Maris Stella High

[24hr-mum]

wow terrible, his form teacher did nothing?

do other parents hv boys being bullied?
is it a MSH thing or a boys sch thing?
wonder if i shd reconsider sending my boy there …

[smurf]

Do they have comunication book? Maybe u can highlight this to the teacher? Just let the teacher knows nicely, I'm sure they won't allow such bullying.


On the other hand, when my boy was younger, when people accidentally hit him, not intentionally, he said people hit him and he was angry. :lol:

[Namie]

They will be given a communication book but not yet. The pushing may be due to him being sensitive and the other boy being selfish wanting more space. But the kicking of his back was definitely bullying. Not sure if all happened during form teacher class but one of the pushing incident happened during PE.

[Honey]

Namie, you shouldn’t take the bullying lying down. What class is he in? Why no reaction from the teachers? If I were you, I would bring it up to the teachers & ask for an investigation to be done & get back to me. If the teachers don’t do anything or show no urgency in it, then don’t be afraid to go to higher authorities.


It shouldn’t go on or your son may develop a fear of going to school. It’s not healthy. The agressive boys should be taught to respect others & not be so rough. Sometimes, these boys don’t mean to bully. They may not understand that their agressive behaviour is hurting others. They are still very young & learning but if no one points it out to them that their behaviour is wrong, they keep doing it.

I have friends with sons in other boys’ schools & know enough that this kind of behaviour does not happen only in MSHS. Even the kids from mixed schools are not spared behaviour from their more agressive friends. We just have to keep communicating with our kids & teach them how to handle different situations & if need be, we intervene & seek help from the school to help handle the situation.

Hope things improve for your son soon.

[24hr-mum]

just email to the form teacher directly or PE teacher too.

or ask to transfer class if still like that?

[Namie]

Bullying can take place anywhere even for adults at work. We are thinking it may be more important to teach him how to stand up to the bullies.

[tiredmama]

On the subject of bullying, I suggest that u speak to the form teacher or u can inform the vp/p directly. The sch takes a very serious view on these incidences and usually they will investigate thoroughly.

We have heard of such 1-2 occurrences but I believe been resolved. However, it’s important to highlight so that action can be taken.
Generally, the maris boys r ok and I have also heard of similar stories in other boys schools as well… all the best !!

[Vanilla]

Or maybe you can email to his teacher directly and tell her exactly what happened? You can find the whole list of the staff contacts and their email addresses in the MSHS website. I really don’t blame the boy for retaliating as this is a natural reaction of his self defense! But importantly it should be highlighted and stop or else yr boy will not enjoy going to school, not to talk about learning in school.

[vicki]

Hi Namie,


I went to ask ds if there are any ‘notti’ boys in the class and if there are any boys kenna ‘bullied’ - he say so far the boys are ok and he dont seem to see any naughty boys.

i think you must tell your boy to tell the teacher when it happens… in case if it is a misunderstanding - it can be resolved immediately.

Really gotto nick this prob if it exist!

i will be questioning my boy more often on class situation since we are in same class

[vicki]

24hr-mum:

just email to the form teacher directly or PE teacher too.

or ask to transfer class if still like that?

i think every class/ school will have this prob!

Hence, its more of teaching the boys how to stand up for themselves and handle the bullying when it happens!