It appears yesterday at the end of school someone smelt smoke and upon investigating found a toilet roll and holder smouldering in the upstairs boys toilets, ds had apparently taken some of dh's promotional lighters into school and had shown some of the boys. He obviously decided to take himself off to the bathroom to see what would happen if he set light to the toilet roll. This morning, the Head made a couple of enquiries and it transpired someone said it was ds. SHe called him out and asked if he wanted to tell her anything at which pointg he broke down sobbing and said it was him. Upon further questionning he said he had done it in his bedroom too and
I was so horrified and upset I too cried in her office.
The Head and I have afreed that ds will write a letter of apology to her and will hand over his pocket money on Monday morning to cover the cost of the burned items. He is booked to go tobogganing on Saturday with his friend who invited him, I say he cant go now but dh thinks as the friends mum has paid for it he should go. I really think we cannot reward him at all until it really has sunk in about the enormity of what he has done.
I am devastated