School accident book

[flyonby]

Just wondered if most schools should have a school accident book?

My DD is 4 and in reception at school.

Last week on collecting DD from school she told me she had fallen over at playtime.
She had 2 large grazes on both knees.
I asked the TA what had happened and she said she fell in the playground and was fine.

Today I picked her up she had a large red bump on her forehead.
I asked her about it but she did'nt want to tell me anything so I went to ask the teacher and DD did'nt want me to so left it.
She told me at home her and another girl had bumper heads.

Just wondering why on both these occasions the teacher did'nt tell me about these incidents when I picked her up and if they record such things in an accident book still?

Thought they should be twelling the parents if the children get hurt in school.

i know DD was ok all children must have scrapes etc at school but a bit miffed that they did'nt think to tell me.

There will be a accident book. Some schools send bump notes home but some don't. Nearly all send notes if there's a chance of concussion but otherwise the injury will have been dealt with a trained first aider and presumably assessed as okay to stay in school and maybe not worth mentioning to parents?

not good practice, especially regarding head injuries (however slight).
yes, they should have an accident book.

Only head injuries , nose bleeds or serious looking things get recorded. Head injuries get a note home.

If everything that needed a plaster or a bit of tlc got recorded there'd be no time to do any work

Just thought they would a least mention it as it was obvious something had happened as she had a big red bump on her forehead.

if she had'nt have mentioned the grazed knees I would'nt have seen them until I undressed her and they were quite large grazes .

Just checked her book bag,no note.

Will ask tomorrow when DD is out of earshot.

flyonby i agree with you, why don't you have a word with the teacher then? without DD knowing, if she doesn't want you to mention it. Or you could phone up and ask to speak to her at lunchtime or something?

I think that if you need to look at something from a medical perspective eh potential concussion, then they will tell you. Otherwise they will deal with it and assuem that your child will tell you. I assume if your child had SN and was mute or non-verbal then they would make more of a point of telling you. But I think that there is a huge leap from nursery/preschool to reception in terms of what gets told to parents.

my dd hurt her ankle and was resting in the medical room because of it, i was so cross the school didn't inform me i phoned them and told them. Especially as she does a lot of dancing. Her ballet teacher ended up looking at her ankle that evening.

Actually my DS has selective mutism and my DD although not expecting her to have SM also has not talked in class as yet since starting in september.
Although we think she has "learned behaviour" with regards to her brothers condition.

Probably why I am a bit more concerned as she would not have told the teachers what had happened unless it had been witnessed.
Also would not have expresseed how she felt.

Sugarskyhigh-I think you should have at least been told about the incident with your DD especaily as you say she does lots of dancing.
Even a note would have been better than nothing,as I appreiciate the teachers don't have the time to approach all parents with every minor incident that heppens.

My children don't like telling me much about what happens at school everyday.

I normally get the usual response when I ask,
"nothing mum"

yes, well i called the headteacher. I said something along the lines of What is your policy regarding the recording of accidents in your accident book? She gave me a load of waffle of course but i dropped into the conversation that i own a pre-school, so i anticipated that they might be on their toes a bit more with my DC. IME, you need to make your presence felt a bit sometimes.

Oh have definetly done that with regards to my son.

Am probably known as a PITA as far as school is concerned

I a child in my class had a head injury that obviously concerned me I would telephone the parent immediately. The accident would be recorded on the child's file. I have bumped head stickers for slight knocks. But I'm afraid I wouldn't always mention scrapped knees or record them in the file.

IME head injuries go in the accident book, but not grazed knees. My ds grazes his knees most days- he's a little boy. Must be hard for the playground staff to remember to tell each teacher exactly which child in their class has grazed their knees that day. (teachers don't usually do playground duty)

But a head injury is different as you'd be expected to keep an eye on that.