Will try to be brief and succinct. I've been in Year R for ages, loved very minute, but am moving into another role in the same school next year. At the moment it's full on new entrants transition stuff which takes a huge amount of organising on top of my usual workload. Not complaining about this, it's just the way it is at this time of year.
What has pissed me off is the attitude of the two teachers who will be in Year R next year. Today was the two meetings for the new parents - lots of work and very important to make a good impression etc. I spent the morning teaching, and my lunchtime making sure the unit was tidy(parents do a walk through) and getting the hall ready. The two teachers swanned in about 10 minutes before and after swanned out again! The evening meeting had to be in the unit - even more work, moving furniture etc. again they both swanned in about 10 minutes before the meeting. After, one of them patted my colleague on the arm and patronisingly thanked her for getting the 'script' ready and equally patronisingly thanked me for use of the unit! She then helped herself to some of the leftover food samples and swanned off home, leaving myself, my colleague and the other new Year R teacher to tidy up and put my classroom back together! Aaarrrgggghhh! Did they think they were pop up meetings that just happened??? At no point did they offer any help despite having had a meeting with the Head to discuss who was saying what, where we were holding the meetings etc! I eventually got home just before 9pm.
Soon we will have 3 activity days with the new children and parents - so do I carry on and organise these or do I stand back and wait until these 2 ungrateful wretches sort it all out themselves? They know it has to be done - it's their parents and new children after all, not mine. Or am I being ridiculously petty?
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Feeling very pissed off - need to have a big rant!
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Lara2 · 20/05/2014 22:50
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