Injured Child AIBU

[Flowers55]

I haven’t done a tread here before so please bear with me. Basically yesterday my Dd (7) had glasses thrown in a bush at school. From what I understand it was 3 other children encouraging 1 child to do so. She had taken them off and left them on a bench, they knew they were hers as one of the group is a family friend. In getting them back my daughter ended up with a splinter in her eye. 4 hours in a&e, £150 quid glasses ruined (although she gets glasses free she is partially sighted so I pay for thinning and weighting) 10 days of antibiotic eye drops and today the school say they aren’t going to do anything as it was her fault for taking them off? Surely someone other the dd should be called up for this? Advise on how to deal with it would be super.

If you did want proof it is sent you could email letter as attachment but drop in actual letter too.

The person blaming your dd fur taking her glasses off is clearly not a glasses-wearer. Poor kid, another one her saying you must pursue this. Totally unacceptable to 1- cause an injury that requires hospital treatment; 2- ongoing medication 3; damage to personal property.

Your poor dd! Email and request a meeting. Who was the person who said they would not do anything? Go higher up, everyone reports to someone.

Nice family friend. I hope you informed them what their dc did even if the school isn't bothered?

Email and escalate as a complaint. They damaged her glasses.

If similar happens again make sure your dd knows to get a teacher and not retrieve herself. They can find someone to.

The school saying they are not taking it any further isn't the same as them saying they're not going to do anything at all.
I'm assuming that you want them to recompense you for the cost of the glasses? I very much doubt they will do this, but what I'd do is write to the Head and chair of governors, enclose the receipt for the repaired glasses and tell them you'd like to be reimbursed.
A one off incident isn't bullying. The person who did the throwing was, by your account, coerced so can't be held responsible. You could argue that they were the ones being bullied by the other three children.
I hope your DD is feeling better,, it sounds like it was a chain of events that ended up with her getting hurt rather than anyone purposely setting out to hurt her.

This is bullying. This happened at school, though most schools would be equally concerned if it happened on the way home and intervene.

Even if your child did something to provoke others or has been bullying themselves or is in someway annoying, this is still bullying.

The individuals themselves need to be held to account and have some sort of discussion and also their parents ... the school should be doing this. This is not a small matter. This needs to dealt with before something worse happens to someone else or other student's days are made miserable and sad.

It’s awful, it’s bullying plain and simple. Why are schools still so quick to dismiss billing and victim blame instead. It seems to be the go to stance. Of course you shouldn’t let it go, speak to the head today if possible.

@Soontobe60 give over what planet are you on of course this is bullying, you’re basically saying this is ok then for kids to go around doing this eh, engage your brain please!

@Mrsgogginsthe3rd
Sod off. The whole problem around bullying is that every little incident where your darling might get hurt, upset or picked on is seen as bullying. It isn't! If it were, then every single child I have ever taught would be classed as a bully.
I have not said that this incident wasn't serious, clearly it was. If I was dealing with this as a teacher, the four children would be dealt with very seriously indeed. Their thoughtless behaviour has resulted in another child being seriously injured and that cannot be ignored.
If the same group of children repeated the behaviour, then you're into the realms of bullying.

www.bullybusters.org.uk/kids/what_is_bullying/