Funny stories

This page is for your teaching stories that normally start I know a friend who... when really they're about you.  Share your friend's funny stories and make us all laugh, cry, cringe...

My friend was called into the head's office to talk about manhandling children.  She sat down in front of the head and deputy and was told that they had received a complaint about her treatment of one of the children in her class.  "Do you know know the incident I am talking about?" The head asked.  "Do you mean the one where I carried a child out of PE after they hid behind the crash mats?"  They both just looked at the teacher.  She felt this was the wrong answer so continued, "Do you mean when I helped move a child into their seat because they would not sit down?"  They both looked at each other.  "Could it be when I restrained a child on the yard when they were kicking others?"  The head teacher finally spoke and said, "No this was the time that you stepped on a little boy's toe without saying sorry!"  True story.

My friend was teaching a Year 3 class the 'le' ending.  Once she'd taught the spelling pattern and they'd practiced using it, they were asked to think of their own words and check their spelling in a dictionary to see if they were right.  As she walked around the room checking the children's use of the dictionary, one little boy had found a great word which indeed ended with a 'le' spelling.  He announced to the class his find of 'testicle'.  The teacher said well done before her face went red and she moved on very quickly.

My friend was teaching her class a literacy lesson.  Spelling was on the agenda today.  They were spelling 4 specific words with the short 'i' sound spelt y in the middle of a word - Egypt, pyramid, mystery and myth.  They all linked very nicely with the Ancient Egyptian topic they were studying.  The teacher was using flour in trays, laminated hiding books, string and felt tips to make practicing spellings more interesting and, hopefully, memorable.  The children worked through the tools to support spelling just the 4 words.  30 minutes later, the children were asked to pack away and get their books out.  The teacher was about to dictate sentences that contained these 4 words.  Being very clear that only these 4 words were to be checked on, she began dictating her first sentence - "A long time ago in Egypt..."  Remember Egypt is one of our spellings from today.  One child put their hand up.  "Yes."  "How do you spell Egypt?"  

My friend always loves test times, especially in maths, as the children come up with the craziest of answers.  Here are some of her new favourites: