Child at nursery

[Sadiax]

Hi so im looking for some mums advice usually nursery are quick to get me to sign forms of incidents yesterday my daughter was hit by another child and when I asked the teacher she said we dont document it if its not serious? What do I do in this situation...

Can you send an email to the manager with all the information on and stating it was verbally relayed to you and you didn't sign an incident form. Ask if you need to. That way everything is documented. If its not needed you should get an explanation of why.

Was it really minor? No mark or injury? Toddlers are rough and do throw themselves around. It wouldn’t be reasonable for them to record every time a child’s arm touched another child

I’d just talk to my child about how they felt when the other child hit them, how it made them feel, what they said to the child or to staff, how was it resolved. Remind them that hitting is not acceptable as we know it can hurt or upset the other person.

With regards to the nursery, if there is no injury as such then I think that is why there was no incident form. Did your child have any bumps, bruises or scratches? That is what I would expect to be documented but not a shove on the arm (even if it hurt or upset your child at the time).

If the staff had to document every time a small child made physical contact with another there would be no time to do anything else.

It just comes down to trust. Do you trust the staff and their judgement? Then you don't need to anything at all.

What kind of incidents have you been asked to sign? If there's a double standard, I'd note the hit in an email but really this is par for thr course at nursery age. Obviously repeated by the same child, it might become an issue.

U less there was a mark or actually injury then don't need to sign an accident form. Toddlers wack each other all the time

Let it go they are little they are going to fight unless there is an actual injury i really wouldn't worry. Does your child have a sibling its really normal behaviour among children this age

My DD was never whacked at nursery. This must be a new thing! No mark - it’s not worthy of noting but if the same child keeps hitting, then it’s an issue.

Are you sure about that. Nursery will not inform you unless there is an injury

Ask them about it?

Yeah the same child has hit her 3 times obviously I won't be naming the child as thats not fair the child is also 3 I just wasn't sure what to do when it keeps reoccurring with the same child