Child threatened to kill my child

[Rustytoasty]

So AIBU to think of a child (7yr old) threatens to kill an other child in school that they should have some form of punishment/ exclusion?

No, it’s really not normal.

7? That's well old enough to be punished. This would not be tolerated at my ds school. This would be an exclusion for the day at the very minimum and taken very serious with parents called in etc. I'm a bit surprised that people are so casual about this on here.

Well the physical act of holding scissors up to her eye is obviously much more serious than words said by a 7 year old that are given no context.

how are the school dealing with it? Who witnessed the incident?

Drip feed there OP. Hope the school are dealing with it.

Even without the scissors to the eye, he would still needs consequences. Of course a 7 year old isn’t serious when they make threats but he needs to learn. Why are people so afraid to punish children for bad behaviour? He also needs some serious intervention to find out where that behaviour is coming from.

Little kids say and do stupid shit all the time. Report it.

Then you need to contact the schools safeguarding team or lead. Not because I think your dd is in any actual physical danger, but because this is a child who is seeing / hearing things outside school that he is copying - without understanding them.

I would also talk to them about the relationship your dd and this child has because while the physical threats are one thing, the other bullying behaviour is another.

Oh, Ok, the scissors close to her eye is worthy of serious address and punishment, indeed.
It is not just a verbal threat, but a physical threat, following previous bullying.
Take it up with the school indeed. They need to intervene on this one, pronto.

Well then you report this charmer to social services is what you do. Seems no one else is bothered with this boy.

That's one hell of a drip feed.

The school need to deal with it. You should report it and leave them to decide on the appropriate course of action. I would make it clear that you expect them to deal with it effectively enough that your child is not bullied or threatened again.

Absolutely this!

Ah yes, the Drip Feed. Aka 'the post isn't going my way' response.