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dd being bullied - what to do please?

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pacinofan · 27/04/2009 18:52

DD seems to be targetted by a boy in her class at playtime, initially he seemed to be intent on pushing, shoving and tripping her up which I suppose you put down to general playground behaviour.

However, last week she came home quite upset as this boy had, in her words, 'kicked her in her private parts' and then placed his hands around her neck. I thought this quite worrying behaviour and spoke with the head teacher the following morning. He has spoken with all 3 children involved and apparently the boy concerned confessed to his actions and was taken out of the playground on Friday. In the afternoon, they all did a team building excercise and apparently all went very well and they were all awarded the 'head teachers award' sticker. Great. Today, she has come home again having been kicked in same area and is in some discomfort.

Other than the obvious, i.e telling dd to stay away from him, what else can we do or expect the school to do? I don't want this to blow up but at the same time and genuinely worried for dd. By the way, she is not the only child who has been hit by this child but I haven't spoken to other parents about this.

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PlumBumMum · 27/04/2009 18:54

Go back to the school right away,
make sure they are contacting his parents, surely they should be keeping a better eye on him

for your dd

PlumBumMum · 27/04/2009 18:58

I mean't the school keeping a better eye on him

last year my dd was coming home with little things about a boy in her class I left it until the end of the week and went to the teacher, told her I want to nip it in the bud before it got out of hand, she said she had already noticed and everyone would be swapping seats come Monday
I did wonder how long it had been going on for the teacher to notice and why she hadn't told me.

eskimum · 27/04/2009 21:22

I sympathise, its so worrying having this kind of thing go on and not being there to protect them.

I would be in there tomorrow speaking to the teacher about what happened today.

How old is your DD?

Greensleeves · 27/04/2009 21:26

IMO this is an unacceptable response from the school - your dd isn't being picked on , she is being physically assaulted and could be injured if something more decisive isn't done.

I would request a meeting with the head and your dd's class teacher and ask what they are going to put in place to ensure that this child cannot continue to assault your dd.

I am firmly in favour of SEAL programmes and emotional literacy training for childre, especially troubled children who bully others - but at the same time the school has a duty to control this child's violent behaviour.

Poor you and poor dd

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