The play "Our day out" is about a disastrous school trip and two teachers who continuously fight over the way the children should be disciplined.

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Our day out

The play our day out is about a disastrous school trip and two teachers who continuously fight over the way the children should be disciplined. Mrs Kay is the teacher who cares and is kind to the children Mr Briggs is hard on the kids and very strict. He thinks that the kids just muck about. We can tell the play is meant to be watched because on the coach the children were sticking two fingers up at the window at the people behind, this shows that Mr Briggs is right for the way he is because all the teachers are too soft and he will punish them.  There is one girl called Carol who actually knows that she is going to get bad GCSE’s. Carol loves Wales so much that she decides to run away and sit on top of a cliff because she can’t face going home. Mr Briggs goes looking for her and finds her. He tries to persuade her to come back but she just threatens him by saying she will jump off the cliff.  He then learns to listen to the pupils and treats them more kindly.

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Mrs Kay is the teacher who is considerate, sympathetic and she believes in letting her pupils have fun. Mr Briggs doesn’t believe in that because he is strict, uptight and does not relax. He shouts a lot he also tries to be organized and takes his job seriously. So Mr Briggs doesn’t let the children have any fun. The kids favor Mrs Kay because she is relaxed with them and they know they can get away with messing about. Mrs Kay believes in letting her pupils have fun. She feels sorry for them and does not believe they ...

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