“Who are this rowdy lot?” I had to ask myself this question during PSHE last week. Not with a group of gangly year 11s or with some highly strung hormonal year 9s. No, I had to ask this question of my own form group, my lovely year 7s.
So unrecognisable are they now from the meek little creatures who sat before me six months ago, I had to do a double-take just to make sure I hadn’t accidentally stumbled into the year 10 form room next door.
They had started the year so angelic, so unassuming, and so full of promise. The metamorphosis they have undergone since those early days is astonishing. They are loud, they are chatty and at times it feels like barely a week passes without some form of minor drama or word from a teacher that so-and-so forgot their homework, or you-know-who was disruptive again.
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