p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Now guys you don't need to be scared, just remember everyone is just as scared as you," Mr Jeffords said looking round his class at the 25 faces staring back at him. Make that 24; 5 year old Jake Peralta was daydreaming out the /"It's everyone's first day, now we've got name tags and we've sorted your cubbies and done the tour," he continued, he smiled at the young girl in the front desk who was furiously scribbling away everything he was saying and listening intently. Her name tag read 'Amy', so did her binder, her notebook, all her pens and even her /"Now my name is Mr Jeffords, I'll be your teacher for the year, it's going to take me a week or so to remember all your names but don't worry, Mr Jeffords has a good memory once I know them I won't forget." He said /As he continued to scan the room he saw a hand in the /"Yes, umm," he squinted at the label, "Norm?".br /The boy seemed unaware he had been called /"Scully, that's you!" The boy next to him, who's name tag read Michael, said nudging /"Oh right, can I go to the bathroom please?" He /"Yeah sure, it's just to the left round the corner." Mr Jeffords /Scully got up, but so did the boy next to /"Umm Michael, where are you going?" Mr Jeffords /"Well I need the bathroom too," he /"Well I should only really let one person go at a time, but seeing as it's your first day, you can go. Mr Jeffords is feeling generous" he said /The boys stumbled out the classroom and both turned right, so Terry had to run out and send them the other /Once he was back, another man came through the door, he was wearing a suit and tie and nodded at Mr /"Now class, this is the principal, Mr Holt." Terry /"Hello boys and girls," he said. There was a mumbled response of "hello Mr Holt".br /"I would like to formally welcome you to the school, and wish you a pleasant education. It's unlikely you'll see a lot of me unless you do something really really good" Amy sat up straight in her seat, hanging on his every word. "Or really really bad. Mr Jeffords I'm going to sit in for a little while and observe. As you were" he said making his way towards the /He sat down in chair against the wall, his attention was immediately caught by some children in the back row. There was a boy, who seemed to be reenacting some sort of movie scene with his hands and the girl next to him was colouring her nails with markers. Mr Jeffords followed Mr Holt's gaze and his eyes too landed on this /"Umm Regina, is it?" He /"I'm the great Gina Linetti!" She retorted, not even glancing /"Ok sorry. Gina please could you put down your markers and pay attention." He asked. She hesitated but followed his instructions, mainly because she had coloured all her /"And Jake? Can you stop fidgeting please and sit still?" He continued, moving on to the /"When's recess?" Jake /"Not for a little while yet, first I'm going to go round the class and everyone is going to tell me something about themselves." Mr Jeffords /"Do we get to play on that climbing frame thing?" Jake asked pointing out the /"Yes, but not until it's time for recess. So try to sit still, just a bit longer." Terry /Hitchcock and Scully returned and made it back to their seats, apparently having mistakenly been to 3 different classrooms /"Ok so now I'm going to go round the class and I want you to say your name, one thing about yourself and something you did this summer. Ok I'll start. My name is Mr Jeffords, I love yogurt and this summer I went on holiday with my wife Sharon and are daughters to Los Angeles." He saidbr /"Hey that's where Die Hard is set!" Jake blurted /"Yes Jake, but no calling out. And I think you're a bit young for that movie anyway," Terry said, he could see Jake was about to reply so he jutted in "Principal Holt, perhaps you would like to go next?"br /"Certainly, my name is Principal Raymond J Holt and I have a dog called Cheddar and on a day in June, which is classified as a summer month in the United States of America, I went with my husband Kevin to see the flutist Franz Bluheim in a concert hall." He said, leaving faces of confusion across the classroom of 5 year /"Thankyou sir, who would like to go next?" Terry asked. The little girl at the front hand shot up /"Yes, you," Terry /"I'm Amy Santiago, I'm very organised and love Math, over summer I tidied my whole room from top to bottom," she said, as if expecting people to be /"Well Thankyou Amy. How about you, umm where's your name tag gone?" Terry asked the girl on the next /"I don't want people to know who I am." She said /"Well we can't have that, these are your classmates, and soon they'll be your friends," Terry /"Ok fine, I'm Rosa, I like the colour black and over summer I went to a museum and look at the weapons exhibit," she said before retreating back into her silent /"Umm ok, Thankyou Rosa," Terry said, clearly /"How about you?" Terry continued to go across the classroom. Hitchcock and Scully both said the same 3 things, Terry had to remind them they weren't both called Scully. But Captain Holt was distracted, the boy at the back was daydream and continuously fidgeting. He got up from his chair and approached Jake's desk /"What is your name?" He asked standing beside /"Jake Peralta." He /"Well Peralta, it is common courtesy to listen when your classmates are talking. Are you capable of that?" Mr Holt said in his monotone, that indicated neither anger or /"I am listening." Jake /"I refuse to believe someone who is moving so much and darting his head around the room