General Chat

o thing--hope they catch the culprit and give him a good telling off--nowt worse than not wanting to go to school because of someone else, not fair either, school should be happy memories Give him a hug for me Carol

Thank you for all the replies and he is happier now. Clare they do have a buddy system at the school we have friendship stops next to buddy benches and if theyu dont have anyone to play with they go there and people go and play with them. think as laddo is in year 6 they think they are too old for them.

hi dawn ,my daughter was having problems with her son not wanting to go to school ,even making himself sick .she got to the bottom of it .it wasn't another child bullying him but a teacher .so don't think all the bullies are kids.

Hi Dawnie, I'm glad the school took it seriously and that they are looking out for him. Gwynne

Glad its all sorted, its got to be the worst feeling when you have to send them to school, knowing that they are gonna be unhappy...after all, we do spend most of our lives making sure they are happy. I have heard that using a buddy system in the playground is a good way of dealing with bullying, so maybe your school could introduce this now its worked for your boy!?!?! Clare x

apparently my 5 year old grand son tried to strangle another boy in the playground. Thought I would try to have a conversation with him to find out what it was all about. When I asked him why he had done it all he could say was 'I fortgot the rules' So going by his response looks like the teachers have given him a good telling off and told him not to fortget the rules. dont want him following in his fathers footsteps

Dawn, that was nice that a class mate volunteered to help Laddo out, maybe he will make friends with him and start to feel more confident. You do have it tough at times, don't you? Gwen, I had to laugh at you with your son and the washingpowder!

I hope his day was not as bad as he seemed to expect it to be. Bless him.

UPDATED had beern sorted Laddo was able to show his teacher who it was and she got both sides of story, one of laddos classmates volunteered to stay near Laddo to make sure there was no more trouble and the other lad had to spend playtime with the teacher and not leave her side.

Hello Dawn I really feel for you and your son. My daughter suffered at the hands of bullies for years - the trouble is that teachers are not educated enough in dealing with it. My daughter is now fourteen and is very happy at school (although I won't give the school the time of day). A word of advice - keep in regular contact with the school.

I really feel for you and laddo, I would hate to be that age again with so much bullying going on. (((((((((((((((((huggles))))))))))))))))))))) for you both. Lin xxx

HUGS FOR YOU I REMEMBER SON WAS ABOUT TEN WOULDNT BATH THREW HIM IN A DEEP BATH CLOTHES ,,SHOES AN A LOAD OF SOAP POWDER TOLD HIM TO WASHHIS JEANS WHILE HE WAS IN THERE

Ah Bless him Dawn I hope it was a one off with this lad and he stays away from in the future. Hope he goes on OK today. Germaine x

Hi Dawn. I think that you have done the right thing, getting the teacher involved.My granddaughter recently started nursery, and was showing signs of being reluctant to go. She told her mum that one of the other girls kept taking toys from her, and had nipped her on the arm. My daughter had a word with Sophies teacher, who promosed to keep an eye open for any other incidents.So far, everything is great, with Sophie now being aware that not all children do get along. Good luck with your little laddo.I too am an Early Years Worker, amd am aware that children even as young as 2 or 3, are capable of bullying, if it is left unchecked. Gail

all boys seem to be the same - bless em. they are more visual than verbal so you can often get more info in pictures or leg models - that kind of thing. Hope you get to the bottom of it soon- for you as well as him!! Angela x

laddo wouldnt get up, over an hour of taking covers off him, calling him, telling him he would get water over him and we progressed to sitting up. He sat there crying as didnt want to go his reason was a year 3 threw stuff in his face at playtime yesterday.Had to force him to get dressed and wash. We were literally pushing him along the road to school luckily hubby didnt have to go in to work til late so could help me, teacher was great with him and they are going to see if he can recognise who it was at playtime but if he doesnt want to go out he can stay in. Am going to meet him today (dont usually) and see how he got on and teacher will let me know how hes been. Dont want another morning like like its hard enough getting him there on good days and just wish he would tell us whats happening instead of bottling everything up.