why do schools do this?

[ghostspirit]

school rang me and said 'A' has bumped her head but shes fine. so i kind of think why you ringing me to tell me my child is fine. its not so bad now as im on maternity leave. but when im at work people at get a bit grumpy about it.

The school also give an accident letter. i understand that as i guess its where it has to be in accident book. i dont understand the phone call though? or is it just that the have to make the call?

Because head injuries can appear innocuous but turn bad quickly so if, heaven forbid, your child was nauseous and drowsy later this evening you could take appropriate actiob

It's to prevent any claims later on i would imagine.

It's in case the letter is lost before it gets to you. Some schools text instead.

Because they have a duty to tell parents if their child has suffered an injury other than the occasional trivial knock or scratch and, as has been pointed out, they definitely need to know about head injuries.

My ds' school didn't tell me when my child was the victim of a "happy slapping" attack. I was bloody furious. I would always rather be told than not.

They're giving you the heads up that she's got a bump so that when you pick her up you're not surprised or cross at not being informed.

We do it at ours if it's a nasty looking one.

I got one of those calls today. Our school missed / failed to inform parents about a head knock which turned out to be concussion so we get phoned about any and all knocks. DS1 is dyspraxic so we get a lot of calls. I don't mind.

I think they have to tell the parent incase the child gets picked up by a child minder/other parent/goes straight to after school activity.

That way it's down to the parent to inform the necessary person themselves.

I get phone calls about head bumps all the time (accident prone DD ). They have to do it in case a child shows signs of a bad head injury later (sleepy, nauseous etc) and the parent hasn't checked the book bag/has lost letter etc. Seems fair enough really, more annoying for them than me probably.

Yes we have to do it, anywhere on the head/face, even when it's obviously absolutely fine. It's not worth the tiny risk of an apparent fine being a trauma.

oh yeah never thought about someone else doing pick up worra

i get it if there are marks or child has cried or something but not if totaly fine.

my daughter hit her head really badly at school last year. she had concussion. its so scary im really glad that schools do ring. would rather know than not.

Some parents would complain at not being told immediately, schools can't win. It's better to be safe than sorry though, and it's better to call parents directly rather than send the message through after school activity leaders and assume that they see the form in a book bag.

I once got a call that dd had fallen and cut her knee but was fine. I hadn't picked her up and the head called me at work to tell me. I picked her up from cm expecting a big cut. .. It was a graze. No idea why I needed to be called. I assumed somebody complained about not being called.

Apparently my mum was swinging on her chair as a child, fell backwards and split head open on one of those old iron radiators. She went to hospital, had stitches, got sent home at normal time with a note, but apparently as children do she ran up to her mum showing them the bloody patch on her head going "LOOK!" - my grandmother almost fainted

bertie wow how things have changed.

Unless they're demanding that you come pick the child up, yabu. Would you rather they didn't tell you and it was missed/forgotten/ignored in the chaos of pick up time and getting home?

Because they have to inform you, then you have the choice of taking further action. Surely school can text you if it disturbs work colleagues.

I once had a fall as a (sober!) adult. I banged my head. Three days later I collapsed and ended up in hospital.
That's why they tell you.