Dear Mandy,I believe Ms. McDermott has already emailed you back regarding this issue. However, I'd like to follow-up from my end as well. Mr. Paul and I were able to find some time to talk to Miya today. When I walked Miya to Mr. Paul's office, she seemed very open to talking with me, saying she was having a good day and happy because she had played with her friends. When we got to Mr. Paul's office, I asked her to draw what had happened on Monday and at the beginning, she did relay the same information you had told me this morning, that it was Ian who had hit Saki's head. However, her story did change several times over the course of our conversation.At first when I asked her what had happened, she said she didn't touch Saki. She said they were playing teacher/student and then Ian came and tapped Saki and Eira on the head (From how she said it, it sounded like it was done gently and it was similar to "duck, duck, goose" kind of tapping). She said she was just standing there and had told the girls where to sit. I asked her what kind of tone she had used to say it and if she could demonstrate for me. She said it very softly and nicely, "Can you please sit here?" She also mentioned that Ian thought she was being bossy. I asked her why she thought that but she said she didn't know. I asked her if I asked Mr. Paul nicely would she think someone would say that's being bossy? She said no. I then demonstrated saying the same sentence, "Can you please sit here?" in a really loud and bossy manner. I asked her whether this sounded bossy. She said yes. I asked her again what her tone had been- whether it was softer like how she had demonstrated or louder like my example. She said kind of in the middle. So, I asked her if other people could take that tone to be a bit bossy. She said yes.I then asked her if Saki and Eira had moved to the exact position she wanted when she first asked them. She said yes at first. I said but if that was the case, then I was confused why Ian would say that she's bossy. I asked her if it made sense if someone just said someone else was bossy for no reason. She said that didn't make sense. I asked her if she had moved the girls (I demonstrated using a container on Mr. Paul's table and moved it to a certain spot). She said no. She said they had moved on their own. I asked if she had made any physical contact at any point in time. At this time she said yes. Then she quickly said, "Maybe not. I don't know." I asked where might have it been? Then she immediately pointed at her forehead area. I said, "So you hit her in the head?" She said, "Yeah, maybe it was here. Maybe not. I don't know." Earlier I had also asked her how far away she was from the other girls. She said she didn't touch them. I asked her to show me about how far it was between her and Saki. She put herself about an arm's length away from me. I asked her if that was correct. She said yes. So I asked her whether it was possible to have touched Saki at that distance. She said maybe. I asked her how hard that might have been. She demonstrated a gentle tap. We talked about how often they played this game. I asked if she was usually the teacher and she said yes. When asked why, she said it was because she wanted to be the teacher and Saki would just be the student. She said Eira occasionally was the teacher, but usually not. I proposed that perhaps next time she could let the other two try to be the teacher, because maybe they'd like a turn too. That, after her example, they could try it out too. She nodded.From our conversation, I'm inclined to believe that Miya did make contact with Saki and that it may have been due to the fact that Saki and Eira hadn't moved to the exact place Miya wanted them to sit in the first place. As the "teacher," she may have wanted them to follow her directions and because they hadn't followed her directions exactly, she "corrected" them. Just wanted to share what we got from our chat with Miya with you. Hope that helps to clear some things up.Warm regards,Miss Lin