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Schoolchildren were left crying and suffering panic attacks after a school role play which saw one of their teachers apparently shot dead in the playground. The pupils, aged ten to 13, watched aghast as their religious education teacher ran across a field without warning and fell to the ground following a loud bang. Some were so traumatised that they were sick afterwards, parents said.
The stunt was part of a science lesson designed to teach children how evidence is brought together in criminal investigations. They were not told it was fake until ten minutes after the event. Some pupils were left traumatised by the sudden turn of events. The school today apologised and admitted going too far.
The 'shooting' happened on Tuesday afternoon. More than 300 pupils were called to the hall and warned there was a gun somewhere in the school before being sent back to their classrooms. Five minutes later, the fire alarm went and the children queued up in the playground. There, three teachers - one brandishing what appeared to be a gun - could be seen running across the school field before a sudden noise of gunfire was heard. Science teacher Mr Kent fell to the ground and played dead, while 'frantic' colleagues - who knew about the planned stunt - rushed to 'resuscitate' him.
The shocked children were then ushered back to their classrooms, where they faced a ten-minute wait before it was finally revealed that the scene was fake and Mr Kent was fit and healthy. But parents said the damage to some pupils - apparently including a girl whose father was shot dead several years ago - had already been done. A 33-year-old mother said: 'The children thought they were watching their teacher gunned down and were waiting for the same to happen to them. It is beyond belief. One pupil's father was shot dead a few years back and then they're in the assembly hall calling this role-play a 'joke'."
Headmaster Terry Holland said: 'The role play was part of a science lesson... it was one of the more popular teachers who played the victim, I don't think there would have been as much concern if it was one or two of the others.'
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The stunt was part of a science lesson designed to teach children how evidence is brought together in criminal investigations. They were not told it was fake until ten minutes after the event. Some pupils were left traumatised by the sudden turn of events. The school today apologised and admitted going too far.
The 'shooting' happened on Tuesday afternoon. More than 300 pupils were called to the hall and warned there was a gun somewhere in the school before being sent back to their classrooms. Five minutes later, the fire alarm went and the children queued up in the playground. There, three teachers - one brandishing what appeared to be a gun - could be seen running across the school field before a sudden noise of gunfire was heard. Science teacher Mr Kent fell to the ground and played dead, while 'frantic' colleagues - who knew about the planned stunt - rushed to 'resuscitate' him.
The shocked children were then ushered back to their classrooms, where they faced a ten-minute wait before it was finally revealed that the scene was fake and Mr Kent was fit and healthy. But parents said the damage to some pupils - apparently including a girl whose father was shot dead several years ago - had already been done. A 33-year-old mother said: 'The children thought they were watching their teacher gunned down and were waiting for the same to happen to them. It is beyond belief. One pupil's father was shot dead a few years back and then they're in the assembly hall calling this role-play a 'joke'."
Headmaster Terry Holland said: 'The role play was part of a science lesson... it was one of the more popular teachers who played the victim, I don't think there would have been as much concern if it was one or two of the others.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0jEEaWZng
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