Hi, I'm hoping to get a bit of advice on what I should do in regards to school and to see if anyone else has had any positive similar stories.
My DD is due to start year 8 next week. In primary school she was well liked, never really bullied but had a few sly digs aimed at her, being called teachers pet and so on. One of the girls who use to do this, continued it in year 7, negatively commenting on my DD's looks for example. This girl is badly behaved, been suspended a few times already and is known to bully other children.
My DD likes to go to the local park, which is a 10 min walk away. I collected her in car one evening and this girl, her friend and 2 younger children were waiting to cross. As I was driving past, the 2 youngest purposely ran across and I had to break heavily. My window was open and shouted that they were silly girls, which just came out without me even thinking. The next day DD was at the park and the girl came in and began saying I called the girls fat cunts, which I obviously never and they were saying this as an excuse to pick on DD. They began calling DD and her friends fat cows (they aren't fat, not that it should matter) and one of the girls was saying the other was a 'pussy' for not hitting my DD (DD had secretly text me and I was on the way). When I got there they were following my DD out the park and I got out my car as my DD bust in to tears. They then said I was wrong for saying what I apparently said to the girls and I corrected them, telling them they were silly and they could have been seriously injured for what they did. Then we left.
I am now so worried that this will continue in school next week. My DD is very very quiet, not much confidence but she has a lovely group of friends.
I don't know the girls mum at all, although I know her name and could find her on social but I don't feel this is the best way, and I think it could make things worse. My plan is to ring ahead the day before school starts and let them know what happened and to ask that if they happen to be in the same lessons, that they are not seated together. Would this be enough? I'm also going to take and collect her through September until I start back at University.
Does anyone have any advice on what else I can do to protect DD? She is the least confrontational person I know, so she's not great in these situations.
Thanks ( sorry it's long! )