KaicosMummy
06-01-2014, 10:34 PM
.....This in the morning. It has been bugging me all evening.
I will try and keep it short and sweet. Went to collect a mindee from school today, aged seven. Teacher asked if she could have a word, took me to one side and said very sternly 'could you please tell child A's mum I would like to have a word with her about marks on childs face', I replied with something along the lines of the fact I hadnt seen the child in over a week but I would pass the message on, gave her a smile and then.......child walks out :-0 he had a large red circular scab on his cheek and what looked like the remains of several older scabs on his forehead and in his hairline. He did look pretty horrific, I asked the teacher (out of his earshot) if she had asked what happened, she said she had and he had replied 'dunno'. She then threw me a 'knowing' look :-/ walking home I asked if he knew what had happened and he said nothing, I bent down closer and we stopped so I could tale a proper look and could see straight away this was no flipping suspicious injury, the teacher had missed he was riddled in impetigo. Now I know that not everybody knows particularly what to look out for but being that he had been in school today a number of teachers must have noticed. I called mum as soon as I got him home and asked if she had taken him doctors, she said she had been chemist and he was given cream for ringworm. I said I wasnt happy to have him and she came to collect, took him docs and its impetigo, she called me later and was upset as child A has said his teacher repeatedly said things today like 'how did you do that', 'did your brother do it', 'did it hurt', 'you know its important you tell me how this happened'. So basically his teacher just assumed it was injury related, felt the need to impress on me how very gravely important it was that she wants to speak to mum, but never actually just flipping called mum to ask what it was?!
So the thing thats bugging me now is why did this teacher release the child into my care if she thought he had come to some harm at home and was hiding the whereabouts of how he got this injury from her? Why did she just jump to the conclusion it was an injury and not a skin condition, as once I looked at it properly was clear to see? Why did she not call mum to ask what happened (please dont say because sometimes they leave the parents out of the loop if they are suspicious of wrongdoing, because if thats the case why was he released into my care?), and why the hell did she question him so much?
In the morning I just want to let the teacher know, gently and reasonably, that after him being at school all day it should not have been down to me to sort out, also she has risked myself and four other children now catching it. We were all very careful with hand washing etc so doubtful we will, but she is not to know that.
And.........did not keep that short at all! Am I being unreasonable or overreacting?
Should I keep my nose out or not?!
I will try and keep it short and sweet. Went to collect a mindee from school today, aged seven. Teacher asked if she could have a word, took me to one side and said very sternly 'could you please tell child A's mum I would like to have a word with her about marks on childs face', I replied with something along the lines of the fact I hadnt seen the child in over a week but I would pass the message on, gave her a smile and then.......child walks out :-0 he had a large red circular scab on his cheek and what looked like the remains of several older scabs on his forehead and in his hairline. He did look pretty horrific, I asked the teacher (out of his earshot) if she had asked what happened, she said she had and he had replied 'dunno'. She then threw me a 'knowing' look :-/ walking home I asked if he knew what had happened and he said nothing, I bent down closer and we stopped so I could tale a proper look and could see straight away this was no flipping suspicious injury, the teacher had missed he was riddled in impetigo. Now I know that not everybody knows particularly what to look out for but being that he had been in school today a number of teachers must have noticed. I called mum as soon as I got him home and asked if she had taken him doctors, she said she had been chemist and he was given cream for ringworm. I said I wasnt happy to have him and she came to collect, took him docs and its impetigo, she called me later and was upset as child A has said his teacher repeatedly said things today like 'how did you do that', 'did your brother do it', 'did it hurt', 'you know its important you tell me how this happened'. So basically his teacher just assumed it was injury related, felt the need to impress on me how very gravely important it was that she wants to speak to mum, but never actually just flipping called mum to ask what it was?!
So the thing thats bugging me now is why did this teacher release the child into my care if she thought he had come to some harm at home and was hiding the whereabouts of how he got this injury from her? Why did she just jump to the conclusion it was an injury and not a skin condition, as once I looked at it properly was clear to see? Why did she not call mum to ask what happened (please dont say because sometimes they leave the parents out of the loop if they are suspicious of wrongdoing, because if thats the case why was he released into my care?), and why the hell did she question him so much?
In the morning I just want to let the teacher know, gently and reasonably, that after him being at school all day it should not have been down to me to sort out, also she has risked myself and four other children now catching it. We were all very careful with hand washing etc so doubtful we will, but she is not to know that.
And.........did not keep that short at all! Am I being unreasonable or overreacting?
Should I keep my nose out or not?!