Hamish is Mr and Mrs Grinling’s cat from our topic, “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.” He lives in our class at the moment – in a basket on a zip line from the Grinling’s cottage to the lighthouse.  We came into school on Tuesday to find that Hamish was missing from his basket and he had left a note for us (clever Hamish!)

We made “Lost” posters and put them up around the school. We were very worried this morning when Hamish hadn’t returned. We spoke to Mr Murray (he organises our cooking weeks and we know from the note that Hamish was hungry), Mrs Carson and her staff came out from the kitchen to speak to us. Health and Hygiene rules don’t allow pets in the kitchen so we had to look elsewhere. Stevie the janitor looked on our CCTV camera but didn’t notice Hamish making his break for freedom! So P2b went on a cat hunt! We looked in the staff room – no Hamish.  We looked in our new kitchen upstairs (the only other place with food) ……………. and there he was – in a food box, wearing an apron and eating mackerel fillets!! We were delighted to see him.

We will be writing about Hamish and his adventures in our next story writing lesson. Everyone is glad he has returned! The children have written notes of love and encouragement so that Hamish won’t feel the need to disappear again!