Home Archived Overheard Back Overheard 4th June 2010, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Overheard https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/overheard-18 Copy Link ... in a reception class after a shelf fell off the wallTeacher: Oh dear, we’ll have to get the caretaker to screw it back on.Pupil: My dad’s a good screwer. He’s got lots of screws.Send in your “Overheards” to features@tes.co.uk. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more Weekly round-up: Ofsted grades and teacher pay fears Tes Editorial • 25th April 2024 Weekly round-up: Capita loses Sats and GCSE fears Tes Editorial • 18th April 2024 Reception Baseline Assessment: what you need to know Gráinne Hallahan • 3rd April 2024 Weekly round-up: Teacher pay drop and school moves Tes Editorial • 28th March 2024 Recent Most read Most shared DfE SEND reform testing plan ‘9 months behind schedule’ News 1 May 2024 Sir Martyn: Ofsted should not make trusts ‘afraid’ of orphan schools News 1 May 2024 Ofqual: Sunak’s ABS plan means ‘unprecedented’ change News 1 May 2024 Teacher levelling-up payments: all you need to know News 25 April 2024 Draw up ‘bomb threat checklist’, all schools advised News 29 April 2024 Teacher pay scales 2023-24: how much will teachers get? Analysis 3 January 2024 ‘Nearly all’ schools rely on donations for classroom essentials News 30 April 2024 4 ways to explore Eurovision in geography Teaching & Learning 30 April 2024 Holocaust education: Understanding sources of (mis)information Analysis 30 April 2024