12 Strange Things I’ve Done as a Primary Teacher
There are some things you've no doubt had to do as a teacher that you'd otherwise never have imagined doing in a thousand years. Here, Jonny Walker picks out a few of his "highlights"…
- by Jonny Walker
DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE!
Paddington Bear – Whole-school lesson plans & activity sheets
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
6 | Squatting in a playground dressed like a Stone Age man then being assaulted with a lunch box by a disbelieving Y3
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
5 | Spending 70% of my salary on second-hand picture books
6 | Squatting in a playground dressed like a Stone Age man then being assaulted with a lunch box by a disbelieving Y3
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
4 | Getting a bucket of Thames Estuary water thrown at me by the mother of a pupil – it made parents’ evening tricky
5 | Spending 70% of my salary on second-hand picture books
6 | Squatting in a playground dressed like a Stone Age man then being assaulted with a lunch box by a disbelieving Y3
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
3 | Getting into a verbal altercation with an angry busker when my pupils’ rendition of ‘Circle of Life’ drowned out his singing
4 | Getting a bucket of Thames Estuary water thrown at me by the mother of a pupil – it made parents’ evening tricky
5 | Spending 70% of my salary on second-hand picture books
6 | Squatting in a playground dressed like a Stone Age man then being assaulted with a lunch box by a disbelieving Y3
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
2 | Being quarantined in a youth hostel in the Yorkshire Dales after contracting gastroenteritis
3 | Getting into a verbal altercation with an angry busker when my pupils’ rendition of ‘Circle of Life’ drowned out his singing
4 | Getting a bucket of Thames Estuary water thrown at me by the mother of a pupil – it made parents’ evening tricky
5 | Spending 70% of my salary on second-hand picture books
6 | Squatting in a playground dressed like a Stone Age man then being assaulted with a lunch box by a disbelieving Y3
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
1 | Attending a 7am fundraising breakfast at The Wolseley with two Y5s and Sol Campbell
2 | Being quarantined in a youth hostel in the Yorkshire Dales after contracting gastroenteritis
3 | Getting into a verbal altercation with an angry busker when my pupils’ rendition of ‘Circle of Life’ drowned out his singing
4 | Getting a bucket of Thames Estuary water thrown at me by the mother of a pupil – it made parents’ evening tricky
5 | Spending 70% of my salary on second-hand picture books
6 | Squatting in a playground dressed like a Stone Age man then being assaulted with a lunch box by a disbelieving Y3
7 | Attempting a scissor kick in the playground, leading to a broken arm and very public weeping
8 | Designing a scheme of work that involved making a clay statue of David Cameron, Jessie J or Mo Farah as its finale
9 | Having to use the reprimand, “I told you we would only play on the grain mountain for two minutes!”
10 | Shaving off one side of my facial hair for a needlessly ambitious World Book Day costume
11 | Emitting an accidental scream while removing a spider from a tent, much to the amusement of the children
12 | Discovering that my natural storytelling voice is that of Blanche Hunt from Corrie
Jonny Walker is assistant headteacher at Park Primary in East London. Find him at jonnywalkerteaching.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @jonnywalker_edu
