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To return the class bear with a note saying thanks, but no thanks

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Wailywailywaily · 08/02/2015 16:15

DS has the Reception class Bear to entertain this weekend. The bear has two books full of his previous adventures and TBH he has a busy life.

I'm ashamed to say that he has now spent the entire weekend in his suitcase Blush.

DS gets a lot of homework for a reception child IMO - spellings, drawing and reading - and I can't be bothered to make him come up with an adventure for the Bear as well.

So I was thinking that the Bear seems to need a rest anyway and perhaps it would be just fine to send him back having had a good long snooze?

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TheCatAteMyTaxReturn · 09/02/2015 15:11

Class bear is awarded on grounds of good work and behaviour at DS's primary school.

Class bear turned up at Master TCAMTR's house smelling of wet dog.

Class bear was thrust into bowl of warm water and washing liquid, and spent much of weekend on the radiator.

Once dried, Class bear was photographed holding empty Glenfiddich miniature, and a small mirror with table salt on it in the foreground and the caption
"Class bear wants to come to Master TCAMTR's house every week"

Am I evil? Yes I am.

Class bear never called again.

(According to another parent, our page in the book was cut out)

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Wailywailywaily · 09/02/2015 15:13

Venus I think it is a lot of homework too.
His spellings this week were January, February, Wednesday and Thursday Hmm he also had to write/draw about what he had learnt last week in child led learning week - I had to ask one of the other parents what they did as DS was not very forthcoming and he had a reading book not to mention the class, bloody, bear.
I do realise that I've had a complete sense of humour malfunction over this, normally I'm very competitive and the Bear would have had the time of his life Grin.

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Wailywailywaily · 09/02/2015 15:23

TCMAMTR that made me laugh

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TheTroubleWithAngels · 09/02/2015 15:35

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TheCatAteMyTaxReturn · 09/02/2015 15:36

A pleasure. I wish I still had the picture. Smile

No weekend is ever too short to miss an opportunity to wind up figures in authority.

belgina · 09/02/2015 16:23

Our class bear only ever does mundane things like class homework and going for walks around the village. We only ever print off black & white pics, because that's what we have. There's not 1 shiny proper photo picture in the whole book. I think most parents must be quite sensible around here :D

MiaowTheCat · 09/02/2015 16:39

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SuperFlyHigh · 09/02/2015 16:53

TCAMTR - excellent!

TheCatAteMyTaxReturn · 09/02/2015 17:28

I would have pissed myself laughing, showed it to the TA who would have pissed herself laughing and then done a somewhat more child-level version of sharing it with the class MiaowTheCat

Unfortunately, staff at our PS did not have such a highly developed sense of humour. Nothing was ever said to our faces about it.

Our DS is one only two boys likely to pass the 11+ at our PS, so by rights he should have visited again - even so, I dread to think what I might have done the second time...Grin

DS thought it was funny, but didn't quite get why the salt was on the mirror.

SuperFlyHigh - thanks!

FastWindow · 09/02/2015 17:50

I'm also one who is suspicious of the beer's personal hygiene, and told my ds the bear had to sleep in his own bag that he came home in. Never thought to wash it, as it's only overnight stays at this school.

Also, I thought it was a rota thing, not behaviour. Slightly worried now that we've only had the damned thing once in a term and a half, with 30 kids in the class...

Nanny0gg · 09/02/2015 18:07

I'm stealing some of these ideas when DGC2 brings the nursery bear home (love the celebrity party idea!)

When he came home with DGC1 it was Christmas so he came to meet Father Christmas with us all.

But DiL is also unbelievably anal fussy about hygiene and his outfit was beyond redemption, so I had to go out and buy him a new one.

Wonder if he's still got it...

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 09/02/2015 18:37

I think class bears only exist for teachers to have a laugh at the risque things certain parents write, the funnier the better tbh Grin

EveBoswell · 09/02/2015 20:53

Well, TheCatAteMyTaxReturn, perhaps I'm lazy brainwise but I cannot think of the significance of the salt on a mirror. Am I living in the past or something? Please tell me because I bet there are others who would like to know, too.

egnahc · 09/02/2015 21:10

Well, TheCatAteMyTaxReturn, perhaps I'm lazy brainwise but I cannot think of the significance of the salt on a mirror. Am I living in the past or something? Please tell me because I bet there are others who would like to know, too.

You are joking right? Do you live in greendale?

egnahc · 09/02/2015 21:16

I meant greendale as a possibility for the place you live- when you said Am I living in the past or something?

You would have to go 3000 years into the past.

MindfulBear · 09/02/2015 21:20

eve think celebrity parties and white powder, rolled up £50 notes, etc......

ChaiseLounger · 09/02/2015 21:26

"its a pita but it has to be done"

no. I disagree. it doesn't need to be done. its a pita and it doesn't need to be done.

StarlightMcKenzee · 09/02/2015 21:43

DS just took his back to preschool. It had done nothing and was pristine until ds dropped it whilst in the pram, and I ran over it both times with the addition on actually standing on it's face by accident.

It certainly LOOKED like it had had some adventures.

TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 09/02/2015 21:46

I knew our turn was coming-up, so I made sure we had both Pre-School's bear and the Rainbows' Olivia the week I was having a planned C-section: something exciting was happening, DH was around to help and lots of photos would be taken anyway!

TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 09/02/2015 21:46

Oh, and I always disinfect the animal before it can join us ...

TheCatAteMyTaxReturn · 09/02/2015 21:50

but I cannot think of the significance of the salt on a mirror

I didn't have any of the real thing to hand...

celebrity parties and white powder, rolled up £50 notes, etc......

I did try to roll up a banknote MindfulBear , but there's never a £50 note around when you need one.

Also the bear was called Charlie - seemed fitting somehow Smile

KenDoddsDadsDog · 09/02/2015 21:52

We had the class bear this weekend and DD was beside herself with pride. The teacher has expressly told the parents not to make it a show off thing. The nursery bear went all over the place so it was nice to have this one washing the car etc.

louisejxxx · 09/02/2015 22:02

I'm always tempted to give the class bear a bath in the washing machine because he's always filthy and I wonder what sickness bug/joyful virus he'll be bringing home with him each visit.

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cece · 09/02/2015 22:15

I had class bear for 2 week Christmas holidays. Sigh.

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