Hi,
My 5 year old son came home today and told me that another boy had hurt him. His 5 year old playdate then explained in more detail (she was there at the time) that she had seen the other boy push my child over and then 'drag him along the ground til he was crying'. She said she reported to a teacher but she does not know whether the boy was told off.
My son only had a cut knee, which another teacher put a plaster on.
The issue is that both the class teacher and her TA are off sick at the moment. They are having supply teachers in AND this was at break time when it could have been any teachers supervising. So I don't have the usual point of contact to chat to.
The bigger issue is that this other boy is hurting children on a regular basis. This is the first time he has hurt my son since being in the same class (September), but I get daily reports that he was 'naughty again today' or that 'pulled someone's hair' or 'pushed someone over'. The little girl who was my son's play date today seemed to be quite eloquent (unlike my son who has general developmental delay and needs support in school).
I'm a bit stuck to know what to do. On one hand, it's only a cut knee. On the other hand, it sounded really rough and intentional, and unprovoked. And to be honest, given how many children x is hurting, I thought it was only a matter of time til he got round to me son. But my son is pretty gentle and has never hit anyone in his life.
I get on well with the headmaster. He is hugely experienced. I am wondering whether I to write to him about this. Part of me is thinking that things have to be written down in order for the teaching staff to take it seriously too. But I don't want to over-react or be precious - what are your views please?