Hi, I have an 8 year old DS
Since he was in year 1 he has been bullied by a specific group of boys the year above him. He was originally in the same class as them from year 1 until year 3 as it was a mixed class due to too many children in his year at the time. He had been called names, pushed over, told to change schools, been bullied in the street by said children and taunted. Now this has happened for nearly 4 years. Once he got to year 3 the teacher said he was just a clumsy child falling over his feet all the time, he wasn’t... it came about that the boys were tripping him up every single day it only came to light when he was once pushed out of the dinner cue by the main bully but the headteacher witnessed it. He’d completely lost his trust in telling anyone about it. My son has also had a tic since the age of 4 tbd in a different thread and is a very emotional little boy. Since that episode he was moved into a different classroom, it gave him a new lease of life. Somebody actually stuck up for him. Now he’s in year four but the bullying has continued obviously out of the classroom at break times and dinner times, Thursday he’s was grabbed by his collar on the playground by main bully and pulled his collar backwards. So ds reported this to a dinner lady. This wasn’t passed on to appropriate persons. Dis didn’t tell me until the day after, then he said that on Friday the boys had followed him to the boys toilets and threatened to strangle him, I took him straight back into school to report this. But... I have now found that Friday didn’t happen. He’s got to the stage that he is terrified of said bullies that he’d say this to get them away from the school. This hasn’t happened and I will be taking him to speak to headteacher first thing Tuesday morning to tell the truth. I have explained to him the dangers of making false allegations towards not just the bullies but to him and other people too. I’m at a loss, I don’t know what to do