Teacher reveals deadly arsenal of weapons collected at school - PHOTO

From replica guns which look shockingly realistic to knives and even a homemade axe, this collection reveals just some of the items confiscated in London schools by teachers over the last three decades.Artist and teacher Guy Tarrant collated the items during his time working as a school teacher in the capital.He has now put the items on display in an exhibition alongside a range of other artefacts including games, keepsakes and cult toys.While the display reveals the frightening collection of weapons taken into schools across London, many of the items are of a more light-hearted nature.Most of the weapons on display were taken from Emotional, Social and Behavioural Difficulties schools from across the city.From homemade playthings such as pen tubes used as pea shooters, toy guns and colourful plastic toys to jewellery, make-up, gadgets and improvised missiles, the confiscated list also offers a glimpse into how pupils distract themselves from studying while at school.Mr Tarrant said: 'The items on display have been held by the schools concerned for a long time and all pupils were given the opportunity to claim back their goods at specified times but chose not to do so. 'Different schools have their own behavioural and discipline rules and policies regarding the return timescale of items, often most primary schools (pupils aged between 7 to 11 years) operate with returns by the end of the day or week.'Secondaries (pupils aged between 11 to 16 or 18) usually allow return by the end of the term. 'Obviously dangerous items such as weapons and drugs or stolen goods are not returned and serious sanctions may be deployed, often ending up in parent contact or police involvement. 'Many of the items in this exhibition display resulted in pupil exclusion or suspension.'Many confiscated artefacts have been made from found paper, carefully decorated and looked after.The items also show how children's interests and games have, in some case, changed and developed over the years, while in other cases they have remained strikingly similar.Mr Tarrant said: 'Since qualifying as a teacher my art practice has concentrated specifically on school pupil interactions involving play and resistant behaviours.'The objects in the cabinets evidence playful activities that reject and evade rules, activities that are impulsive, free and with a touch of danger.'These types of items may often reveal an insight into the elaborate lives of young people.'The display opened at the V&A Museum of Childhood on November 9, 2013, and runs until June 1, 2014.(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az