Perhaps it is too much paperwork or it makes the school look bad. Meanwhile other head teachers have zero tolerance to anti-social and unruly behaviour.

Recently my 11-year-old son, who has special educational needs, was involved in an incident in a playground at school during lunchtime. Five children attacked him stamping on his head and kicking him. He required medical treatment.

The head teacher informed the parents of the children involved and asked them to come to school where she really gave the children a “roasting”, as she put it.

She told the parents this behaviour won’t be tolerated and the children were warned not to go near my son again (a bit hard seen as they are in the same class). The children were also given lunchtime detentions for two weeks.

I was shocked that there were no exclusions. I don’t believe exclusions are the answer all the time, but I do believe this attack warranted that kind of action.

The matter had been reported to the police who took the matter seriously.

I then removed my other children from the school until I felt the matter had been dealt with thoroughly. The head teacher then told me she was excluding one pupil.

I have spoken to the education department who understand my concerns. They explained that the school was a special education care assistant short, therefore my son, who should be supervised at break times, was not.

That explains the reason the incident came about but not the way in which it was investigated.

Only the children involved were asked what happened not bystanders. Other children in the playground were shocked.

I have spoken to many parents who have children at this school and they all agree that the physical violence has worsened in the last two years.

Therefore past sanctions were ineffective and perhaps it’s time to change the way of dealing with violence at this school.

The parents of the children involved will take this matter very seriously, and I’m sure will do their best not to let anything similar happen again.

Like me they put their kids to school and expect the school to ensure their safety. — Angry Mum.

[A spokesman for Dundee City Council said, “We take matters like this extremely seriously. Incidents are always thoroughly investigated and appropriate action is taken.”

Tayside Police confirmed they had investigated the incident and added, “Police officers did attend at the school following a report that an 11-year-old boy had been assaulted by fellow pupils.

“As a result, a number of pupils were given formal police warnings about their behaviour in the presence of their parents.”]

Why do we not get rid of the smelly buses in Dundee’s City Centre and replace them with electric trams?

They are more energy friendly. — Ray Ross, Seymour Street, Dundee.

We have to leave the docks by the barrier at Roodyards. We then turn left into Dock Street and, as we live the Ferry end, we have to sit in the outside lane indicating to turn right up Market Street.

This also puts five miles a day on to our journey.

If we go into the city centre, on returning to work, again we have to sit in the outside lane waiting to turn right.

It’s nerve-wracking sitting waiting while cars whiz past. Many have had to swerve to miss rear-ending us.

We don’t feel that we should risk life and limb just getting to and from work.

Often there are three people manning the booth at lunchtimes so why can’t one be deployed at the other barrier?

Another suggestion would be to give employees a token to open the barrier, like happens at Ninewells Hospital.

In addition, driving along the docks road is like an off-road experience because of all the humps, bumps, potholes, etc.

So please re-think opening up all barriers at lunchtime and resurface the road. — Disgruntled Employees.

It is beyond belief what some people will do to avoid walking or paying a parking fee. If drivers use spaces to which they are not entitled, they are depriving an infirm person from using it.

Drivers who are guilty of this probably don’t care.

Any badge holder, who allows their badge to be misused, can have it withdrawn.

I welcome the powers now given to police and wardens to inspect badges.

I also endorse the sentiments so eloquently expressed by Disgusted Dundonian about selfishness.

It is sad to see Tele letters defending such selfish attitudes.

One, by an able-bodied driver, admitted to having taken a count of able-bodied spaces versus disabled ones at a supermarket. How sad. — S. T.

The war with the Mysterons started when Spectrum bombed one of their bases without authority.

In another episode suicide bombers try to kill Spectrum agents. And in one episode a plane is taken over and used as a bomb by the Mysterons.

As this series was made in the 1960s, I think it is remarkable how these fictional events in a puppet TV show have actually come to pass in real life. — George Aimer, Kinghorne Road, Dundee.

Recently, while waiting for a bus, I was approached by one of these characters, dressed head to toe in black and armed with a long bladed implement.

I got the fleg of my life and the whole experience knocked me off my legs for a while after.

I also learned from that incident not all “hoodies” are spotty faced adolescents. — Jim Reaper, Downfield, Dundee.