Back today, classroom is so hot. How much work won't get done?

[Hulababy]

Yep, this hot weather is fab whilst I have been at home but today I am back at work. And my computer room is so hot. I have 26 PCs in her, printers and scanners, a big Smart board with over head projector - imagine the heat from that bulb! All generating even more heat. I have 2 tiny windows that'll open alightly - stopped from fully opening due to bars on the outside - to prevent theft.

No air con, no fan

And it is already hot and humid in here. It is already making me sleepy and I am dressed in summer skirt and vest, and have water to drink.

So, what are the chances of my pupils coming in - in their full uniforms - and knuckling down to work?

Should be fun!

can you go outside to collect data to do something ICT with?

can u loosen the uniform code for the lesson? say they can remove ties, undo top buttons etc as long as they are presentable once the lesson is over.

I'm quite sure that if it's too hot or too cold in a classroom it's deemed unusable - not sure what the guidelines are, but I'd get it checked out. NOt good for the staff or students if it's too hot! At the very least, I'd be demanding some fans to cool you all down.

how about an outside project collecting car data - makes, ages, no of lorries/buses etc, then do some statistical analysis later??

Ooh, if only we could go out but here we have to give lots of notice of ourdoor activities, even within schol grounds so defintiely stuck inside.

Room is now at boiling point too. Going to bring in a thermometer and record it tomorrow, as it is getting unbearable. Would you believe that there is no upper limit for a working conditions, just a lower limit?

I have got them to take blazers off and undo top button. Because of schoo's new situation - just gone into special measures - can't take too many liberites, as senior management come round to check

Can you just pass out with the heat and get sent home then the only the kids that will get too hot

Jampot - sounds like a great idea to me

can u get a jug of cold water there? as long as away from the machines they should be ok. it'll will also make u popular, hated lessons in this heat, any teachers who made it easier was great in a teenagers eyes.

Again, not allowed. Did suggest it to HoD. School's situation right now means that EVERY rule has to be obeyed to the end, so no eating or drinking allowed within school building (other than canteen)!

I have one more class to go - a big Y7 class after they have been running about all lunch time. Room will smell lovely after that

I have tolf the senior teachers about this so opften - it nearly killed me when pregnant, and that was in the winter months! But they don't listen

We have a soecial teaching and learning week coming up and the aspect I have selected to focus on that week is classroom environment, as one aspect of that is the temperature of the room.

Well, I finally persuaded deputy head that doing data collection round car park was valid work at lunch time so spent last hour outside of my room Still hot, but better! And Y7 thought it was great. Best remember to replan next week's lesson to actually use the data now

Hula
I am shocked that the kids aren't allowed to drink water - at ds1's school they have to bring in waterbottles all year, which are kept in the classroom. All part of the "hydration policy"

It is a first school however - but I don't see why that should make a difference?

Good for you Hula. How old are Y7? Have they done any statistics yet in Maths? They could do some excel spreadsheets and graphs and stuff next week, or if it is still boiling hot, then gather some more data outside

we also have the water policy, kids can drink it whenever they want ( within limits of course) Food for the brain, surely SMT can't disagree?

The water think is madness really. We also have no water fountains or anything either, so very limited acces to drinking water - for pupils ir staff. I can understand not having water near the Pcs but even so.

Gingerbear - just been rewriting next week's lesson to make sure I use the info we collected. I still have to follow the objectives for the National Strategy stuff (at KS3 we have this for all of Y9 now and we have to adopt their lesson style and objectives, etc.) Y7 are the age 11/12 year olds.I was planning doing the Data Handling work next anyway, so going to use this to do spreadsheet work, graphing and reporting on findings.

Just found this

The TUC called for upper limits for working conditions last year. There are already lower ones. So definitely no upper limit to quote