Where do all the Teachers Go?
 Poet : Peter Dixon
 About the poet : Peter Dixon is a poet, performer, and educationalist. His poetry and
outlook centres on the potential of human imagination – and the importance of learning
being enjoyable and rewarding. Peter is also a prolific visual artist whose paintings have
developed something of a cult following, with a number of galleries in London and the
South of England showcasing his distinctive work on a regular basis.
 Poem :
Where do all the teachers go
When its four o clock ?
Do they live in houses
And do they wash their socks ?
Do they wear pyjamas
And do they watch TV?
And do they pick their noses
The same as you and me ?
Do they live with other people
Have they mums and dads ?
And were they ever children
And wree they ever bad ?
Did they ever , never spell right
Did they ever make mistakes ?
Were they punished in the corner
If they pinched the chocolate flakes ?
Did they ever lose their hymn books
Did they ever leave their greens ?
Did they scribble on the desk tops
Did they wear old dirty jeans ?
I’ll follow one back home today
I’ll find out what they do
then I’ll put it in a poem
That they can read to you .
Peter Dixon
SUMMARY
 For a little child a teacher is special. It is difficult for small children to think of his/her
teacher as an ordinary person. All the students are under great confusion that where all the
teachers go? They worry if the teachers have mums and dads and they ever made mistakes.
They wonder if the teachers also wear pyjamas or watch TV.
WORKSHEET
 Read the passage and answer the questions:
Where do all the teachers go
When it is four’o’clock
Do they live in houses
And do they wash their socks?
Do they wear pyjamas
And do they watch TV?
And do they pick their noses
The same as you and me?
1.
What two things the teachers do at home?
2. What does you and me stand for?
3. Which word rhymes with clock?
2. What do you think these phrases from the poem mean:
a)
Punished in the corner
b)
Leave their greens