After doing some dry ice experiments - self-inflating balloons etc - some of the really nice kids asked me if there was anything else exciting we could do with dry ice? "Well," I say, rolling my eyes in the direction of the teacher, "We could always blow up a coke bottle." So, the class, the teacher and I troop out into the blazing sun, where I fill a coke bottle 1/3 full of dry ice and place it in the middle of our grassy area, between the two heritage listed buildings that house our staff and our Music/English classrooms.
I warn the kids that just when they have given up on the bottle it will explode. So true to form, the bottle blows up KABOOM
right before the bell. Teachers in the staff area look out to see the kids, the teacher and myself laughing like hyenas, and gathering pieces of inside-out coke bottle off the grass.Next day the teacher and I receive a note from the deputy. Was it complaining that we rattled the 100 year old windows, or that we terrified passing tourists so essential to our economy, or even that we failed to let anybody know that we were not under terrorist attack? No, none of the above. We were in strife because the girls were NOT WEARING THEIR UNIFORM HATS!!!!!
Ah well. Clearly I'll be off the Christmas Card list at this rate. Cheers, K
We were also not happy with the new fume cupboard chimney extension - It completely spoiled the roof line of the building!!!. You've gotta love em
