 The hearing was told of several incidents involving the teacher |
Benjamin Warner is also alleged to have dragged a pupil across Caldicot Sandy Lane School hall by his sweatshirt and shut three more in a store cupboard.
Regulatory body the General Teaching Council for Wales was told Mr Warner had "lost all control of his actions".
He denies unacceptable professional conduct and serious professional incompetence. The hearing continues.
Giving evidence to the disciplinary hearing in Cardiff, head teacher Susan Richards said she was confronted in December 2005 by a trainee teaching assistant who was shaking and crying.
When she asked her what was wrong, the assistant said Mr Warner had a child by the throat against the wall and was "throttling her".
He asked them to come out and they refused, so he shut the cupboard door 
Mrs Richards said the assistant told her she could not believe a teacher would do such a thing and just ran out.
She told the panel of five teachers and lay people hearing the case she thought Mr Warner had "lost it with the class".
She said he "could not cope," and "could not control his temper."
The hearing was also told that Mr Warner would not allow the children to have sand, water and toys - resources usually to be found in a class for children aged four and five.
Teaching assistant Gemma McCluskey said the toys were put away in a cupboard.
"I remember one day some of the pupils went into the cupboard to look at the toys Mr Warner had put in there.
Lost control
"He asked them to come out and they refused so he shut the cupboard door."
In another alleged incident, deputy head Elizabeth Beynon heard him shout "get out" to a group of children.
She then saw him pull a child by what she said was "a fistful of sweatshirt" across the school hall following an incident in which the children were said to have broken a toy car Mr Warner had brought in.
Ms Beynon said Mr Warner had "lost all control of his actions".
Mr Warner did not attend the hearing and he did not have a legal or union representative there either.
However, part of a letter from the teacher was read out which he said he felt there was a lack of support to help him deal with six disruptive children in the class.
He wrote: "I didn't have enough support from the school".
The hearing was also told that when he was interviewed for the post he provided good references. He was viewed as an experienced teacher, well able to deal with children in challenging situations.
Mr Warner was dismissed from the school following a disciplinary hearing.
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