is also listening." Mr Holt replied, his demeanour /"I was multitasking" Jake said, grinning and swinging on his chair /"Sit properly on the chair. Keep still and then you have all the attributes require to pay attention." Mr Holt /Jake let his chair fall back to normal and pouted as he faced the rest of the /"Thankyou Peralta." Mr Holt said, returning to his /Mr Jeffords had got round nearly all the class /"My name is Charles, I love my family and food and over summer we went on a Boyle Boys family vacation to a risotto camp!" He said very /"Thankyou Charles, two more to go. Umm Jake you first." Terry /"Ok I'm Jake, I like baseball and in summer me and my best friend Gina here, went to my Nana's apartment and played cops and robbers for 5 hours." He /"Ok lovely, now Gina your turn." Terry /"Do I have to?" She /"Yes Gina, you've listened to everyone else, now it's your turn." He /"I mean I wasn't really listening, but whatever, I'm Gina, I'm amazing at dancing and over summer I hung out with Jake a lot," she /"Thankyou Gi-" Terry /"Is it time for recess now?" Jake /"Jake, remember what I said, no shouting out. But yes it is time for recess. So everyone stand behind your chair please." Terry said. The class obeyed, but Jake started towards the /"Jake, Mr Jeffords said wait behind your chairs." Terry said raising his /Jake huffed and trudged back to his /"Ok grab your coats from your cubbies and line up by the door," Mr Jeffords /The kids scattered off toward the locker room and Mr Holt made his way to the Terry at the /"Thankyou Mr Jeffords." He /"No problem sir, I've got a good bunch this year," Terry /"Yes, let me no of any problems," Mr Holt said, glancing at /"Will do." Terry smiled./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The class scattered into different groups around the playground, the largest being around the climbing frame. Terry tried to keep an eye on everyone as well as listen to Amy performing 'the itsy bitsy spider' with her new friend Kylie. Hitchcock and Scully were sat on the floor eating snacks, sometimes dropping them on the ground and not even wiping them clean before popping them in their mouths. Rosa was sat on a bench on her own, with a disgusted look on her face as she observed everyone playing. Gina was demonstrating a dance routine to some classmates who were clearly intimidated by her. Charles was clapping and cheering as Jake went across the monkey /"Nice work Jakey, you're so cool!" He kept exclaiming, in awe. Only encouraging Jake further. After half an hour it was time to go back /"Right everyone come and line up!" Terry called across the playground from the class door. Amy was already at the front with her friend Kylie behind. Slowly the line started to /"Jake and Charles hurry up please!" Terry called at the boys who were still at the climbing frame. Causing Charles to sprint to the line, but Jake just wanted one more go at the monkey bars, knowing everyone was now watching /"Jake, I'm gonna count to 5! We've got more recess this afternoon, come and line up buddy!" He said. Jake finished the monkey bars and began to walk as slow as he possibly could towards to /"5...4" Terry started in a warning tone, Jake continued at snail's /"3..." still no speed /"2..." Terry said his tone slightly less /"1..." Terry hesitated and Jake charged forward landing in the line just as Terry said "0".br /"Ok Thankyou, follow me guys," Terry said his happy tone returning./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The next hour passed without drama, the class got into groups and all drew a picture together. Amy's team were the first to finish, due to her leadership and bossiness. Then it was time for lunch. Charles had brought a packed lunch and sat at a table with Jake, telling him every single thing about the food he was eating. Jake listened at first, he really liked Charles, but after 10 minutes of him waffling about the Mayo in his sandwich, Jake resorted to the occasion nod. Amy finished her food and started to clean her table, Gina then made Amy clean her table too. Hitchcock and Scully went back for extras and finally the bell for the end of lunch rang./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Now guys it's time for a story. So come and sit on the carpet in front of me. Amy you don't need to take notes sweetheart, just listen and enjoy the story." Terry said, back in the class. The children gathered round Mr Jeffords and he began the /After 5 minutes Jake was /"Hey Charles, is it recess after this?" He /"Yes Jakey, I can't wait to see you on the monkey bars again," Charles said practically /"I'm going to try and do it where I skip ones, like the big kids do," Jake said /"Jake, Charles. Shhh!" Mr Jeffords said looking up from the /After about 5 more minutes Mr Jeffords looked up, most of the class were listening, but Hitchcock and Scully looked like they were asleep, Rosa was just staring at the floor, Gina as using a chair leg as a mirror and Jake was looking longingly out to the playground and fidgeting every 2 /"Ok right end of story time. Now before recess!" Terry began and waited for Jake, who had raced to the door as soon as he'd closed the book, to sit back down. "I need everyone to sit at their desks and colour in these tags I have with your names on, to go on your cubbies." He said. The class returned to their desk. Terry wondered round as they coloured, he really liked his class and was getting to know them, even the way they coloured said something about their character. Amy