The incident is one of thousands of attacks on teaching staff each year and many now say violence in the classroom is out of control
Pupils told the BBC that the wording of the questions was confusing so they did not know what was being asked.
More than 11,000 people have signed a petition calling for a review of the exam saying it was "totally unrecognisable" from what they had prepared for.
Plans from the SNP to roll out more free childcare have been criticised by the Labour and Conservative parties.
Scottish Borders Council agrees to start the process to shut Fountainhall Primary for good.
Fountainhall Primary in the Borders has capacity for 50 pupils but numbers attending fell sharply.
Strike action in six Scottish council areas next week has been called off after a deal was agreed.
The review commissioned by the Scottish government comes as schools are struggling to cope with a growing number of ASN pupils.
One primary school in Glasgow says it has developed its own model of how to integrate ASN pupils into a mainstream school.
