Injury at school

[orangutanbanana]

Hi all
Would you expect to be told if your child was injured at school?
Primary school if that makes a difference.
Many thanks

It depends on the injury, the circumstances and how it was dealt with. Accidents can happen anywhere.

@Funderthighs in pe, dd was holding a football on the ground, another child kicked the ball, made contact with her hand, causing her finger to be bent backwards. Swelling which we have put an ice pack on..

I wouldn’t be cross with school about that but would sympathise with my child. That’s a straight forward PE accident.

@Funderthighs Thankyou for your thoughts! Very much appreciated!

You’re welcome. Hope your DD is better soon.

I would expect a accident slip from the school

School policy here is to send an injury slip home if any treatment was required - usually treatment is an ice pack or a plaster so nothing serious but I could wallpaper a room with the slips!

Generally we’d get an accident slip at the end of the day. But often they don’t make it home. I wouldn’t be upset in this instance at not being told

I wouldn't have expected for that, unless they thought it needed medical attention (ie might be broken), in which case I'd have expected a phone call at the time.

However 2 of mine hide injuries (the other one makes the biggest drama out of any possibility) so I've had all sorts of injuries up to a broken wrist coming home without the teachers being aware.

So nothing broken?
No, I wouldn't expect to be informed. I was a dinner lady in lockdown. There's an injury like that every two minutes.

The only time I've been physically told by a teacher about an injury was a head knock when they realised the accident slip was still on the teachers desk after home time. (Phone call)

Otherwise the child is trusted to give the slip over.

I’d expect an accident form in the bag, but not a phone call during the day.

We get red slips in a book bag for falls, grazed knees, small cuts etc and a text with a red slip if it’s a head bump. Phone call for anything more serious that might need extra medical attention