i've been trying to write this for an hour~ keep getting disconnected....please work this time...
Thank you all so very much for your encouragement and prayers and especially those of you who told of the struggles that you had personally with being bullied. I am so sorry that i have not been able to get back to the thread, but as you can imagine, there has been lot's going on at home!
To update:
I handed in my 2,300 word letter clearly outlining my many complaints, i have not received a reply, but my ex husband did spend an hour and a half at the school demanding answers after the other day, the head teacher made my son cry with her questioning(when she got him on her own). I demanded a copy of the school's anti bulling policy and they told Joseph's dad that they do not have one and refused to inform us of what is being done to rectify the problem, refused to comment on whether the bullies parents have been informed, etc. I made immediate contact with a local Catholic School that morning and collected an application for admission.
Fortunately we had a meeting with Fr. David on Monday and after the childrens catechesis had finished, he went immediately to type up a wonderful letter of support for me to hand in to the Catholic Primary School. I went to the Catholic school this morning and dropped of Joseph's baptism certificate, his birth certificate, a rather lengthy letter from me explaining our passion for Catholicism and forthcoming entry into the Catholic Faith, and the letter from Fr. David, and the application form....they have a governers meeting tomorrow evening at the school and it will be decided then whether a place can be offered to Joseph...so may i be so bold as to request prayers for a possible positive outcome?! I just pray that God's will be done in this matter, and if it is God's will that Joseph goes there, then wonderful, if not, i will start looking at other schools.
Joseph was very upset at the prospect of leaving the school that he has been in for 4 years, but we made lists of the good and bad things about the school he is in and this helped him to see that this really isn't a choice, so much as a necessity.
I will let you all know just as soon as i hear what is happening, i was told it would probably be on Monday ( personally i don't see why i can't know about it on Friday if they make the decision on Thursday evening, but hey, i guess there are proceedures to follow).
Once again, i do sincerely appreciate all your replies and i am particularly touched by all those who shared of their childhood experiences, i was also bullied, though not to the extent that some of you have been ( or perhaps that is wishful thinking on my part due to my age and the tendency i have of making light of the painful parts of my life) that's why i know how it feels to be left out, to be pushed around, to feel friendless.And why my heart goes out to my son each day that he come's home dbruised and upset and friendless. God Bless each and every one of you. It quite literally means the world to me that you cared enough to post here and to let me know that we were in your prayers.