I’d be asking for a sit down with the teacher and wanting to know what action they are taking. My grandson started Kindy this year and twice now has been hit very roughly by a particular boy. Both times the teacher approached us after school to tell what had happened and explained what they were doing. With your daughter being hit much more i would expect more interaction with you.

Go to the principal and if they don’t do anything threaten to go to a current affair. They’ll get scared then because they won’t want to risk the reputation of the school.

I would go above the teacher and go straight to the principal. If the boy has issues he should be separated from your daughter. More needs to be done to address the behaviour.

Not good enough, I would certainly seek it higher up and request a meeting with the principal.

I would go straight to the top of the school and discuss this with the leader of the school. Every child needs to be and feel safe at school. An action plan is needed to address this issue.

This is a hard situation. You don’t know whether the boy has some type of issues either. But I’d be speaking to the teachers again and also reach out to the boy’s parents. Plus, I’d reinforce on my daughter it IS ok to say no or even to yell no or stop. She wouldn’t be in trouble. They’re only very young but she has to learn that there are boundaries others shouldn’t cross. Stand up for herself.

As a teacher myself I would ask for a safety plan that separates them or ensures your child’s safety- see it in writing and get a copy ! It is not ok for your child not to be safe at school – I would email the principal and cc the teachers in and say can we work together to keep my child safe

Protect your kid. This is your first and most important duty as a parent. We had this issue with one of our daughters, too. Hit or pushed over every day, same two boys. Teachers ‘dealt with it’ after each incident, but did nothing to prevent it. After a week or so of trying to get the school to take it seriously, we withdrew both kids and now home school. That is a bit drastic for most, but we had other reasons that made withdrawal logical. Assault is assault, whether the offender is 6 or 60. The violent child needs to be 1:1 supervised or expelled. No child should be in fear to go to school, and if she’s saying she wants to die, YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. I can’t emphasise that enough. Too many bullied kids suicide, and the feelings of helplessness and hopelessness of unrelenting bullying start young. Unfortunately, bullied kids then react like victims, making them more likely to be bullied by others in the future. I am not trying to scare you, just emphasise that this is not a trivial issue, as so many school employees treat it, and you need to act assertively now. Request a meeting with the teacher and the principal outlining your concerns and require a behavioural management plan be put in place to manage the violent child. Keep them accountable. Request written records of their incident reports which they are required to make internally. You can consider requesting that your child is transferred to another class if possible, but ultimately, the school needs to address the problem, which is the bully, and minimise the negative consequences for the VICTIM, your daughter. No-one should be laying hands on your child at school. Good luck to you.