Found this bloody weird note….

[Radicalpiloti]

Bit of a strange one. I finally got around to emptying my son’s schoolbag and amongst the utter rubbish (including a Batman figurine he insists isn’t his!) there was an envelope tucked inside with just “For You” written on it.

Inside was a list of instructions. Things like:

• “Don’t forget to lock the back door at night.”
• “Children should never sit on cold floors.”
• “The blue cup is for milk, not juice.”
• “Be careful who you trust with secrets.”

I asked DC where it came from and he just shrugged and said, dunno. Asked on my parent friends WhatsApp and they had no idea.

DH says I’m being dramatic and it’s probably nothing, but I feel really weird about it

i don’t even know what I’m asking but, wtf!

Teachers are invariably overjoyed to be confronted with shite like this.

You can guarantee when they get back to the staffroom they are saying, "Callum's mother is so extremely sensible to storm into the school demanding answers about this piece of paper with year 5 cryptic scribbles about a mobile phone game from last year's class. Thank God someone is thinking of the children."

I agree with you that the OP was probably telling the truth. The incident is odd enough to provoke a bit of thought but not dramatic enough to be worth inventing. And we now have a credible explanation (Roblox etc) which even mentions a blue cup for milk. So quite why people are doubting the OP, I don't know.

It's odd that the DC both denies knowledge of the note and seems totally incurious about how it got there. If it had happened to me aged 10 to find a mysterious cryptic note in my bag, I'd have gone full Sherlock. Children must be very blase these days. Perhaps PP up thread are right: he knows perfectly well what it is, but suspects Mum may not approve of whatever game he plays. Very likely.

You felt impassioned and fired up… work took a back seat. Fair enough!

Reminds me of a trail of instructions I found in Sainsburys recently. Small pieces of paper were left around the isles with handwritten instructions on. Very intriguing but obviously some kids playing a game, some kind of treasure hunt?

Not true! Teachers have a duty of care and we’d investigate this thoroughly

That is terrifying! Take the note into the school immediately and report it to the headteacher and his class teacher. I would also post on the class WhatsApp group that a strange and inappropriate letter came home in your child's bag, encourage all parents to be vigilant, check for the same and report it to the school if they find anything. This might be some ones idea of a sick joke but its not funny and shouldn't be happening.