coloured hers with precision, no five year old has ever taken. Rosa just filled hers in in black, Hitchcock coloured Scully's by accident, but Scully didn't notice because he was colouring Hitchcock's. Gina had outlined her name in black and coloured the letters in with the brightest, boldest pens. Charles had made the a look like an egg and the l look like bacon and Jake had scribbled on his so and was done in 3 seconds in the hope he would then be allowed out to recess./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"After 10 minutes, and constant impatient groans from Jake, everyone had finished and recess started. This time Amy and Kylie sat making Daisy chains, which Terry had encouraged Rosa to join in with. He was pleased to see her sitting with them, even if she was just tearing up grass and flowers. But it did leave him free to keep an eye on everyone else, his attention was mainly on the climbing frame, Gina was busy doing some strange pole dance on the fireman's pole, Terry hoped she was just being an innocent kid. Charles was cheering on Jake as he launched himself across monkey bars, skipping 2 each swing. Terry looked across to check on Scully and Hitchcock, when he heard a distant "Charles I'm going to try and skip 3". He didn't register what he heard until he heard a definitive thud of a body hitting the ground. Everyone's heads flicked round and there was a moment of silence, and then Jake's screams erupted and echoed around the /Terry ran to Jake, who was crying in a heap on the ground, Charles trying to comfort him looking /"What hurts buddy?" Terry asked, helping the boy sit /"My...wrist...and...my...knees" Jake sobbed, inhaling sharply after each word, before erupting back into /"Can you wriggle your toes ok?" Terry asked kindly, rubbing the boy's back trying to calm him /"Uh huh" Jake /"And you can still move your fingers?" Terry /"Yeah," Jake /"Ok that's good, now I need you to calm down a bit, so just take some deep breaths with me, in and out!" Terry said calmly. Jake did, but the tears continued falling and he kept /"Ok buddy come on, let's get you some first aid." Terry said, scooping up the boy and putting him into a carry. Jake cried into his shirt, Terry tried to soothe him by rubbing his /"Ok class I need everyone to follow me into the classroom," he called, Jake sobs had slowed but Terry could still hear him whimpering. Everyone ran quickly in and sat at their /"Ok I'm going to run and get a teacher to sit with you while I sort out Jake, everyone be really grow up and good for 2 seconds." Terry said, he left the room and looked up and down the corridor, Jake still clinging to /"Ah Mrs Brookes, could you sit with my class for 10 minutes while I give Jake some first aid?" Terry /"Of course, I'll read them a story," she said, with a sympathetic glance at /"Thankyou, ok come on buddy, you think you can walk?" Terry /"I'll try." Jake hiccuped, his tear stained face and red eyes looking at /Mr Jeffords placed him down, as soon as his feet met the ground Jake cried in /"Ok I'll carry you, it's just down the corridor," Terry said hoisting Jake, who was now crying again, back on to his shoulder./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The first aid room was empty, Terry placed Jake on the nurses bed in the room and pulled up a chair and sat infront of /"Ok let's see your wrist first," Terry said rolling up Jake's sleeve, the boy flinches as the fabric brushed his skin. It revealed some cuts and grazes, not too /Jake had calmed down to hiccuping and the occasional /"Ok I'm gonna quickly wipe the dirt out and then put some bandaids on ok. It will sting when I wipe it, so you need to be brave ok?" Terry said looking at the snuffling /"Like John Mcclane?" Jake /"Yeah like John Mcclane, you think you can do that?" Terry /"Ok," he said, /Mr Jeffords got an antibacterial wipe and gave Jake a reassuring look and then proceeded to wipe away all the grit and dirt. Jake whimpered slightly and shut his eyes. Terry quickly placed a couple of bandaids over the /"Ok finished, well done dude!" Terry said, which instigated a proud grin from /"Right now I need to see your knee," Terry said, starting to roll up Jake's jeans. It revealed two big bloody cuts. Jake whimpered when he saw all the /"Hey don't worry, it looks worse then it is, I'll wipe all the blood away and then just put a slightly bigger bandaid on. Okay?" Terry said comfortingly, looking Jake in the eye. Jake nodded. He wiped away the blood, grinning when he looked up to see Jake with his eyes closed and face scrunched up. And then reached for 2 bigger band aids, he put them on and secured them with some medical /"All done, wow man you were so brave!" Terry praised, standing up. Jake's face burst with pride. Mr Jeffords put out his hand for a high five, which Jake returned /"You ready to try walking?" Terry /"Ok," Jake said, no longer any sign of crying, apart from his blotchy face and tear tracks across his /Terry lifted him down from the bed on to his feet and Jake looked up at him /"Ok, let's go back to class!" Terry said, taking Jake's hand. On the way down the corridor Jake babbled about "being as brave as John Mcclane" and die hard until they reached the /"Thankyou Mrs Brookes," Terry said when they got back to class. "Well guys there's only 10 minutes till it's time to go home, how about we play a little game of Simon Says?" Terry asked, much to the delight of the class. Gina just wanted to be Simon./p
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