Separated playground- bullying

[Jennybeans401]

My dd is in Year 5 and gas been bullied by a girl in her class for around six or seven months. The girls pushes dd, pokes her, has emotionally bullied her. I have written emails, telephoned, had meetings with class teachers and head and despite all this the school seem to treat this as if the girls are both to blame instead of bullying.

The recent incident meant I spoke to the teacher again who said they will now make dd play on one side of the playground and the bully will be on another. The class is so small though so their friends will have to take sides. Is this right? I'm worried the school is just not acting on this!

despite all this the school seem to treat this as if the girls are both to blame instead of bullying

Perhaps they are.

I have written emails, telephoned, had meetings with class teachers and head and despite all this the school seem to treat this as if the girls are both to blame instead of bullying.

What does you writing emails have to do with them thinking your daughter is also to blame?

Have they discussed your daughter's actions with you.

I suspect the school does not think it is entirely the other girl's fault. Perhaps they think she is not a bully at all. You would be surprised how clearly they will be able to see what is actually happening.

The issue is you don't work with both children for hours every day

They might have good reason for thinking it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other

I'd be asking for a proper meeting with the teacher to get an unbiased view of what has been happening, as at the moment you just think they feel they're both at fault

O we had this too one girl in year 4 was bullying my dd in year 3 and my dd in year 1,she grab my child by the neck when my then dd age 5 hit her back my child was in the wrong,in the end we moved schools

The teachers haven't witnessed it but the other girl is very sly from what dd said. I think this is why they haven't done much. Dd has been pushed, poked, she's been told some frightening things by this girl (dd's father died and the other girl made fun of her for this).

I've just spoken to the headteacher now and she's going to speak to the other girls parents.

@SmellyNelliey we think we might need to move schools. I hope your dd is in a better place now.

Ime schools wait far too long to deal with bullying. My own dd had a lot of problems in her previous school, it really is worth considering a move for your dd's benefit.

primarys are useless for bullying, i got strangled on the playground once by my bully and the school did absolutely nothing, i can't believe there's comments defending the school

There are no posts defending the school. However there are posts querying if we have the full story.