Gladiators new series - my PE teacher a contender!

[Anna Moss]

I'm sure you've heard about the new series of gladiators! Well, guess what! My PE teacher got to be one of the two female contenders in the new series! So me and my class along with two other classes in my school were invited to the filming of the new series at shepperton studios! When we walked in, the producer told us that because we were a school, children with screaming voices supprting our PE teacher, that WE were going to be on telly an awful, awful lot! The show was amazing! I will not tell you who won, or the results but I shall leave it as a suprise! The eluminator was so tense, we were just screaming over and over again for liz ( our PE teacher). We are not entirely sure what episode that were filmed in , but it may well be, as the producer said, the first episode. Gladiators starts at 7:00 pm, 11th may ( The day after EB day!) on Sky one. If you see a bunch of screaming-their-heads-off kids waving blue flags which say 'Babington house school' on them, being waved frantically then you'll know its my school! My PE teacher in Gladiators is the one in the red, called Liz. We had great fun and by the end of the day, our throats were raw with being asked to scream over and louder again for the filming. We all chimed in with the referee, Jhon's well-know scott accent : contender rrrrreaaday...gladeeator...reaaaadayyy...thrrree... twoooo...ooonee
REAAAADDDDAYYYY! By the time we got back to school where our parents collected us, it was 11:30 pm , what an exciting day!

[Pippa-Stef]

Sounds like fun Anna!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Haven't got Sky so I can't watch it but I'm glad you had such a great day out!

Anita

[Anna Moss]

shame but they might replay it one another channel. Have you ever watched Gladiators before, anita?

[Julie2owlsdene]

My daughter Sarah used to love watching the gladiators when it first came on. Her favourite gladiator was Wolf and Scorpio. I guess the new series will be just as loved by the young ones. How wonderful for you Anna to be able to watch one of the episodes beging filmed, and to cheer on your teacher.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Have you ever watched Gladiators before, anita?

I sometimes used to watch it but haven't seen it for about 15 years now - before you were even born, Anna!

Anita

[Petermax]

How times have changed, back in my day there was a very clear division between pupils and teachers. Somehow, I cannot visualise my old PE teacher, a hardened ex Royal Marine being cheered on by his young charges.

[Anna Moss]

I completely now what you mean, but I just wonder why there was that kind of division?

[Moonraker]

Divide and rule - rule with a wooden cane, fear, bullying and derision. The good old days???

[Anna Moss]

oh right. I get it. How can you cheer and scream for someone who caned you and the class and who threw a blackboard rubber at you

[Petermax]

Divide and rule - rule with a wooden cane, fear, bullying and derision. The good old days???

oh right. I get it. How can you cheer and scream for someone who caned you and the class and who threw a blackboard rubber at you

Ah yes, the blackboard rubber sailing serenely through the air leaving behind a trail of chalk dust, before hitting its target with deadly accuracy. This was usualy preceded by small pieces of chalk thrown at those who were not paying attention. Happy happy 1970s schooldays.

[Anna Moss]

was it accurate most of the time, then? I doubted that they would manage to hit their target. If you ducked to avoid getting hurt, would you get told off?

[Petermax]

After many years of frequent practice the accuracy was spot on. Many of my teachers were veterans of World War 2 and the Korean War. It was in fact the younger teachers who were more vicious and would lash out in fury at every perceived slight. (slappings galore!) Their actions were probably sackable even back then, but no-one complained for fear of parental wrath. The culture was very different in the late 70s/early 80s, think Life On Mars/Ashes To Ashes!

[Lucky Star]

My old Maths teacher had an infallible method of dealing with daydreamers. He would take the classroom sweeping brush and walk to a precise spot a few feet from the offenders desk. He would then turn up the brush so that the tip of the handle balanced in his palm. The brush would of course keel over and the daydreamer would leap several feet in the air as the brushhead crashed down on his desk just inches from his nose. The teacher never missed either.

[Anna Moss]

oh dear did this happen to you then?