The tooth fairy don't nick

There's been a thief in our classroom. They took a bite of my sandwich and left muddy footprints and finger prints and crumbs everywhere.

The children are compiling a list of likely suspects. The potential criminals included:

The reception teacher
The whole of year four
The tooth fairy
The caretaker

But, as one of my children pointed out, it obviously couldn't be the tooth fairy. "The toothfairy don't nick."

Bats in the bathroom

Today I went back to the land of infants.

My class helped 'Sage' (puppet) with her biggest worry . . . where to find the toilets.

We went on a tour, starting with the girls, and, just for fun, showed Sage where the boys toilets were too.

At this point, the youngest member of my class whispered to me 'Miss, can I tell you something?'

I bent down to listen.

'There's a bat that lives in the year 1 toilet. He's invisible until there's only one person in there and then you can see him and he flaps round your face . . . I don't want to use those ones with the bat'.

After teaching older children for a couple of years, I had to pause for a moment as I digested this.

'I know about the bat. Mr Caretaker knows about the bat as well. In the summer holidays, he went in and caught the bat, and took it to a new home. He lives somewhere else now'.

A wide-eyed and beaming child followed us back to the classroom.