Hello everyone, although I've been a member I haven't posted anything before and could REALLY do with some advice(I'll try to keep it short)
DS is 7 yrs old and in yr 2. Its a very small school and there are only 7 boys in his year. Ever since he started he has played at break/lunch time with a small 'gang' of 4 other boys.
These boys have always been quite boisterous and like to play 'super heros' a game made up by one of the boys, basically all of them are super heros apart from one other who is a 'baddie'.
Since last summer this game has started to get more and more aggressive and my son (being the sensitive and quiet one of the group) is always chosen as the 'baddie' and he is getting punched, kicked and pulled about by the 'super heros'.
My son has now become more and more angry and aggressive at home, he is picking on his little sister, back chatting and swearing! But over the last week or so it has become so much worse he seems to be having constant meltdowns, he is so angry and started to say he wants to kill himself 
. When I eventually settle him down he says he is unhappy because the others are punching him and being mean to him. I've tried to encourage him to play with another boy in his class but he says that when he tries they pull him away, back to the group.
I am going in to talk to the teacher tomorrow as I can not let this carry on (not sure how I'll get on as I don't have much faith in the teacher she is very young and shouts a lot at the pupils and gets quite flustered when you talk to her!.
I don't want to use the word bullying on such young children but fear that this is what the rough play has turned into.