What would you do?

[2cleverlovingchildren]

Yesterday my dd(7) was accidentally hit by a boy (same age) during a PE lesson. Dd told teacher and given ice pack for a few minutes. No note or spoken to by the teacher. Mark on arm photo’s by me approx 4 hrs later. Should I speak to the teacher about the incident or leave it. Seems quite a slap and don’t know how it was dealt with.

Yes I would msg the school with the photo so it can be logged, then u have a record should this becomes ongoing. Ask them to keep an eye. Accident ummm.

Does your DD think it wasn’t an accident?

She’s the one who told me it was an accident. I just think it’s quite hard. They were supposedly running in PE to a line and then when they ran back they had to tag the next person in their team for their turn and he missed her hand and tagged her arm.

How would you want it dealt with?

I remember when mine was in the EYFS stage the school had to record every bump no matter how minor. That changes as the get older.

This seems like an accident so I wouldn’t make a big deal about it

An accident like that in a lesson I wouldn’t have any concerns about. If it was a playground incident and might indicate bullying or similar I would.

It's unfortunate it left a mark but if your dd is content it was an accident I'd leave it at that. Kids get ridiculously competitive in PE so I can well imagine someone running full speed attempting to tag a hand could leave a slap mark if they missed. Sorry your DD was hurt but I really don't see anything here report worthy. It's an accident 🤷‍♀️

You know that it was dealt with via an ice pack. Also, you know it was an accident, the like of which can happen in PE, therefore punishment would be inappropriate. I would request that in future you be contacted if your child is injured, but I don’t know what else you expected the school to do beyond that? If your DD is happy it was an accident, I think that a quiet word with the teacher would be appropriate and sufficient.

I would do absolutely nothing. It was obviously dealt with if she had an ice pack. Your dd is obviously happy that is was an accident.

What benefit could moaning about it do other than add extra stress to the staff, your dd, any additional staff involved in the lesson/first aid and most likely action, not being allowed to play that game again.

Nothing.

You know what happened. It was an accident. It's not likely to happen again. Your child was listened to by their teacher and received appropriate medical attention. She will heal. Your child is old enough to tell you about minor accidents, as proved by the fact that she did tell you.

Thanks for all your messages. I have had a quiet word with the teacher just to be asked to be informed of any injuries at pickup. I just wanted to ensure she wasn’t being bullied as she has previously said things were an accident etc when there was bullying happening (granted this was a few years back now). But I think we all get protective of our children and just want to ensure they’re safe. Thanks again everyone.