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March 25th, 2010, 01:14 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260521/Evesham-school-fake-shooting-teacher-traumatises-children.html
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.
While some pupils no doubt found the hoax hilarious, others were left traumatised by the sudden turn of events.
Blackminster Middle School, in Evesham, Worcestershire, 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. Only a handful were involved in the stunt and knew it was fake.
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A 33-year-old mother, who has a stepdaughter at the school, added: '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'. Their wording, their timing, everything was out of order.
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.
While some pupils no doubt found the hoax hilarious, others were left traumatised by the sudden turn of events.
Blackminster Middle School, in Evesham, Worcestershire, 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. Only a handful were involved in the stunt and knew it was fake.
[...]
A 33-year-old mother, who has a stepdaughter at the school, added: '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'. Their wording, their timing, everything was out of order.