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School parties

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spaceghetto · 10/12/2021 21:04

At the school gate, lots of parents were unhappy about a work Christmas party going ahead for the teachers, while the school announced this week, all Christmas plays were cancelled due to covid risk. What do you think?

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cansu · 11/12/2021 10:42

A work do for teachers is likely a meal at a restaurant. Last time I looked it was perfectly OK to go out for a meal to a restaurant.

liveforsummer · 11/12/2021 12:34

@Mookie81

No way werw staff already dressed from lunchtime. At the most they would have changed in the toilets once the kids were gone. It's bullshit.

Highly unlikely. Seeing it's second hand information for the OP it's likely not correct.

Plumbear2 · 11/12/2021 13:35

Events have been cancelled at my children's secondary school involving parents. Christmas assemblies for tne children are still going ahead and as far as I know Christmas meals etc are still going on for the teachers. I'm fine with that, schoold are protecting the children.and staff from hundreds of parents mixing that they don't normally see. Christmas events are fine and well deserved after the last two years.

HeyMoana · 11/12/2021 13:42

I heard the teachers are allowed to drive cars to school AND don't have to wear a uniform! It's not fair!
Every consider that adult teachers are governed by the same adult rules that you are in your work 0places and not the same rules as five to eleven year olds?

KilmordenCastle · 11/12/2021 13:59

I'd be pleased for them that they are still having theirs as so many Xmas parties are being cancelled.

It's really none of the parents business if the school staff are having a party, or anything else that the school staff choose to do in their own time for that matter.

You sound bitter and jealous OP.

KilmordenCastle · 11/12/2021 14:04

Work Christmas parties should be cancelled so would be a bit disappointed they haven't cancelled

Who says they should be cancelled? There's nothing in the guidance that says they should be cancelled, parties aren't (currently) against the law.

Why would you be disappointed in a group of people that you barely know doing something that is perfectly legal and above board? Nothing screams "I desperately want everyone else to be as miserable as me" like being disappointed at other people having fun.

LolaSmiles · 11/12/2021 16:03

Yes, I think it is inconsiderate to go on a staff party in a school where teachers are working in bubbles. I think it should have been cancelled, like ours was. There are safety provisions in school so no, I don't think it's inconsiderate to expect us (and I say us because I am a teacher) to go to work.

Safety provisions, in schools? Really?

The flower seems even more appropriate.

Do you actually think everyone should cancel their Christmas parties because semi-open windows in overcrowded classrooms are excellent measures against covid? Or is it that you're annoyed you're not having a party so nobody else should?

Soubriquet · 11/12/2021 16:05

It’s not happening in every school…

My dc had in the last 10 days:-

Evening carol service in a church
Nativity in the school hall
Pantomime at the local theatre.

They will have film club on Monday, a christingle service open to family on Friday, and a class party the exact same day.

Not a private school either

FallonCarringtonWannabe · 11/12/2021 16:11

There are fuck all effective safety provisions in schools. I dont even have magic tape around my desk anymore and all the hand sanitiser stations are either empty or smashed up by the students. the few people i know well, who havent yet had covid are all nhs. Including a HDU nurse, a dentist and two dental nurses. All High risk. Not a sniff of covid. Because they do actually have effective provisions.

People wants schools open with no masks and no bubbles. Fine. Those same people also say staff who are together during the day with no provisions should not spend two hours together in the evening are just being petty.

theelephantinthegroup · 11/12/2021 16:21

At my DCs school, even with the nativity being run on 2 nights, the hall is tightly packed with parents. And that's with a limit of 2 tickets per child. There is not room to have any sort of distance between seats and even with windows open it gets hot. This is very different from a small number of staff who are in the building together every day sharing a couple of drinks and some nibbles in the school hall after work.

HamCob · 11/12/2021 16:36

Presuming it's taking place outside of school it's really got fuck all to do with you has it?
They aren't breaking any laws.
Assuming it's a primary it's not remotely the same as having around around 300 people crammed into the school hall.

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