Injuries at nursery...what do you think?

[cheekychopsy]

Hi my almost four yr old had his third injury report in less than a fortnight again today.
I went to collect him and was shown how he had gotten tangled up playing with a rope with some friends and now has burn marks round his throat, much like he looks as though someone has tried to strangle him. Very disturbing.Last week he fell and badly grazed and bruised his cocksix, just above his bottom which has left a horrible mark.
Then in between then and today he 'banged' his jaw, leaving a big bruise and scrape, he looks as though he's been in a bad accident.

After this third one I feel like airing my concerns to the school as I wonder where the supervision is, and why the hell there are ropes in a kindergarten if they cant watch them enough.I know they are accident prone - so just wondered if I'm over reacting, or what anyone else would think/do.

Cheers

It does sound like a lot of injuries to me. If you are concerned (I know I would be) then mention it at the nursery.

Sounds like inadequate supervision to me - and nursery children should not be playing with rope, unless very closely supervised.

does the nursery have a complaints procedure? use it

Bumps and scrapes sometimes come together especially when they're growing and don't instinctively know how big they are. Or another child might be at this stage.
However, lack of supervision with a rope is another matter.

Agree that the rope one is a bit uncomfortable - small children and rope don't mix well, imho, unless very well supervised, and it doesn't sound like they were...

Agree that the rope one is a bit uncomfortable - small children and rope don't mix well, imho, unless very well supervised, and it doesn't sound like they were...

i think i would have to go in and speak to someone about the rope thing.why was no one watching what was going on. id trust my instincts and find out whats going on

Also sets off alarm bells for me, mainly the rope injury, but also the number of things happening in such a small space of time. Sounds v much like lack of supervision and I personally would complain in your shoes.
Why do they even have ropes for such young children to play on? Trust your instincts....

Rope marks around his throat!!!!!!
I would be investigating this further and taking him out of this nursery immediately

I wouldn't be particularly worried about the other two, but the rope injury is very concerning.

Thanks guys. The more I think about this the more upset I am. Especially when the Miss Jean Brodie type teacher practically scolds me like a toddler for not signing the register/bringing toys on wrong days etc.This is a major discrepency and when I expressed my concern for so many incidents she brushed it off at how clumsy my son is.

Thats it.Enough already!

Just been to the website, the usual procedure is complain to the head first - unless in cases where the child has come to serious harm under suspected: abuse, neglect and something else(their criteria).

I think its too extreme to call this neglect, the teacher is removing the rope now, but I'm shocked to be honest.I'll take it to the head and check her response first. (I am going to take photos in the morning too).

Complain, definitely. You're leaving your son in their care and he's coming home battered and bruised. They're not doing their job properly IMO.

cheekychopsy, if they recognise your son as "clumsy" then they should be watching him all the more carefully!

Whilst children often have bumps and bruises, and some are more accident prone than others, the fact that the rope marks are around the neck are imo very serious.

I just read about a 3-year-old who was hanged while playing with a rope in a playground. Makes this all the more disturbing.