Other staff can help... even inadvertantly!

OK, so I didn't post much at the end of week 1. I'm wary of identifying children, staff and the school so I'll try and cherry pick events and report them further down the line and in a random order!

One little event I'd like to mention was when I took a new class of first years. The teacher in the room next to mine is known for being quite... loud when he gets annoyed. My class were starting to get a little restless and I was verging on asking for a little more attention and less chatter when the wall behind me seemed about to cave in due to the severity of the sound waves battering into them.

I don't know what one of the kids next door had done, but Mr X wasn't happy about it and was making his displeasure known very much to the victim and to the entire corridor (as well as, most likely, the floor above).

The first years all stopped talking and stared at the wall. I'd stopped as well.

Then I told them, "I get that angry as well. Do not let me get that far. Does anyone want to have me shout at them like that?"

Cue a small forest of 11-12 year old heads rapidly being shaken. And all without having to raise my own voice!