Friendly names to call kids who make a stupid mistake

[noblegiraffe]

You know, the ones you have a good relationship with, not talking about berating some sensitive y7.

What, in mock exasperation, would you call a pupil who had e.g got a fiendishly difficult differential equation question wrong and you'd just spotted it was because they'd written 1x1=2?

Plonker? Wally?

Nana (as in banana!)

Numpty.?

Na-Na. As in banana.

Picklepants :D

Would twat be ok?

Doughnut

Lemon. Wally. Muppet if I have a very good relationship with them.
Also tend to go for nonsense food themed names, not sure why. Rhubarb, satsuma, cauliflower.... Quite odd now I think about it.

Twat would certainly not be ok! I use twit or numpty.

NOT twat. Means cunt here.
Or plonker. Means wanker!

Silly sausage?

Twat?? Seriously?

I was joking

Dumpling

Ninny or nana (narner)

Pickle, banana brain, numpty.

Dafty

Dingbat.

Daft thing, twerp.

Surely it's better to point out what they did was daft rather than call them a name?

How about not calling them anything?

Bloody hell, you want to call them a name?

Dingbat?

Heaven forbid we have a joke with the young people we spend 7 hours a day with. Reactions like that are one of the reasons I chose to work with children/teenagers and not adults.

Yes as teachers we say 'why are you being a numpty today?' We do not call students names, but sometimes we add a little levity.