School did not inform me of my child having a cold press on eye

gomer

I nearly forgot, you'll probably be wanting compensation too. You should put some compo face pictures on the thread as a matter of urgency lol

Seriously, comparing a teacher not telling you they put a damp sponge on your kids face to not wearing a seatbelt?

Get some perspective lol

GreenQueen

I remember at primary school in the '60s, if you fell over and banged your knee, hand, etc, the staff would administer "magic cream" (antiseptic cream) even if you struggled to see any sign of said injury - looking back, it should have been called "placebo cream"!

I also remember the highlight of my daughter's year 1 at primary school when she had 6 head bump letters in one week (2 on one day) - that was the week she discovered the climbing frame but not the skills to stay on it!

gomer

GreenQueen wrote: »

I remember at primary school in the '60s, if you fell over and banged your knee, hand, etc, the staff would administer "magic cream" (antiseptic cream) even if you struggled to see any sign of said injury - looking back, it should have been called "placebo cream"!

I also remember the highlight of my daughter's year 1 at primary school when she had 6 head bump letters in one week (2 on one day) - that was the week she discovered the climbing frame but not the skills to stay on it!

These days you just get all outraged about it online & demand compo lol

pickledonionspaceraider

gomer wrote: »

these days you just get all outraged about it online & demand compo lol

outragggeeeeeee

maman

Penguin_ wrote: »

Ah the old wet bit of blue paper which healed every injury known to child!!

Ah yes, the wet paper towel! I think it was the attention and a trip to the office that did the trick for most minor ailments. . It started to get very expensive when packs that you opened and cracked and turned cold (a bit like hand warmers in reverse) were introduced.

Many schools these days have 'bump on the head' stickers or notes to cover them.

What I'm curious about is that with 4 year olds they are usually handed over to the parent by an adult who gives important information. I suppose though it could have happened at lunchtime and a breakdown in communication somewhere.

Kit1

Penguin_ wrote: »

Ah the old wet bit of blue paper which healed every injury known to child!!

We still do that for all those injuries you can't see but they hurt like they have lost a limb.

Reception children as usually seen out to their parent and any info is passed on. If they go to OOSC the info is usually passed onto them to tell the parent.

I would be surprised if the incident wasn't recorded. Worth just asking tomorrow. There could be a simple explanation and it may be that it said it hurt and as they couldn't see anything they gave him the magic paper towel to soothe him.

bo_rai_cho

gomer wrote: »

Well i suppose these days the cold compress would need to be fair trade, plus a gender neutral colour so it doesn't stereotype your child, only contain the words 'them' or 'they' on the packaging, come from a sustainable source that doesn't use fossil fuels, must be clearly labeled that it may contain traces of nuts etc etc etc

LOL!! :rotfl: yeh damn those traces of nuts, I guess people would just have seizures back in the day and maybe die. We were much smarter back in the day

gomer wrote: »

Seriously, comparing a teacher not telling you they put a damp sponge on your kids face to not wearing a seatbelt?

Get some perspective lol

Back in my day people wouldn't get so offended with a keyboard :rotfl:

onwards&upwards wrote: »

Uh, why? It might have been a speck of dust!

maman wrote: »

Many schools these days have 'bump on the head' stickers or notes to cover them.

What I'm curious about is that with 4 year olds they are usually handed over to the parent by an adult who gives important information. I suppose though it could have happened at lunchtime and a breakdown in communication somewhere.

Kit1 wrote: »

I would be surprised if the incident wasn't recorded. Worth just asking tomorrow. There could be a simple explanation and it may be that it said it hurt and as they couldn't see anything they gave him the magic paper towel to soothe him.

Turns out it was a bang to the eye, I am glad I chased it up.

The school said they should have issued something but the lady who administered the cold press is not in to ask.

Thanks for the responses, good to know they should be recording this. They are going to ask the lady

Catcrazy

Homer and Bo_rai_cho ,I am sure I am not the only person who is very concerned,i in fact, horrified, about the fact you dismiss peanut allergies with a joke. Sadly there are families who have lost loved ones because of this. A family friend has survived two anaphylactic shocks due to traces of nuts .

gomer

Catcrazy wrote: »

Homer and Bo_rai_cho ,I am sure I am not the only person who is very concerned,i in fact, horrified, about the fact you dismiss peanut allergies with a joke. Sadly there are families who have lost loved ones because of this. A family friend has survived two anaphylactic shocks due to traces of nuts .

Give me strength.

Sorry. I should have said vegan too. My bad.


Are we friends now? :A


I have 2 cousins with severe nut allergy who think you are being a bit humourless. They thought it was quite amusing.

bo_rai_cho

Catcrazy wrote: »

Homer and Bo_rai_cho ,I am sure I am not the only person who is very concerned,i in fact, horrified, about the fact you dismiss peanut allergies with a joke. Sadly there are families who have lost loved ones because of this. A family friend has survived two anaphylactic shocks due to traces of nuts .

Hi, I was not dismissing it, but more dismissing the comment previously by Gomer. My reply was sarcastic (saying we were smarter back in the day, when we clearly were not)