School writing prompts

School stories trade in cliques, secrets and corridor weather. Pick a prompt and let each writer add one rumour at a time.

1. A new student is the only one who can see the school's old caretaker.
2. A teacher receives a confession letter signed by every member of their class.
3. The school council elections are infiltrated by a candidate nobody can identify.
4. A football injury reveals a buried time capsule in the goal mouth.
5. The school librarian starts recommending books before they are written.
6. Three friends find a classroom that wasn't on the map.
7. A substitute teacher knows everybody's parents.
8. The lost property cupboard hands back things the owners never lost.