Hello,
First post on here- I’m just looking for advice on how to deal with a bully problem at school. My daughter is in Y1, 6 years old. She’s a sweet and gentle little thing, incidentally also the smallest in the class. She has a few friends I think but is also naturally a bit of a loner- she’s very happy in her own little world. At the beginning of the year her teachers reported that she was showing signs of anxiety and having meltdowns in the classroom. This isn’t like the girl we know. They put it down to the change and step up from reception. We kind of accepted that but it didn’t entirely marry up as she’s quite robust and flexible in her home life. I’ll also add that getting her to tell us what’s going on at school is like getting blood out of a stone! Yesterday was a school trip. Today a parent helper came to see me to tell me of some bullying that she witnessed- another little girl being very aggressive and threatening (in language you wouldn’t expect a 6 year old to use) to my daughter. This parent has independently logged the issue with the school and the headteacher has emailed her to say she will be talking to the class teacher. I’m just wondering where we go from here. In my mind I’m wondering if this has been going on for a while, and is the cause of her anxiety at school. I’m cross that they haven’t picked up on it, but also trying to keep that under control as I can’t be sure- it might just have been an isolated incident. Do we ask for a meeting with the head and the class teacher together? What can we reasonable expect them to do? I would like reassurance that the bully is watched constantly- but is that an unreasonable request? TIA!