My 3 year old daughter had a puncture wound as the result of another boy poking a stick between her eyes. She needed eight stitches.
This happened on Friday lunchtime. In the words of my daughter she was chased by a boy, who caught her, then poked the stick into her forehead. The 3 teacher assistants who were covering the lunch playground session did not see the incident. My daughter was discovered walking towards the nursery door with her head down, quietly crying. When asked by the teacher what happened she said the boy had hit her with a stick. The boy does not admit this.
The teachers have said because the boy is boisterous he tends to get blamed for all ills, plus they say he now tends to sheepishly admit to any wrong doing.
My daughter did not fall, because there is no grazes on her hands or knees. There is no brusing on the nose. There are cameras in the playgroud but they don't cover the principal area where my daughter was hit.
I am shocked this has happened. At first I spoke with the teachers on Friday afternoon (having come back from the hospital), but they don't believe my daugther, and that rather accidents happen!!
In this state of emotional anxiety, please can anyone suggest what I can do and what I should expect from the school?
I did take pictures to record the damage done. My daughter is actually fine, but she, of her own volition has said she does not want to go back to nursery as the boy may attack her again.
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Jay12 · 02/03/2008 19:54
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