What would you do if this happened in your school?

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DD (Year 1) keeps coming home with "bump" letters (i.e. letter saying she bumped her head at school and to say what signs to look out for which would warrant medical advice). She has bought 3 home in the last week and probably about 15 this term. It's usually for accidents in the playground eg. another child colliding with her: occasionally it's because another child has intentionally hurt her (this is never stated on the letter, but she tends to tell me how the bumps happen!)
My ds went to the same school and brought home maybe 1 such letter a year. IMHO I would have thought boys would be more accident-prone, with all their dashing around the playground?
So I don't know whether a) she is just very accident prone b) being slightly picked on c) the school are just better at notifying parents these days e) She is clearly not adequately supervised.
I have vaguely raised it with the teacher who said she'd ask the lunchtime supervisers (dinner ladies) but hasn't got back to me. Any suggestions?

I am in similar situ.

DD is reception and has bumped her head enough times they actualy grabbed me to talk about it, always left side of her head (and then she did it again in cloak room other morning when I was there).

Never got a note about DS doing this.

DD is really dreamy, though. I can easily imagine she's not paying attention to her surroundings. She had her vision checked last year (it was ll perfect) or I would wonder about her left eye not working right.

No idea, sorry, but I'd chase the teacher if I were you. You need to know which of these explanations are correct or whether it is something entirely different.

I am a lunchtime supervisor.

Assuming your school has similiar guidelines to follow: we have to send a note if there is ANY mark arising from an accident. So if the area turns even slightly pink, we write a note. For head injuries they also have to sit out the rest of the break and be checked over by an actual first aider, once immediately and once again before classes restart.

1 girl so far has had 28 notes sent home (since Sept) and not one of them was an incident I would bat an eyelid at if it was my own child.

thanks everyone - that's very interesting SaintGeorge - not sure they make them sit down for the rest of break in DD's school , but they seem to send a note for any bump, not just ones where they are marked. I think based on your experience, I probably don't need to worry just yet. Have started keeping all the letters just in case though!

yes the answer is sort of c, they have to let you know of any accident, however slight

Is it likely that she's just realised she gets attention if she says this, and is playing on it? Or that for some reason she's making a point of telling the teachers/supervisors about very minor things that other children may well be brushing off and ignoring? Having observed my ds, and the girls that live near us, there's a definate difference in the kind of incident which will cause tears and/or running to mummy, so it may be that she's not getting any more bumps than your ds did, just making more fuss about them.