How would you react to this 10 year old?

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I’m still thinking about this I know I shouldn’t be as she’s just a child but it’s really making me wonder whether I should have said something or if I was right to stay quiet:

I volunteered for an after school event at my child’s school where the kids watched a movie and had snacks. I was just there supervising with 4 other parents and about 5 teachers. It was very obvious I was a mum not a teacher so can’t excuse the child for not knowing. My daughter (younger year) kept coming to me for a cuddle and I told her to sit down, next minute this 10 year old girl charges towards me knocking my daughter over demanding to know when the film would start. I told her very shortly. Film had then started then the same girl came over to me and very demandingly told me her clip had fallen out and I need to keep it safe for her, I put it on the table next to me and said she can get it at the end. She kept making really angry faces at me. I walked a little further away but she kept coming up to me only and demanding things. There were many other adults there but she kept coming to me and shouting at me to do things for her. I kept being nice to her and asking her to sit down and watch the film.

what would you have done? I’m a little out off volunteering again if I’m being honest. I don’t want to use the word “brat” but that’s the type of behaviour she was displaying.

Well you wouldn’t shout at them, but you would say calmly that you only help polite children.

Option
A) If you ask me politely then I will.
B) Go and ask your teacher

"Sit down and be quiet" ??

She sounds quite rude, but maybe she has some kind of medical/emotional difficulty. If there were any staff there, I'd have directed her towards them and said 'if you need anything please speak to miss x, but you should sit down quietly now as the film is starting please.'
If it wasn't picked up by staff you were being somewhat overwhelmed by the child, maybe just speak to them about her behaviour in a factual, non judgemental way.
By all means refuse to volunteer in future though!

If teaching staff were on hand, I personally would have had a quiet word with one. I work in a First school (Foundation - Year 4) in a support role, and wouldn't put up with this type of behaviour. No staff member, would expect you to accept this behaviour either. If you volunteer again, ask what your boundaries are with the children - can you tell them off for poor behaviour or should you refer any bad behaviour to a staff member etc. You should absolutely in my opinion be able to call a child out for being rude towards you, but all schools work differently.

You sound like you don't have experience with a range of kids and needs tbh. I don't see much of that as rude just communication. Faces being pulled id just ignore! Just say let's go find <teacher> so she/he can make sure you're all sorted for the activity.

Was your dc the only child with a parent there that was coming to them to get cuddles etc?
If so I’d maybe assume it was a bit of jealousy.
In any case I’d have pointed her towards a staff member each time

‘Go see your teacher over there’

As a volunteer who does not appear to have much experience of managing behaviour.

What support are you offered by the school to so that you understand the school's policies and 'how they do things around here' ?