A Grade 2 teacher's crusade to instil resilience and persistence in his young pupils has taken an unconventional turn, with the educator opting to illustrate the concept via a frame-by-frame breakdown of God's Own's 2005 Caulfield Guineas victory.

In a deviation from the standard curriculum, teacher Neil Stracke, 33, handed out copies of the lengthy stewards’ report as reference material for the children, before dimming the lights and replaying the race on loop, pausing the footage at key stages to speak to the on-screen action.

Sources close to the classroom say Stracke repeatedly emphasised how the Bart Cummings-trained colt was "absolutely flattened" in the early stages, "poleaxed" rounding the bend, and "basically buried alive" inside the final 200m.

"Kids, you are never beaten: just look at this thing get up off the canvas," he reportedly told the class.

However, The Pakistan Star understands that local child Hannah Perkins, 8, was unimpressed with the race vision.

Perkins reportedly described the replay as “visually flattering” to God’s Own due to the fact that Paratroopers “clearly weakened late”, and that the runner-up was “ultimately proven to be a bit of a cat”.

Perkins received a month’s detention for her analysis.

More to follow.