Our school is in the process of appointing a Learning Coach, which unfortunately bears no resemblance to a Mobile Library or aFun Bus and is the type of coach that trains people. Part of this process involves the Deputy Head watching the candidates watch a lesson.

This means they need some lessons to watch and one of my friends from the English department had been chosen for this dubious honour. In briefing this morning she was weighing up whether to go ahead with her original plan. As part of the scheme of work her year ten class had been watching parts of the film Stand By Me. In this lesson they would look at the ending, which features an amount of swearing. My friend was concerned about turning the air blue by showing part of a 15 certificate film to some fourteen year olds with the Deputy Head in the room.

My advice was to go for it based on the logic that if you're going to get in trouble you might as well make it for something good, rather than not making your learning objectives clear enough. Besides our school has this whole policy on CREPE, which yet again is not as good as it sounds as it features no pancakes; CREPE stands for Challenge, Risk-Taking, Engagement, Progress and Enjoyment. So by showing a video full of swearing to the Deputy Head she would certainly be taking a risk.

I look forward to hearing from her how it went tomorrow morning.