Little girl pens secret emotional letter to mum stops bullies

Chloe reached our to her mum in a letter after being subjected to bullying at school. Photo / 123RF

It starts as a story about looking at the stars but quickly takes a dark turn.

This is the heartbreaking letter a Queensland 9-year-old has written her mum describing her bullies and asking her mother to "take a stand and do something about it".

Chloe Sheppard penned the secret letter to her Gladstone mother of six about her tormentors.

Kelly Anne Sheppard said she had no idea what was going on with Chloe until last Thursday night when it all came out.

"I'm the kid who gets stared at, teased and bullied … you get to make me upset everyday. Please take a stand and do something about it mum," Chloe's letter reads.

"Home makes me feel safe."

This is the heartbreaking letterChloe wrote her mum about bullies. Photo / Kelly Anne Sheppard

Sheppard said she took the letter to Chloe's school, Tannum Sands State School, the next morning and confronted the principal.

"My heart broke into pieces as soon as I read it and I was upset I couldn't do anything about it right then and there," she said.

"The school was just as shocked as I was and they arranged a guidance counsellor pretty quickly."

Sheppard said she also showed the letter to her family.

"My family basically just said it was a clear cry for help," she said.

"Chloe has never written me a letter before and she's not like her siblings, she's a bit more quiet so I took it quite seriously."

Sheppard said the letter exposed that the bullying had been going on for weeks, but Chloe had been quiet about it.

"It explained a lot why Chloe was coming home angry and upset from school a lot and she would never tell us what was wrong," she said.

"Everyone afternoon was a war at home with yelling and screaming; she was taking her anger out on me."

The letter has taken Chloe a step closer to solving the bullying problem.

The Year 4 student is now talking more openly about the bullying with a guidance counsellor.

"I read tonnes of books but I hate writing," she said.

"I'm glad I wrote this letter to Mum."

Sheppard said she was not expecting the letter but said it was the key to helping her solve the problem.

"She (Chloe) never communicates her feelings with me," she said. "I liked that she decided to write it down and tell me how she was really feeling.

"I think she is quite pleased that we are able to do something to help her now."

Sheppard said the school helped resolve the issue and encouraged Chloe to start reporting the bullies.

"I'm thinking of getting her a journal for her birthday," she said.