That it might not of been any pupil but an adult

[threerings]

An amount of money has gone missing from a teachers bag at my dc primary school. The teacher had left the bag in a classroom whilst the children were out playing at lunchtime. The headteachers reaction was to automaticaly not let any child be unattended when going to the toliet or anywhere in the building on their own, As they are all under suspision. (typo, can,t spell)
An investigation was launched with a letter sent out saying we place a great deal of trust in the children,respect and honesty.
Acts of this kind can be an indicator of a child experiencing diffulculty,pressurised for money. It can also be a child that needs help understanding right from wrong. Children that take things can show changes in behaviour,be secretive,defensive and unhappy.
Alot of parents have found the tone of the letter not very nice as it could of been an adult that did this. AIBU to think the Headteachers approach could of been more tactfull?

It could have been an adult, but maybe all of the adults are accounted for as being elsewhere. If an amount of money went missing from my desk it would never occur to me that it would be a colleague I work closely with, it is far more likely to be one of the 150+ children who have been in and out of my classroom throughout the day (that's why money is never left in my classroom when I am not there).

The teacher was stupid to leave money in the classroom. It really annoys me when children in a school are all tarred with the same brush because someone did something wrong - it is so unfair. It doesn't matter whether it was a child or adult really, it'll probably never be resolved so making a massive hoo-ha about it will just make the good children feel shit. The teacher should have just chalked it up to his/her own carelessness and let it go.

How old are the kids in question? I can understand if they're in the older classes, but I can't see a five or six year old stealing money from someone's handbag. That being said, when I was about that age I went through a phase of being a bit of a tea-leaf, but only pens and little toys and stuff from other kids, I would never have stolen from the teacher or stolen money. My mum found a little plastic ring I'd nicked and made me tell her whose it was, then marched me round to her house to give it back. Never did it again.

Older kids. It was wrong whoever did it. But the whole letter thing pointing the finger at just the kids was not expressed in the right way by the head. The kids were in the playground therefore leaving the whole thing wide open for any adult to of taken the money. To blame just the kids is wrong.

I don't see anything wrong with the tone of the letter. It doesn't state categorically that it must be "the kids" who were responsible; it's focused on the kids because the letter is actually addressed to their parents.