I need advice on how to handle a situation that happened with my 6yo at school.
She has a friend who I have been quite concerned about various things that have been said and done by this other child. I bought it to the schools attention to limit them being together but it was made clear they have limited control on what happens in the school yard.
Yesterday after school my child told me that this friend put her hands down my child’s pants and underwear and was touching her bottom. My child asked her to stop multiple times and this child didn’t and only stopped when my child physically moved away.
I feel physically sick about the whole situation. But I also want to know how to properly address this with the school so that something is actually done. Can anyone please advise me.
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Ring child services asap!! Give them all the details and they will send someone to the school or Atleast look into this kid, something may be happening at home. Report report report! Take it out of the schools hands now. Is there any others signs you can report.? I have reported recently on kids with similar behaviours. They did attend the school and it’s taken very seriously. The school has a duty of care to protect your child at school!! Throw duty of care at them in your email. Make sure it’s all in writing!
Email the education department and the school. Put all your concerns in an email. Contact family services.
I think you need to contact docs first. And the department of education: before you address the school, because the school has a duty of care to keep your child safe, you asked them and they’ve severely let your child down.
This is more serious than a ‘contact the school’ I think you need to be angrier.
They can not say they are limited in what they can do. They are responsible for what they do. Schools have supervised play and six year olds should be supervised by a teacher at all times, even on breaks. They can implement plans to make sure that child is watched, shadowed, or even removed and placed in supported play if that’s what they, and other children, need. Go in hard with this, when they realise they’re in trouble, that’s what it takes sometimes for you to see action.
I had same situation and the school did nothing! In fact they tried to cover it up and a disgusting pig teacher went crook on my daughter for telling me things. I sent an dot point email to the principal and cc'd in the dept of education. I rang them first for appropriate contact. All those teachers were in big trouble and had to go through mandatory reporting training again. The school will do nothing if you let them because it's too hard for them to deal with so many kids. They just throw it in the 'too hard basket'. Alot of them will bully parents if they get a chance to avoid dealing with problems. I've worked in schools and witnessed it first hand. I moved my kids to a small private school as the issues just kept going. Never looked back.
Get the dept of education and FACS involved.
I’m a teacher and this comment is categorically not true for all teachers. I would 100% not let this slide and it’s also out of our hands a lot of the time as the principal takes over.