Do I just accept defeat ?

[cpjoli]

Only 7 teaching days left but I just don't know if I can cope.
My mental health is really struggling and with a very challenging class, I'm struggling.
Do I accept defeat and get signed off for the week or go in and try to front it out ?

remember my last teaching days, before i left to do something back in industry. counted down every minute.

can you make it fun this week? loads of splitting into groups to devise quizzes to outfox each other thus relearning all the top stuff from this term?

Is it a primary class or one of your classes in Secondary?

Will you spend the Christmas break worrying about the decision to be signed off?

What age are your class? Do you have a supportive head? If so, could you ask for extra help this next week?

Christmas is a difficult time for many children who have chaotic home lives and their behaviour reflects that, plus the routine at school is all over the place with performances etc.