To Wonder what the school/teachers would do in this scenario.

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This is one for the Teachers among us...If you were on lunch/breaktime duty and the kids were having a screaming/shouting match to see who could scream/shout the loudest for the longest, and someone living behind the school yelled at the kids to pack it in/be quiet, what would you do?

Apologise and tell the kids to move away from the fence and play something else. Probably tell the headmistress in case a complaint came into school. If the neighbour swore at the kids we'd probably have to inform parents too.

Tell the kids that it's inappropriate to be screaming that loudly near to people's houses and encourage them to play something else

I would have stopped it before someone complained anyway as it's not appropriate behaviour.

As long as no foul language was used, then this.
I hope I’d have stopped them before it got to that point though.

Feel stupid because I should have stopped the kids way before a complaint. What an annoying game

Was the school there when the complaining neighbour moved in?

Remind the children that the school has neighbours, and to show them consideration.

This

it would never ever have reached the point where a neighbour would have been bothered enough by the noise

utterly irrelevant

Totally irrelevant in this context.

I would have told the kids to pack it in long before the neighbour did, but in that scenario I would have apologised to the neighbour and told the kids to move on, then probably reported to SLT to expect a complaint.

i reckon the op is the neighbour

what did the school do op?

Shout SORRY!!!

and tell the kids to be quiet

Tell the children to stop the"game" and apologise to the neighbours.

I would have had a word with the children before the neighbour complained. Not fair on other children or adults within earshot to listen to deliberate screaming etc. I would have encouraged them to find something else to do that didn't involve giving themselves a sore throat and everyone else a headache. However, if I was the neighbour, I wouldn't be complaining. I would expect noise tbh so would have gone inside my house until they went back into school after break.

yes i am the neighbour, yes the school was there when we moved in, and as a general rule, i don't mind the noise and it doesn't bother me. Sometimes its quite fun listening to it.

Don't worry, I haven't actually yelled at them to be quiet over the fence, i don't want to be a spoilsport, and they are just playing, but there's a few who seem to enjoy screaming bloody murder at each other a couple of times a week,
IF i need to do anything, i'd email the school.

It was one of those... what would the teachers think if i DID just yell 'be quiet' over the fence at them.

good grief op

they aren’t “playing”

their parents wouldnt allow them to do that at home i suspect and nor should the school

@workemail71 probably right.. i wouldn't let either of my kids scream like that, wouldn't have let students do it when i was working as a TA on break duty, and yes the teachers on duty should deal with it.

I don't like feeling like a killjoy though.. if it keeps up i might say something, but they've only been back a couple of weeks, they need time to settle and learn the rules.

the children even if 4 will know their parents would tell them to stop if they had a screaming competition regularly

My DD and her friends were screaming in the street the other day, DH went out to tell them to pack it in because they'd annoy all the neighbours. It's fine to ask kids to stop doing something as long as you're not aggressive

As long as it's "be quiet" and not "shut the fuck up" I think you are maintaining the higher ground!

Send a “polite email” in the first instance. School needs to keep you onside

Is there a teacher on duty near where they're doing it?

I'd drop an email to the school and ask that either the duty teacher manage the behaviour or if no duty teacher that one be stationed there to stop it happening again.

Schools are generally keen to be considerate of their neighbours.

This 100%. Why were you just watching it happening?

Edited: Sorry missed that you were the neighbour.