The whiny kid, "Miss, can I go and do some breathing?" "No, you've got all playtime to do it in!" "Oh, go on Miss, oh go on!" "NO!" As on, with the desk lids. Are you ready? Here we go, hold the breath. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) Boom! Don't slam the desk lid down if you slammed you desk lid down and, "Out! School prison!" there was a school prison underneath the school hall where they used to string us up from the wall bars. Y'know sometimes in old schools you know that's what it was for like this one. (holds hands up, as if hanging to the wall by some chains) FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for 3 weeks, and there's rats! And they're nibbling my toenails, Miss!" So I figured out if you want to "survive", (twice) the way to do it was to let the desk lid down, really really slowly once more, from the beginnning we've got it all together, now we know how it goes. She says: Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-03-21 08:08:01 Associated-names Paul, Korky, ill Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40404518 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier This book can be used across the curriculum especially in English creative writing, in art and also in looking at different perspectives in PSHE. The illustrations really capture the poems and enhance the storylines so could be used as an independent or as guided reading in KYS2. No Breathing in Class is possibly one of the most popular of Michael Rosen's poems (by both Poopers and non-Poopers alike), as it seems to be one of the most quoted.

In MechaWeegee91's 12th installment of "Link and the Hyrule Gang", King Harkinian references the story by interrupting Zelda's advice to Link, leaving Link confused. Ahh! That was a mistake; slamming the desk lid down! If you made a noise with the desk lid, it was... "Out! School Prison!" There was a school prison underneath the school hall where they used to string you up from the wall bars. [Holds hands up, as if hanging to the wall by some chains] FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for 3 weeks! And there's rats... and they're nibblin' my toenails!" So I figured it out, what you had to do was put your thumb 'round the edge of the desk lid, so when it went down, it didn't make any noise at all.Michael saying "No!" is used often in YTPs, the other somewhat more popular alternative being the "No!" from London Airport in which Michael comes across as more defiant and less commanding. The whiny kid, "Miss, can I go and do some breathing?" "No, you've got all playtime to do it in!" More which in "Oh, go on Miss, oh go on!" "NO!" The other kids hold their breath. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) Boom! "Out! School prison!" FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for..." Michael saying "Keel over and die" is used very often in YouTube Poops as many involve characters directly threatening each other's lives. It is arguably the most iconic words taken from this video for Poopers. The tonal nature of many of Michael's sound effects in this video make them pitch-shiftable and usable as melodic instruments in YTPs. Namely, the whiny kid complaining about breathing and Michael yelling "OUT!" are often used as leads, while Michael saying "Ahh!" and touching the sides of his head is used often used as a higher soprano voice.

This is a wonderful and easy reading book combining poetry with mad anecdotes and comical illustrations. The content includes poems such as ‘Unfair’, ‘Strict’, ‘I think’, ‘Cool School’ etc. These titles should capture a child’s curiosity as it is a poetry book written from a child’s perspective. The poems are an introduction to the fun side of rhyme and would be a good introduction to creative poetry and writing. There is a rhythmic feel but the poems do not conform to a strict formula. All have funny anecdotes regarding topics from sport, strict teachers, and escaped class pets to gymnastic traumas. YouTube Poopers like to use Michael's "survival" moment in their videos because Michael pokes a finger at the side of his head and makes a funny face. Many percussive sounds from Michael's performance are used as percussion in YTPMVs: The ka-boom! sounds of kids dying, the first time Michael slams the desk lid down, and the FWOP! sound when he is strung up from the wallbars. The 2008 version of this video is the second most popular video on the channel, with over 8.3 million views as of March 2020.The second poem is written as a present tense monologue from the teacher who is trying in vain to take the register amid countless interruptions. It is brilliantly witty and entirely reminiscent of Joyce Grenfell's wonderful school teacher sketch. It uses the same device of the teacher replying to the comments of the other characters without the reader (or listener) being privy to them. It is all inferred by the monologue of the teacher. This is an example of a poem that really has to be read aloud (and in character), unless like me, you can conjure Joyce Grenfell's voice in your head! (For those readers who you don't know who Joyce Grenfell is, she was a comedian in the 40's and 50's and starred in the original St Trinian's films.) It is a book that not only young learners would enjoy but also some poems would be amusing for adults. It is an opportunity to view school life from a child’s perspective and have a laugh at ourselves as adults. There is one particular poem that I enjoyed called ‘The Register’, Mrs. Riley is trying to get the Class 6 register underway but is also trying to deal with constant interruptions including some easily distracted students, a missing class snail, school dinner issues, funny questions about the class trip which all combine in making Mrs. Riley a very disheveled and crazed looking teacher.