Just to let you know your ds was hit in the eye ....

[lifeisabowlofcherries]

On ds return from school went through his planner as normal and in todays column was the above statement .. followed up with the situation was dealt with. Five mins later I get a call from school telling me about it, it appears it was without provocation.

Anyhow, very briefly, the boy in his class (yr2) has previously bitten him,pushed him against prickly bushes and left him with a three inch scratch, kicked and bitten other children basically since the beginning of reception.

What do I do? How should school be handling this? Feel at a loss as each time the school inform me and tell me it is dealt with it is only a matter of time before the next incident .. fortunately my ds is ok about it but surely thats not the point. Anyone else had experience of this?

If you feel it is an on-going situation, and your ds is being targeted by this child, then you need to go in and have a conversation with the class teacher to find out how they propose to keep your child safe at school and ensure that incidents such as this do not happen again. If you feel it is systematic bullying, then ask to see their bullying policy to see how they should be dealing with it.

Thing is its not really been bullying as such as he has done it since reception e.g. biting, pushing, hitting etc with other class members. With my older ds he was the monitor who asked him to turn off the class pc and promptly was bitten. Its almost like attention seeking as he does it to many members of the class - but my ds does seem to be on the receiving end more than most :(

It is an issue that school should have written up risk assessments and action plans for dealing with this in the future. If you do not feel it is being dealt with properly request such files under the freedom of information act. You can ask for all the info held on their records in relation to the incident. If they do not comply you can then contact the information commissioners office (the body that oversees that sector of information being obtained).

Mum of two girls living presently in .spain and soon moving to London. New to education in UK. Firstly I'm wondering what ds and dd means and I'm also looking for mums comments and personal opinions on FRancis Holland School, Chelsea.

Lorraine, welcome to Mumsnet but you need to start your own thread. (click on eduation and then on "start new thread in this topic". At the top of the page you'll find a tab for acronyms which will explain all the mysterious abbreviations. Also, if that's your real name, best you change it for a nom-de-plume to keep things private. Good luck.

OP, DS had similar happen in R. After a half term of bruises, scrapes and finally a large bite mark on his arm from the other child, I had a meeting with the HT to establish how this was going to be prevented from happening again. It turned out another parent had also raised the subject as their child had also been on the receiving end. In this case it was happening because the child had undiagnosed special needs and was lashing out in frustration but when a LSA was assigned to work with him, there were no more incidents. I had mentioned it to the class teacher previously but after the bite felt it was appropriate to see the HT - and he was pleased that I did.

LIABOC - I can totally sympathise as DS has been at the receiving end of similar behaviour since starting term but he is only P1. There have been 4 physical incidents in 6 weeks, 2 of which I'd describe as violent. We mentioned 3 of them at parents evening earlier in the week and the teacher assured us she'd keep an eye. But today the same child punched DS (who is only 4.8) in the groin. I'm understandably concerned and my intention tonight is to email the HT documenting all 4 incidents (as although DS told the playground helpers about the 2 less serious incidents and we received a note about the first violent one the teacher had not been informed). I am also going to ask her to outline what will be put in place to ensure my DS is not subject to any further incidents. Apparently the other boy does already have what DS describes as a 'helper' in the playground but that obviously is not working. Like your DS mine is not the only victim so it's not bullying as such.