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Don't Tell the Teacher

Gervase Phinn is a teacher, freelance lecturer, author, poet, educational consultant, school inspector, visiting professor of education and, last but by no means least, father of four. Most of his time is spent in schools with teachers and children.

He is the author of the bestselling books for adults
The Other Side of the Dale, Over Hill and Dale, Head Over Heels in the Dales
and
Up and Down in the Dales
, three volumes of children's poetry and three fiction books for young children.

Books by Gervase Phinn

For children

IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
THE DAY MY TEACHER WENT BATTY
DON'T TELL THE TEACHER
FAMILY PHANTOMS

BAD BECKY
BAD BECKY IN TROUBLE
DOMINIC'S DISCOVERY

For adults

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DALE
OVER HILL AND DALE
HEAD OVER HEELS IN THE DALES
UP AND DOWN IN THE DALES

THE SCHOOL INSPECTOR CALLS

A WAYNE IN A MANGER

Gervase Phinn

Don't Tell the
Teacher

Illustrated by Chris Mould

PUFFIN

‘SoThere!' on page 53 is taken from
Up and Down in the Dales
(Michael Joseph, 2004).

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First published 2006
3

Text copyright © Gervase Phinn,
2006
Illustrations copyright © Chris Mould, 2006
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ISBN: 978-0-14-192973-6

For Nina and Richard

Contents

Early Sighting

Supply Teacher

My Best Friend

A Close Companion

Bully

School Inspector

Dad and the Dog

You Are Not Going Out Like That!

Late Home

School Trip

Dream On

A Trip to the Zoo

Who Said What

A Letter from Lizzie

Grandpa

New Kid

Home

Down Menagerie Street

Teacher's Pet

Art Lesson

Up and Down

The Carousel

Dominic's Discovery

Question

In a Dark Dark Town

Conn's Conkers!

Communication

Leroy's Laugh

Infant Nativity Play

Celebration

Driving

In the Bathroom

Speech Day

Creative Writing

New Boy

Letter to a Bully

Henry Smails

In Trouble

The Inspector Man

Teacher

Using Your Imagination

So There!

Letter Home

Examiner

Kinds of Poem

Index of First lines

Early Sighting

Matthew saw a grey squirrel,
Poking a curious face
Though the branches of the tree,
Which stood outside the classroom window.
‘Look!' he said to Andrew,
‘Let's tell the teacher.'
‘Don't you say a word,' replied his friend.
‘She'll have us write about it!'

Supply Teacher

Dear Mrs Auchterloonie,
I'm writing just to say,
That I'm really really sorry
That you are still away.

The supply teacher has told us
That we have to write this letter,
Hoping that you're on the mend
And that you'll soon be better.

Our new teacher's called Miss Merriman
And she used to teach my mum,
And although she's pretty old now,
She's such a lot of fun.

She reads us super stories
And we paint and draw and sing,
And she's brilliant at outdoor games –
In fact, she's great at everything.

I've got really good at number work
Since Miss Merriman showed me how,
And my writing's so much neater
And my reading's better now.

Miss Merriman's put our work up
All down the corridor.
The headteacher says he's never seen
A display as good before.

We do poetry and pottery
And spellings on a Friday.
Oh, and she's reorganized your storeroom
Because Miss Merriman likes things tidy.

She's packed up the computers,
And the pictures from the wall,
And taken all your potted plants
And put them in the hall.

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