Found this bloody weird note….

Does he play Roblox by any chance?

The only thing that bothers me is the fact you've questioned your son enough to make him not want to discuss it now. And that's not good, as he won't tell you the important stuff in the future.
As for my school bag aged ten, my mum found a very detailed drawing, which I'd done, of female genitalia and a dirty poem I'd written out which was popular at the time!
(I still puzzle at the age of ten how I knew all about womens bits in so much detail).
So I think a weird list isn't that much to worry about when compared to that!

Really don’t understand your problem at all. If it doesn’t bother him it shouldn’t bother you. (And if it did bother him, you should tell him it’s nothing to worry about, not freak him out about it).

I mean what do you expect can go wrong, he’s going to drink some juice out a blue cup or sit on a cold floor???

I knoooow. I had all the magic faraway tree books saved for my DD but you know, when Dick takes a growing pill and he's suddenly too big to go down the hole, reading aloud while keeping your composure becomes a Heraclean feat. But the worst is this page from Noddy Goes to the Seaside:

Two Dicks (one dirty) and an (Aunt) Fanny. I saved all of my old books thinking my kids would like to read them, but they can’t get past the names. 😆

He probably just found it in the playground and picked it up!

It's literally a trend for horror stories and creepy pastas right now to have a list of instructions you need to follow or something awful will happen. Like Back rooms stuff. There's hundreds of short stories out there that follow this format check out NoSleep on reddit for examples.

@TheMadGardener and also the adult writing?

In relation to gaming, though, do you as a teacher try and intervene in relation to game stuff, just out of interest? I am asking as my DC are now older, but their senior school talk about a significant link between game playing from young ages and problems with school work and behaviour later on, ie at primary the gaming was seen as benign and fun, whereas more serious problems seem to be linked to it later on.

I'm sorry you've found this note
God Bless You&Yours
I completely comprehend you being concerned & concur with whomever suggested it might be Your Beloved Son's possibly covering up for another, possibly older Child & frightened of getting into trouble - Hence the lack of informing you about it
Also from my own personal experiences,
my own Beloved Children, have withheld, been hesitant to give information in concerns with other Children for fear of getting them & themselves in trouble
It's possible, another Child has informed Your 10 year old Son, that he mustn't comment on it
Reminds me just somewhat of chain letters
Hope in time, you will get to the bottom of this
I'm praying for the utmost very best for You&Yours
💚💛💚

Do you know what the envelope with "for you" might be about?

Ffs so one character called Dick already in the book wasn't enough for our Enid😄😄😄

Have you ever considered he might have a form of OCD
This seems to be a list of some sort.
Maybe he's telling him these things to make him feel safe and secure.
Yes it seems strange and possibly out of character but I had a friend growing up that did this. The family ignored it and when she was 17 was diagnosed with OCD disorder. Only explanation was that she was feeling anxious about things and felt that the lists she made would make her feel safe.

And as you have said your son is 10 maybe he is struggling with this and feels embarrassed.

I understand your worry over this and you're between a rock and a hard place.
Confront him again and you risk pushing him further away and clamming up. Do nothing and you'll worry yourself endlessly over what if it's something sinister?
I'm sure if you catch him at a quiet moment (and not in an ambushing "we need to have a talk" way) that he's mature enough, even at 10, to understand that you love him and care about him.
Reassure him you don't want to pry into his private space or embarrass him in any way. (I wore a Man From U.N.C.L.E holster with pistol under my school blazer until I was 12 and was mortified when people found out.)
Just explain your feelings of unease and why you have them. He'll understand that sometimes bad things happen and that as a loving parent you also are in need of reassurance.
Just make him aware that if it's something he's worried about then you're there for him to talk to without judgement.
If he says he's comfortable with it and really just doesn't want to talk about it then I'd agree, leave him be. It'll be enough for him to feel reassured he has a safe harbour in you and hopefully you'll feel more at ease too.
Worrying is a big part of parenting unfortunately.
Best of luck

Another primary school teacher here.
I think the PP nailed it.
First thing I thought when reading it was
" game instructions"

Thanks @WomanOfSteel I used to be a big fan as a child. It's weird how familiar the phrases are when I haven't seen them in 40 years!!

I’m not sure if anyone has answered as I haven’t got time to rtft. It’s from a Famous Five book, Five on a hike together. It’s probably the best book of them all. It’s got Dirty Dick and Saucy Jane in it. 😉

With Batman instead of Timmy the dog.

😂😂

It's probably some writing task from school. Some 10 yo can write as well as an adult. If I found this I wouldn't be giving it at second thought.

The bit about blue cup for milk sounds like something from school in the 70s when I was a child.
Have you googled it ?

OP, if this note/letter was just a crumpled bit of paper in the bag, I would think it's a kids' game, or maybe some end-of-term shenanigans he's already forgotten about.

It could also have been a summer writing challenge like 'Make up a story with at least three of these phrases in it.' That would explain the envelope - if it had your son's name on it. But 'For You' is a bit odd. And 10 year olds don't usually pass notes to each other in an envelope. Was it like one you'd get with a birthday card, or a brown business type? What was the handwriting like? Ink or pencil? That's where I'd be putting on my Agatha Christie hat.

Some of those phrases definitely sound familiar. My grandparents would tell us not to sit on cold floors when we were younger. Toddlers will scold themselves, and mutter, "The blue cup is for milk not juice, silly!"

I think your Mum's inner spidey senses are telling you this is a bit weird and you want to know what it's about. Maybe casually ask a close parent-friend if their kid got a note like that too. On the plus side, if it's been in the bag untouched for a month and your son wasn't bothered, maybe it's nothing. Do let us know if you find out more.

Agree with @TheMadGardener
They sound like cryptic puzzle cluessss

Just do it. No point otherwise in pointless thread

I wonder if it’s ended up inside a school book that’s then ended up getting mixed up with his belongings. I doubt it’s for your son.