I was coming on here to post almost the exact same question. DS seems to have been adopted as a mascot for a group of Grade 4 boys. I'm really unsure about it too. And he was given money for the canteen - which he didn't know what to do with it, and then got upset. His teacher assured me they are a nice bunch of kids but I'm thinking long term when the cricket playing 5 year old is no longer a novelty for them, and he doesn't have any friends in prep because he never played with any of them Will be interested to hear what other people say - besides my DH who simply said "Tell him not to play with them" which totally doesn't work.