TW - Potential grooming My DC (6yo) came home from school claiming the trainee teacher has bought them a lego set to give DC when they leave. I need advice on how to raise my concerns without breaking DC's trust. Back story - Last week a child in DC's class was giving a lego set by another child for their birthday. DC was feeling jealous and expressed this to the trainee teacher. To which DC claimed the trainee teacher said they would buy DC a lego set. I didnt think too much of this as I expect it was said to make DC feel better and nothing would materialise from it. Fast forward to yesterday and DC came home and said trainee teacher had bought said lego set. I asked how they knew the lego had been bought and DC said, trainee teacher had "showed me it on their phone." This is when my ear pricked up. I started to dig deep and ask questions. I asked DC when did they show you their phone, DC replied "In class and M (child that sits next to DC) was trying to look but trainee teacher said to keep it our secret because all the class would want one if they knew". I praised DC for telling me because we dont keep secrets from Mummy and Daddy. The more questions I asked the more suspicious I became. I asked DC the obvious questions like do you have any other secrets with trainee teacher and did trainee teacher show you any thing else on their phone....both were a no. This is where the tricky part comes in. I asked DC if they thought it was appropriate for the trainee to be buying only them a present. DC answered yes...because DC is smart enough to figure out if they say no then they dont get the lego. Me and DH said we dont think it appropriate and explained this could be seen as favouritism in class. We tried to reason with DC by asking if they thought it would be fair if another child got given a lego set by the trainee and DC didn't...DC's reply was "it's fineeee". I've probably got maybe 3 options: 1 - Go to the safeguarding lead at school and let them handle it, but this could mean DC thinks twice about telling me things like this in the future, as he will obviously be without the lego. 2 - Ask my niece (11yo) at the same school to pose the question to her teacher "is it appropriate for a teacher to buy a student a present, because trainee teacher has bought cousin lego" and hope her teacher acts appropriately and hope it doesnt come back to my niece. 3 Let it ride out and keep a close eye on DC till trainee leaves in 2/3 weeks. But this doesnt sit right with me as I feel like I could potentially be letting this trainee teacher leave and it could escalate to abuse of a child (extreme worst case scenario, but this has where my mind has lead me) Thank you if you made it this far. ALL ADVICE WELCOME