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What is your schools policy on children bumping their head?

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bluenosesaint · 05/03/2008 21:09

I'm a little concerned that dd2 came home from school today with an obvious bump to her forehead (not bruised, but red and really quite swollen). She told me that she tripped and banged her head on a bench, she said that she cried because it hurt a lot, bless her.

The school didn't contact me. Just an 'accident form' in her bag. I really quite surprised as i was under the impression that they had to inform parents of any bangs to the head (or does this letter class as informing parents?)

I'm not going to create a fuss over it - I have kept an eye on dd and she seems fine. I just wondered what the general rules are regarding this ...

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bluenosesaint · 05/03/2008 21:10

dd is 4.11 btw

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NaughtyNigel · 05/03/2008 21:10

the letter is 'informing' you i think. we get red ones with the what to look out for, like sleepyness/vomiting etc.

RosaIsRed · 05/03/2008 21:11

The letter you mention is standard practice in most schools as a means of informing parents AFAIK.

Moomin · 05/03/2008 21:11

Same as you - just a letter. We average about 3 a month nowadays! (dd1 is 6) I was a bit at first too but as long as they show no signs of obvious concussion, the letter is the norm. I take it the letter has guidelines for looking out for further problems?

Hulababy · 05/03/2008 21:12

We just get a "head bump" note, and a teacher will normally tell us what happened when we go to collect DD. Have never had a phone call though and now DD is at school, rather than nursery, I don't expect one.

The letter will class as informing you. It is just to let you know so that you can keep an eye on her.

scanner · 05/03/2008 21:12

Yep thats what we get to, they know what to look out for and if it was serious would take action.

spudmasher · 05/03/2008 21:14

School where I work - we send the child to one of the first aiders and they spend 30 minutes near her. Then the parents are phoned and given the option to come and collect. If not then the child is sent back to class and the class teacher has to observe for the rest of the afternoon then the child goes home. If parents can not be contacted then they go home with the headbanging note in their hand - not bag as parents do not look in it immediately.

Recently took some children on a residential trip and their policy was hospital straight away ehich I thought was a bit over the top.

forkhandles · 05/03/2008 21:15

we get that letter and the children get a bright orange sticker on their top too, saying 'I've bumped my head'.

cornsilk · 05/03/2008 21:16

Yes letter to parents. Some schools stick a bumped head sticker on the child's clothing if they're young and likely to loose the letter! It would have been recorded in the accident book also. Imagine how many children bump their heads every day in a school - my ds had a letter every week in reception. Anything more than a letter for a bumped head would be too much IMO.

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bluenosesaint · 05/03/2008 21:17

Ah so its standard practice then ...thanks.

moomin - no, just a bog standard letter with the box ticked for whereabouts on the body the child is injured.

dd appears to be fine (just got a bit of an egg on her head ), so no harm done anyway ...

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bluenosesaint · 05/03/2008 21:20

Yeh - that was pretty much my thoughts too cornsilk. i think its because it looks sore that i thought they may have contacted me (??)

Like others have said though, i'm sure they know what to look for and would've contacted me if they thought it was serious ...

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magnolia74 · 05/03/2008 21:21

Our school ,always ring and let you know. They don't normally come home but we are always notified

AbbeyA · 05/03/2008 22:28

I wish that I had kept all the red letters that youngest DS got just to keep a tally-he was accident prone!

ChasingSquirrels · 05/03/2008 22:34

Mainly just a letter, a few weeks ago they called me at 2.45pm and asked me to come and pick him up (school finishes at 3pm). I was pretty worried about that but by the time I got there (only about 5 mins earlier than I would have anyway) the swelling was starting to go down. That was a VERY big bump though - ds said it swelled up like a banana!

OhYouBadBadKitten · 06/03/2008 11:18

Was a bit cross with Junior school yesterday - dd (yr 3) had bumped heads with another kid. When I saw her she had a good bruise/bump centered just under her brow in the outer corner. nicely swollen eyelid. She did show a teacher who didnt do any first aid at all. I don't expect much - just a cold compress would have helped the swelling. I've uhmmed and ahhed whether I should say anything to school or just accept that they have to be tougher in JS?

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