My child was hit by a pen, thrown by a teacher

[Tiredallthetimelaura]

So my daughter who is in year 8 was in a lesson when her teacher 'cold called' her a question. My daughter responded she didn't know the answer and the teacher then threw a highlighter pen at her, hitting her on the arm. The teacher then did it again to another student, also hitting them on the arm. We have reached level 2 of a complaint, but it's always investigated by management within the academy. The school keep down playing what happened and not investigating what we ask. This teacher is still teaching, although my daughter isn't going in on the day of that lesson, which is greatly affecting her attendance. The school said they would move my daughter so she could do a different lesson (double Maths or double English), but we said no! This feels like a punishment to our daughter. She wants to do that lesson, just not with that teacher... and we agree.
Any advice on what/how the school legally should be handling this? Happy to answer any further questions Xx

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I don't understand why a teacher would throw a pen at a student. Unless it's to lend them a pen, but that doesn't appear to be what happened here .

I often throw pens because they want to borrow one. I throw at the desk in front of them so they don't hit them if they can't catch.

Jeez, get a grip, OP.
Your DD needs some urgent lessons in resilience.
I really feel sorry for teachers if they have to deal with ridiculous parents like you.

It sounds like it was meant in fun. Certainly it wouldn't have hurt anyone and was highly unlikely to cause any emotional damage either. A total non event that I really don't think deserves such a fuss.

ZERO sympathy after you conducted your own investigation and interviewed the other students and got statements You are not allowed to do this nor is it acceptable not is it responsible or okay.

This is crazy behaviour over this incident . I sincerely hope the teacher is allowed to continue teaching and you take your complete entitlement elsewhere.

Sounds like a storm in a teacup . Maybe work on your daughter’s resilience. We live in a difficult world and she will have far more tricky problems to deal with in the future.

You're allowing your child to miss an entire day of school every week because of this???

You are doing your poor child a real disservice here, and with all due respect, you need to catch a grip of yourself and wise up.

Heaven help us all.

Well it beats being hit on the head with a book by a teacher in the 70s for talking . 😂

Like mother like daughter, The op can’t even take the reality in these replies so flounces off. Can’t imagine where said daughter gets the dramatics from.

Oh gosh I've just reread and noticed the part about missing a day of school each week because of this! This is so ridiculous that it's actually funny. Get hit by a small pen = emotionally damaged. Pulled out of school by overreacting, ridiculous parent = apparently fine. Can you not see this will hurt her more in the long run?!

Also just get some perspective. Schools are dealing with children who are part of/exposed to/are themselves drug addicts, prostitutes and gang members. They have suicidal children, those with eating disorders and children who are recovering from living in war zones/domestic abuse.
GET SOME PERSPECTIVE

You do know that the whole school are talking about it because you contacted parents.
Was the highlighter thrown because they had to highlight the correct answer?

Wow.... no wonder kids are growing up with zero resilience. I've just had a young person go off sick citing mental health caused by me because I told her twice to put her phone away - I was running an induction training session - apparently I humiliated her and now she can't face coming back to work.

I imagine this to be the OPs child in a few years time!

This is ridiculous. This is going to end the teachers career and/or sanity and your daughter will learn that her mum will march up to the school to throw her weight around and kick up a massive fuss whenever she is challenged.
It's just massively embarrassing and unnecessary all round really.

Dd (year 9) was hit in the back of the head by a rubber. Another kid threw it as he was trying to hit his mate, but missed. It was a shock as she was concentrating, but she picked it up and chucked it back. The end.

OP I think you may be making a mountain out of a molehill here. Your dd is not injured. Let it go.

I'm sure you daughter wasn't really 'shook' up and embarrassed - is it not you projecting this.

Of course it's not ideal but choose your battles. If such things are causing such emotional trauma to your precious DD think you'd be best teaching her more resilience

Go higher email the head of education in your council area and cc the head teacher in

About a highlighter ???!!

Your attitude is why your daughter has no resilience. You're messing her up teaching her to be like this. How do you think she'll handle work? The first time her manager critises her she'll probably end up signed off with stress - if she even gets any grades to get a job with missing lessons because of a pen being thrown while messing around.
If she's upset get the teacher to apologise and she'll obviously realise in future that your daughter needs tiptoeing around, but "tapping out" here because people don't agree with you, or skipping lessons because a pen tapped her and didn't even leave a mark is ridiculous.

Great idea, times are tough in schools, I expect they could do with a giggle.

Shaken

Times are tough everywhere....don't chuck objects at minors .... or anyone .....full stop

You cannot be serious. I genuinely thought you were joking.

Get a grip.