Hello mum's netters,
I'm looking for thoughts and advice on how to tackle an ongoing school issue. My LG is 6 and on three occasions has been physically hurt by a child in class.
One was very traumatic Involving punching kicking and hitting with a branch. This was last year and school apologised and acknowledged it was an intentional targeted attack. They weren't in the same class at that point ( and actually she didn't even know this kids name before this happened)
In the last week she has been kicked bitten and punched and pushed over resulting in scrapped knees. She says it was intentional, school say she got caught up in rough play accidentally and she shouldn't play near those kids.
Shes now had her slammed in a piano. School are adamant it was an accident. She tells me, as do other kids in the class, that it was intentional.
Turns out the child has hurt a number of other kids including punching kicking and choking and regularly destroys the class requiring lots of teachers to come in to desecalate him and remove him. The class have been decanted from their class room on a weekly basis while they remove him and fix the class room back up.
i'm not sure what to do. I feel like school are lying to defend / promote inclusiveness and the rights of other kids are being overlooked. I'm sure they're doing everything they can but it just feels like I won't get any honesty from them at all? I also feel as if it's only a matter of time until my kid, or another, gets seriously hurt!
I also can't help but wonder how isolated mum of this kid must be feeling? I've met her briefly for hellos in the playground, she's lovely - do I send a message to say something and offer some support or just leave it alone?
Has anyone any recommendations on approach the school? There are a number of kids suffering nightmares and feeling emotionally unfit to go to school.