This video provides advice for KS3/4 teachers and support staff on how to deal with violent and aggressive students fighting with improvised implements.
A short dramatic reconstruction of two students fighting in PE a lesson with hockey sticks, is shown. In it, the teacher takes firm, safe control of the situation preventing it from escalating and disrupting the class.
A panel featuring senior education psychologist Tina Rae and working teachers talk through the scenario, discussing what the teachers could have done differently and offering clear and straightforward advice on how teachers might handle challenging situations like this.
The discussion focuses on physical intervention and safe handling.
