Things Matthew Gorse Did.

I went to primary school on a bus like this - Lewis Coaches

On the bus

Matthew Gorse

sat

playing

with a piece of thick wire.

Mr Lewis had

to stop

suddenly.

Matthew Gorse’s head

went

straight onto

the piece of wire.

The sharp end went into his skin

right

in the middle

of his forehead.

Matthew Gorse

just sat there

looking around at us.

Then we saw the blood

- it started to form a big blob

where the wire had gone in.

Then it started to run down his nose.

But Matthew Gorse

didn’t notice

- he just kept sitting there looking round at us

as if he could see things we couldn’t see.

When we shouted,

Mr Lewis

stopped the bus in the hedge.

He climbed out of his seat

and came back to look

at

Matthew Gorse.

He told him how

stupid

he was to be playing

with

a piece of thick wire

in the bus

and he gave him a handkerchief

to hold all the blood.

In assembly,

on Thursday,

Matthew Gorse

did another thing

because

he did not want the teachers to be cross.

When he needed to go to the toilet

he did not ask

if he could go to the toilet

 instead

he just went

to the toilet

where he was -

in his pants.

We knew he had quite quickly

because of the smell

but Miss White

didn’t notice for a bit -

then when she did notice

she stood him up from the bench

and after she had smacked his leg

she told him he had

done a stupid thing

and she asked him if he was still a baby

and did he need a nappy

and she pulled him

out in front of everyone

and took him off

to her classroom.

Mr Higham

put the foot catch on the door

to let some fresh air in.

Later,

at playtime

Matthew Gorse

was stood around

in someone else’s shorts -

he probably had

someone else’s

underpants on too,

but we couldn’t see them.

He had to take his home,

in a carrier bag

- all brown -

on the bus.