Should the school have informed me?

[CrystalQueen87]

My DS came home today from school with 3 nail marks where a child had grabbed his arm and dig their nails in to him 😥
I only found out about it because I saw the marks and said what happened to my DS. He told me that this child was being mean and grabbed him digging their nails in.
He told the teacher and the child was dealt with with a time out.
It's actually broken the skin where the other child's nails have dug in.
Should the teacher have given me an accident report form by law?
I'm just a bit annoyed that I wasn't informed and only found out from my DS.
Or maybe the teacher didn't actually see his arm?

Yes, quite likely the teacher would have responded differently if she knew your child was bleeding. So quite possible that the teacher didn't see the arm.

I'm sorry about your son's arm, poor thing.

Is this the first time it's happened? I only say this because a one off falling out between children, even if it involves physical violence, isn't bullying. Bullying is sustained and repeated.

Anyway, rather than worrying about 'the law' etc I'd just call or email school and speak to the teacher about it. It's possible the teacher just wasn't aware of your son's arm, or if she/he was, it slipped their mind by the end of the day. They are only human!

Obviously if this (both the violence from the other child and the teacher not updating you) is another in a long line of incidents, that's completely different.

The teacher dealt with the other child. Your child told you what happened. Unless you think your child needed some form if medical treatment you are

...overreacting. I think talking about the law is overkill. What else do you need to know that you don't know already?

We would absolutely have spoken to you at my school. Unless we forgot…… I’m afraid I have forgotten to pass on info. We have occasionally called a parent once we realised we hadn’t told them. And no form would be given, unless it was a head injury.

I’d just mention it in the morning.

Check with your child if he actually told the teacher how bad it was /showed them his injuries . If the teacher didn't see, she can't have realised it was that bad.

There's also the possibility they forgot, had to speak to the other parent(s) and she didn't get the chance to talk to you as well. Which is not great, but not the end of the world either.

If your school has an open door policy you can talk to the teacher in the morning and show her the extent of the injury.