Prankster dad beats kids at their own game with fake letter from Boris Johnson Letter warned weekend classes would be compulsory when schools reopen

A dad has beaten his pranking children at their own game with a fake letter from the Prime Minister promising weekend schooling.

Father-of-two Liam Schewitz presented his daughters with what appeared to be a signed letter from Boris Johnson stating it would be compulsory for pupils to attend classes every weekend after schools reopen in a bid to catch up on lost time.

The letter, printed on government headed paper, stated: “When the schools reopen, we will quickly make up for lost time by not only teaching your children from Monday to Friday but also making it compulsory for your child to attend school on Saturdays and Sundays for the first six months.”

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Mr Schewitz, who is a stand-up comedian based in Cardiff, said they were a family who have “always been able to laugh with one another”.

Prime ministerial letter

So when his youngest daughter Frankie declared it was going to be ‘prank week’ it was like a red rag to a bull and his immediate reaction was “you can’t take my territory off me.”

“My youngest has been banging on about “prank week” and has been royally pranking us all day”, he wrote on Twitter sharing details of his stunt, “Little does she know, her father is the prank master.”

He added: “You come for me with farts and paintings of pops and I will come for you kids, you will reap the fruits of what you sow. Welcome to the big leagues”

Both Frankie, 8, and Millie, 11, were in contact with their friends immediately after reading the letter to find out if other parents had been sent the same correspondence and took to their devices to try and research the details.

‘Prank master’

A series of posts on social media during the course of Tuesday recorded his children’s reaction to the news of weekend schooling and garnered more than 84,000 likes.

One of the kids’ main concerns appeared to be who would be going to waterparks in their absence.

The 41-year-old allowed the joke to run for several hours before finally coming clean and revealing the truth.

The result was a counter-strike from the children with a glass of water trick and then their demand for a truce.

But like any comedian worth his salt, Mr Schewitz had the last laugh by posting a template of his prank letter on Twitter for others to use entitling it “parents delight”.