at her arm and there was a big bite mark there, you could see each teeth mark and it was red and raised.

She told me she was playing with a supported boy and he bit her, and this was through her cardigan and it caused such a big mark.

I wasn't told about this when I picked her up from school and I'm unhappy that she was hurt so bad that she's still in pain today.

What can I do so this doesn't happen again?

Tell her to tell the teacher straight away!

You need to have a word with the teacher.

She told a lunch time supervisor who took her to first aid, who said it's just dry skin and let her go!

Did she tell anyone? I only ask because you might not have been told about it, because nobody knew.

As for your last question, I suppose you'd start with talking with her teacher.

Talk to the teacher - sounds like the bruise/mark became apparent later.

Did she tell anyone?
Because if she didn't then the school are unaware, and need to be informed.

If she did, then the school should have told you, so go in with the "how are you going to protect my dd" attitude.

Lunch time supervisors (particularly if nothing was very visible at the time, and I have seen bite marks that look terrible a couple of hours later, but hardly show at the time) may not have told the teachers. I would go and tell them.

Ok I'll do that, thank you DeWe

Where was the boy's support at the time? Assuming you mean he's 1:1 with a member of staff.

If he's unsupervised at playtimes and biting other children then he clearly isn't being supported well enough. Photograph the mark and take it to the Head. You can only kick up a stink about how your child was harmed, but hopefully that'll have a knock on effect as evidence to get the other child the support he needs.

And hopefully some training for the woefully incompetent first aider, bites only look like bites! (I've been bitten 7 times by students. There's no muddling the look of it up with something else)

Definitely speak to the teacher. I have been on both sides of a biting incident, ds2 was bitten through joggers and it left a nasty bruise when he was a pre school, then a couple of weeks ago he did the biting on a child at school, he is now 5. The teacher spoke to me and I assume the teacher of the child who was bitten spoke to his parent. Ds2 was put on the sad cloud at school and we spoke to him at home and 'laid down the law' so to speak. I, as the parent, was devastated that he had done it and had I been able to establish who the victim was with ds2 I would have tried to apologise to the parent (ds2 had already apologised to the child) and assured them we had dealt with it at home as well as it being dealt with at school.

I'm not sure that children of that age are aware that they can speak to their teachers outside of lessons, if dd is worried about approaching her teacher in class about another child's behaviour make sure she knows she can ask another member of staff (a dinnerlady maybe) to speak to the teacher or ask to speak to the teacher in private. It is difficult at that age to know what to do about certain situations, but as long as she knows to tell someone, hopefully this situation can be avoided again?

i doubt the bruise came out later, they show fairly quickly, rapid application of cold compress helps to reduce the bruising. on and to get a mark, the bite really hurt.

Thanks for your replies everyone, I spoke to the teacher, she said she wanted to speak to me the day before but I had left before she got chance to speak to me.

The boy was being supported at the time but this was a spur of the moment thing and couldn't be stopped in time.

She apologised and said it wouldn't happen again.

DD was bitten at school and they phoned me at work. The poor mum of the biter was called in at the end of the day and was mortified. She was trying to find me to apologise (but I don't pick up, only drop off one day a week!).

Feel for you. DD was quite upset by it, not because it hurt (was only a tiny mark at home time) but just why it happened. She's only 4yo and it was week 2 of reception! We had to have a few little chats about it over the following days. Hoping your DD is okay.

Exactly the same happened to me when I was at school except I told a teacher. They did fuck all.

PurpleCrazyHorse my DD is ok now thanks, it's actually me who was more upset after seeing her arm. It was such a big bite and so red and raised and I couldn't believe that someone could bite that hard. Thankfully DD's ok.