Too darn hot

[Piggywaspushed]

and I really can't motivate myself to spend another day sweltering in a classroom with over heated students and teachers. No end in sight.

I was so hot on Friday I nearly played sleeping lions and/ or considered just bursting into tears. Anyone even vaguely naughty pushes me to the brink. The only thankfulness I have is that I am not a man consigned to hot classrooms in trousers , shirt and tie.

Sob.

I decided to start a 'it's too hot' thread since everyone else seems to be tolerating it awaits someone telling me to get a grip as I will have six weeks holiday soon

[MsAwesomeDragon]

At least it's over loubie. Was it ok?

[loubielou31]

It does seem mean. But they are busy right up to the end of term! Can you imagine? Anyway it is done now so tomorrow we can start taking displays down and cleaning everything...

[Piggywaspushed]

Oh, just realsied it has been . Too late for my sage advice.

[Piggywaspushed]

Goodness. Good Luck loubie. Maybe offer Ofsted person a fan and some wipes when they enter. And a chilled water. Enter temperature on seating plan. Colour coded to show your interventions, natch.

[loubielou31]

No that is what we had to look forward to today in this heat. I was not feeling well this time yesterday. (One day inspection so tomorrow we can take displays down)

[EvilTwins]

I went in yesterday (complicated - left last year but have been going back in to finish Yr 11 and teach Yr 10 because they didn't replace me) to sort out the Year 10 folders - kids are doing something else (drop down week? Not sure what it involves) and the whole school are still in full uniform including ties and blazers. Madness! Girls in skirts (they have those ridiculous heavy kilts) are in opaque black tights! It's one of those academies run by a buffoon, who clearly thinks that if they let the kids take their ties off then the next step will be chaos and anarchy. There were cross letters to our local paper about another of their schools in the area because the head had told a parent, when they complained about the tie/blazer thing that there was no point complaining to the governors as he was higher than them. So pleased to be out of there now.

[Piggywaspushed]

fallen : I think you may end up literally fuming in this heat....

loubie : is that just a random expletive?!

[loubielou31]

Ofsted!

[SadieHH]

The lunch hall is unbearable. It's about 500°c in there in the colder months. At the moment everyone is battling to get out into the playground first because it's cooler outside!

[user546425732]

Also with anyone stuck in a room with teenage girls obsessed with spraying layer upon layer of Impulse or Lynx at 5 second intervals as well at the other extreme.

Yes. Then you have to deal with Fred having an asthma attack because of the intense heat and chemical overload.

[GetTheGoodLookingGuy]

My classroom is upstairs and it's boiling. Windows open. Skylights open (with blinds drawn across). Fans on (one at each end of the room, up high). Door to middle area open. Doors to two neighbouring classrooms open (and their doors onto the stairs/fire escape open too) to let air flow through. And it was still 30 degrees on Friday (the teachers all pinched themometres from the Science cupboard to check).

Y6 play dress rehersal tomorrow, which everyone will be watching (and melting in).

[badbadidea]

I think our system is ridiculous.

Why the fuck have we got kids in sweltering classrooms in mid July?

[TheFallenMadonna]

Normally I don't particularly mind observations. Or work scrutinies. And I love a bit of data...

But this is just making me fume. It feels like a punishment.

[TheFallenMadonna]

An internal MAT review thing. So people from other school are coming to be challenging. Lessons obs, work scrutiny, data meetings, the works.

Second to last week of term.

[Vitalogy]

Seems lots of schools make "rules" for the sake of making them. Would be nice if common sense was used instead. I mean, what the heck difference would it make to have lesson outdoors in the shade, madness!

[Cleebope2]

Feeling so sorry for you all as we finished on 29th June in NI and I was already fit for nothing then. How can you possibly keep going through July every summer? We had teachers in strappy tops, short skirts and flip flops in the last week of term and no one cared.

[Petalbird]

No kids in our school this week (activities week) so as a lab tech I have abandoned my room and have camped out in one of the only labs with air con

[noblegiraffe]

No outside lessons here either. Or fun lessons. So we’re having waste of everyone’s time lessons instead.

I had great plans for my PPA today, I was going to get so much done. Instead I sat in a sweaty heap listlessly scrolling up and down a maths setting spreadsheet trying to raise the will to live. I don’t blame the kids for not being able to focus, it’s bloody awful.

[peanutbear]

I'm on the 3rd floor with inch opening windows and a nonfunctioning air conditioning machine that apparently is eating into our budget!
Only problem I work with SEMH their behaviour is off the scale and all lessons as usual.
Team teach anyone? with sweaty adults and kids, I tried to take them outside today and was told in no uncertain terms that maths outside was not an option !

[Piggywaspushed]

No, partly because our kids are on constant trips/ D of E etc that it feels like remnants of classes are left which makes me feel even more like I can't be fuckingarsed.

I let an annoying boy stand outside my classroom for about 30 mins today because he was 'too hot'. I didn't miss him.

Last year the head declared he wore his tie so expected all male staff to do the same (minus PE am guessing). he has not said this this year, whilst standing in his silly crumpled Our Man In Havana suit.

[leccybill]

Anyone else been told 'no fun lessons'? Business as usual to the bitter end here. Windows which open one inch. 33 in every class.
I'm fed up of it.

[Vitalogy]

Are there any shaded areas outside you could do the class from there.

[MsAwesomeDragon]

Why on earth would anyone think that's a good idea? That's a horrific thing to do to any teacher at any time of year, let alone the hottest time.

I'm out on a course tomorrow. I feel a bit hyper like I'm going on a fun outing :) I suspect I may be disappointed with the reality but I'm so excited.

[Piggywaspushed]

Goodness. What on earth for??!

[TheFallenMadonna]

I am being observed twice tomorrow. Twice.