Tag: children
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“Mum,”
I am called “Mum” by the children in my class, on average, once a week. I don’t remember ever calling my teachers mum when I was at school. It’s possible that I did, without realising, and my teachers were kind enough to just ignore my mistake. As a teacher, being called mum is either a…
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“Show me some respect!”
I’ve never said this to a child, personally, but this week I’ve heard a child say it to another child. Apparently the other children don’t listen to him when he tries to tell them what to do… (Well, if you ask them like that, I don’t blame them for ignoring you!) He hasn’t been with…
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The Zoo Keeper.
My job title may say teacher, but there is a wide variety of other titles that could go along with it… For example, some days you can feel less like a teacher and more like an actual zoo keeper. You could quite easily look around my classroom, on a far from Mary Poppins afternoon, to…
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Let’s be honest…
A few weeks ago, I decided to have a very grown up conversation with my class during a PSHE lesson. I asked them to be honest with me so that I could be honest with them. It ended up with me admitting that I get scared in school sometimes. Twenty seven little faces looked back…
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Cold baked beans.
I ordered a hot dinner today, expecting to be able to eat it whilst it was hot. Silly me. I completely forgot that I needed to follow his lordship around school in a circle for 15 minutes, before I would be able to sit down and eat my cold jacket potato. It all started when…
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“Don’t pick your nose.”
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve told children to stop picking their nose. Especially his lordship. My dad used to tell my younger sister, our cousins and I that if we picked our noses, we might pull the wrong string and our eyes would fall out. I say this to children in school and…
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