Take a Break Pets
As soon as Stitch made her home at my school, I noticed a change in the pupils...
As headteacher at a school, I was used to solving and I was amazed to see the problems. softer side Stitch brought
But this one, from a out in them. teaching assistant, was a Sometimes I gave them little unorthodox. extra responsibility by
‘I’m taking a career letting them clean out her break,’ she told me. ‘And I cage and give her fresh need someone to look after bedding. And even the my pet hedgehog.’ angriest children treated
She knew I had rescue Stitch with such care. dogs — and a weakness for ‘I like telling her my animals in need. thoughts,’ one boy told me.
So I didn’t have to think ‘Just seeing her makes me about it for long. happy,’ said another.
‘She can be the school Their reaction was pet and live in my office,’ amazing, and something I agreed. that I’d never expected.
My new friend, Stitch, was a pedigree Stitch was a perfect mini thera-pet! African pygmy hedgehog and I was given The kids were so enamoured, they even strict instructions on how to care for her. wrote her Valentine’s Day cards.
Later, I was handed two boxes of Our school wouldn’t be the same supplies — including oil for Stitch’s quills, without her. a tiny sand bath, and a snuggle pouch for her to sleep in.
I settled Stitch in a large enclosure in my office and turned up the thermostat, as she needed to stay toasty or she cou
