I've got to say, it's not the first problem H has had. She tends to dance to the beat of her own drum a bit, as well as flitting from group to group (she doesn't have her own established little posse of friends which I think might make her vulnerable). But on each occasion the school has acted swiftly and very appropriately. They document every thing too so they have a paper record so they can present evidence to the offending child's parents. I think it's been a problem at the school for a while (and it's got something to do with the layout of the school grounds, too big to be supervised properly). But I'm really proud of Hannah that each time she has told me and stood her ground and expected the perpetrator to be dealt with appropriately. Jazmum, the Zone works on getting the offenders to understand the cost of their actions, and then they are taken through a restorative process where the victim gets to tell them how their actions affected them and how they would like them to make amends, and then the perpetrator has to make amends and apologise (sincerely). In one instance the boy responsible was removed from the class for a whole week and not allowed to rejoin his class until Hannah agreed that she was comfortable to have him back. They take it very very seriously. TBH if they didn't I would remove H from that school because it's not OK to let that stuff happen and not protect the kids!!!





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