"...a few minor difficulties with the local wild life."

Schoolchildren were forced to evacuate a playground after...

A fire alarm? A gas leak?

...a rampant squirrel caused havoc during breaktime.

A...

A what? Remind me, we don't have rabies in this country (yet), do we?

Headteacher Amrit Bal-Richards said they were monitoring the situation and the caretaker is being extra vigilant, but the squirrel has not been sighted again.

The caretaker relies on traditional methods...

'We talked to the children at an assembly the following day to say some times animals can be aggressive and a bit tempered and what to do if that happens.'

Panic, I guess. Even if the animal in question is the size of your foot, and non-venomous.

My, how they must laugh in Karnataka...

Squirrels can become aggressive if they feel they are being threatened or if they feel someone is trying to steal a food source.

They often warn a threat by chattering their teeth as a warning towards whoever, or whatever, is in the vicinity.

I doubt anyone would have heard that over the chattering of teeth of the (supposed) adults present...