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spoke to teacher but not happy...

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lulu2 · 13/11/2009 13:10

dd came home from school yesterday and told me that a boy in her yr 1 class punched her in the face when they were lining up after morning break. dd told the teacher and she spoke to the boy who had hit her but he denied it and blamed another boy, but dd insisted to the teacher that it was him. dd's account was full of detail about who said what and that the teacher had told the boy concerned that she was fed up with him as this was the second person he had hurt that day that i have no reason to doubt that she is telling the truth.
i spoke to her teacher this morning and she maintained that dd had been upset but hadn't named the boy who had punched her, then she said they had agreed it had been an accident. Her teacher did say that they are aware there is a problem and they are dealing with it.
there have been loads of incidents with this boy in dd's class with different children and complaints have been made by several parents to the school about his behaviour. I am aware that anything my dd tells me is in essence secondhand but she is not a liar.
i feel that i should do more about this but don't know what to do, what would you do?

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laughalot · 13/11/2009 13:25

Im afraid things like this happen often in school. Year 1 is a difficult age im sure that if the teacher says they are dealing with it they are. My ds got hit in the face yesterday he is year 1 the teacher told me they are dealing with it so im happy for the minute to leave it at that.

Hope your dd is ok

Heated · 13/11/2009 13:32

Ds had a icepack in his cheekbone last week after being punched another yr 1 boy. It was left for ds to tell us after school - his teacher didn't mention it. We're teachers, we know it's not good practice. Have talked and role-played ds through what to do in case of further incidents and if there is dh will go in.

woahwoah · 13/11/2009 19:08

Do nothing more.
You've raised the issue, the school are very aware of it. If you continue to raise the same issue the teacher will pick up that you do not believe her version of events and she may be (rightly) peeved.
These situations are not easy for staff to resolve - all the children say something different and if the teacher did not witness the incident they cannot say for certain if something is accidental or not.
Even if the child is often in trouble they cannot just assume he is in the wrong. The school will be watching him though! Trust them.
I hope your dd is ok.

MumNWLondon · 15/11/2009 16:25

if it happens again and it turns out she is being targeted arrange meeting with headteacher to discuss. if its a one off and accident just need to leave it at that.

FabIsLosingThePlot · 15/11/2009 16:30

What exactly is it that you are not happy with?

I think it is the luck of the draw as our son has been bullied for ages but it is only now he has a new teacher that it seems to have stopped as she has really good ways at dealing with it.

If it happens again I would write to the school and ask for a meeting. I really wish I had done this sooner.

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