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| School shock at vandal web video | School shock at vandal web video |
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| A head teacher has spoken of his shock at seeing a video clip posted on a public website of a laughing pupil hurling a rock at a classroom window. | A head teacher has spoken of his shock at seeing a video clip posted on a public website of a laughing pupil hurling a rock at a classroom window. |
| The shaky 15-second footage shows a clearly identifiable boy grinning as he strides up to throw the missile. | The shaky 15-second footage shows a clearly identifiable boy grinning as he strides up to throw the missile. |
| Head teacher Gordon Cunningham said it had been the Year 9 pupil's last day at Easthampstead Park School in Berkshire before he and his family emigrated. | |
| "It's horrendous," he said. The police would be informed. | "It's horrendous," he said. The police would be informed. |
| The clip, featured on a popular video-sharing website, also shows a boy and a girl dressed in school uniform who appear to have been encouraging the attack, while other voices can also be heard. | The clip, featured on a popular video-sharing website, also shows a boy and a girl dressed in school uniform who appear to have been encouraging the attack, while other voices can also be heard. |
| 'Teacher deserved it' | 'Teacher deserved it' |
| Shouts can be heard of: "Everybody ready? Right come on, here we go," as the boy takes a run up towards the window. | Shouts can be heard of: "Everybody ready? Right come on, here we go," as the boy takes a run up towards the window. |
| The rock or lump of concrete that he throws smashes the glass - although the window does not break completely - and the clip ends with the group running away and laughing. | The rock or lump of concrete that he throws smashes the glass - although the window does not break completely - and the clip ends with the group running away and laughing. |
| The video was apparently made at the end of last term | The video was apparently made at the end of last term |
| On the website, the video is accompanied by an explanation from the perpetrator saying his teacher deserved it for the way he had been treated all year. | On the website, the video is accompanied by an explanation from the perpetrator saying his teacher deserved it for the way he had been treated all year. |
| Alerted to it by BBC News, Mr Cunningham said: "You can see from the video this is an act of wanton violence. | Alerted to it by BBC News, Mr Cunningham said: "You can see from the video this is an act of wanton violence. |
| "It's not just the audacity of it, but to video it and then put it on a public website...." | "It's not just the audacity of it, but to video it and then put it on a public website...." |
| 'Fifteen minutes of fame' | 'Fifteen minutes of fame' |
| He said it appeared to have been a parting shot at the end of the boy's last day at school, before his family moved abroad. | He said it appeared to have been a parting shot at the end of the boy's last day at school, before his family moved abroad. |
| The school said it would be in contact with the family. The other identifiable students had already been disciplined. | The school said it would be in contact with the family. The other identifiable students had already been disciplined. |
| Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, said: "Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and could have resulted in injury to staff and pupils as well as to the property. | Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, said: "Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and could have resulted in injury to staff and pupils as well as to the property. |
| "Unfortunately, any yob or vandal can now have their 15 minutes of fame, aided and abetted by readily accessible technology and irresponsible internet sites which enable such behaviour to be glorified." | "Unfortunately, any yob or vandal can now have their 15 minutes of fame, aided and abetted by readily accessible technology and irresponsible internet sites which enable such behaviour to be glorified." |
| She said the union supported a zero tolerance approach in schools to pupils who used technology to abuse and undermine teachers, and called for more rigorous legislative control of internet sites which gave them licence. | She said the union supported a zero tolerance approach in schools to pupils who used technology to abuse and undermine teachers, and called for more rigorous legislative control of internet sites which gave them licence. |