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lunchtime supervisors & accident reports

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tshirtsuntan · 16/01/2014 21:18

Do they have to fill them in? My question arises as my son has had two quite nasty injuries while in the care of the same supervisor. He is in reception (4yrs old) no accidents/incidents last term at all, this term they have a new supervisor. Last Tuesday as I stripped him for a bath a noticed he had a big horizontal bruise on one of his buttocks- looked like he'd been hit with a stick! His explanation was that he'd fallen onto a balance beam and hurt it,cried and when a friend fetched the supervisor she said to leave him alone because he was crying Sad I spoke to his teacher the next morning,really because it so looked like a cane Mark I didn't want anyone seeing it in the toilet and thinking it was me! She knew nothing about it and when I mentioned the name he had told me of the supervisor her reaction was "oh God" followed by "she is supposed to tell us", no accident report for that. Today I was called at one and told he had fallen and cut/bruised his lips and I should pick him up, so I did. Again no accident report. He had blood all down his front, on his face, up his nose and a very swollen mouth. According to him the lunchtime supervisor was "playing with some girls" so he had to go inside alone and find someone to help him. I know accidents happen, of course they do, but are they not supposed to fill in a form to state what happened/ what was done? The reception playground is small, fenced in and only for their year so I fail to see how she couldn't have noticed a child covered in blood! I am quite cross with the way it's been handled and if I knew who it was who did handle it I wouldn't be basing my reaction on the word of a four year old, what to do now? Who should I speak to 're lack of info?

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Hawkmoth · 16/01/2014 21:22

Go to the head. DD had problems with her school joining up lunchtime and classroom incidents. They have a new policy now.

How is he now?

tshirtsuntan · 16/01/2014 21:27

I was thinking head but wondered if that was an over reaction, think I may call in tomorrow morning, he's ok, thanks for asking, fast asleep, blood free! I think lip things often look worse than they are.

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BabyMummy29 · 16/01/2014 21:35

I would ask to speak to the head. In our school, lunchtime supervisors fill in an accident form - one copy goes home and one in the school's file.

Your poor little boy Sad

tshirtsuntan · 16/01/2014 21:39

I just feel so sad for him, he's loved school so far, loves the teacher and doing really well. I don't want to feel worried about him at lunchtime if it is down to a disinterested member of staff. Sad

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BabyMummy29 · 16/01/2014 21:47

We're lucky that we have lovely conscientious supervisors who really have the children's best interests at heart.

Hope you get to the bottom of this problem and that your little boy is happier at school Smile

admission · 16/01/2014 22:24

All such accidents as you describe should be being reported on appropriate forms and it could well be that they have been done but you have for some reason not been given copies.
However this is something that does need to be sorted, so I would talk to the head and say, accept things do happen and DS seems to have been in the wars recently, what is the procedure for reporting such accidents. The head if they have their antennae on will very quickly suss out that this could be a problem and sort out what has or has not been going on. If the head does not respond then a question about complaints and how to make a formal complaint should start a ball rolling. Personally I would be far more concerned about the first incident than the second which sounds like the more normal playground tumble.

Fuzzymum1 · 17/01/2014 14:09

At our school all adults fill in accident forms. When a child has a bump to the head or face they have a big 'bump sticker' that says "OUCH keep an eye on me I bumped my head" stuck on their uniform so that any adults working with them during the rest of the day know to keep an eye on them.

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