alcazar

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Some of you may know that the wife is a Primary Headteacher...

So......this morning, the headteacher enters the morning assembly, to which the other teachers do not have to attend, (a bit more non-contact time...), to find that the 300+ children are, shall we say, agitated.

On the ceiling above them, about 6m up is the BIGGEST spider anyone has seen...at least in the UK. Bigger than a normal handspan.

The headteacher insists that first of all, the children settle, and secondly, they do so because said spider is NOT interested in them, will stay where it is, will NOT attack them etc etc....

Silence prevails. The assembly begins...and then..you guessed it... the spider FALLS OFF THE CEILING!!!

Into and amongst 300 primary aged children, and pandemonium ensues.

The headteacher, heroic to the last, first off shouts at the kids to stop being silly and then wades into the midst, catches the spider in her hand and promptly gives the kids a lecture about the poor spider who is so afraid of them etc etc.

Then she takes the spider to the fire door which leads to the outside, opens it and exits to dump the spider...at which point the door closes after her and she has to be re-admitted by one of the older kids.......LOL

And then, one of the older kids tries to explain the rest's agitation, telling the headteacher that, "Miss, but spiders suck your blood........."

Who'd be a head teacher...........?

joz8968

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lol

'Carry On Teaching'

LSherratt

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My girlfriend is a primary teacher and has a phobia of spiders. I've never met anyone more scared of spiders than she is and I just don't understand why. I think she'd be the first out of that hall and would probably make more of a fuss than the children!

jameswrx

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Was the 'bigger than a normal hand span' an exaggeration from the children? If so, it must have been some escaped pet surely. Sounds bird eating size lol

I know spiders are big this year, I was out with a torch the other night looking at the garden spiders. I have never seen anything like the size of them this year.

alcazar

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My wife said she had to cup it in two hands and still it's legs poked out in places.
She reckoned at least 4" across the legs

mamoon2

I bet you're wife knows exactly how big 4" is

alcazar

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Now now......