The Fourth Republic Rises - solidarity comrades!

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You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. Baiters and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

If you are not staff and just have a general education query please start your own thread.

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-ABBA - anti bashers and baiting association
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Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes and the ability to sniff out where the toffee vodka is hidden.

Stay alert? Such utter shit. Britain needs 'lerts'.

How can you be 'alert' to an invisible virus in a classroom.

Have you ever been in a portaloo when they malfunction? And they backflush whilst you're sitting on the loo? Wouldn't recommend it. --not envy

Eruuughhhhhh!

Piggywaspushed

As the great band Yello once said

Oh Yeah.

Piggywaspushed - meerkats! 😂😂

Afternoon.
I’m here ready to support to portaloo businesses.

I have a small 4 man tent and a larger 6 man tent - does that mean I can move straight to slt status?!

I also have a solar shower that might help more than a bucket....

Sorry Piggy- on the Nursery thread I’ve jut read back my post and realised it could be as if I’m criticising you but just wanted to say I was following in agreement with you re: comment. Hope that’s okay! I’ll leave that thread now

As fore mentioned I am happy to have the removals tent so long as I am allowed to swear and drink as much alcohol as required. Now it’s a tent rather than a classroom I will also require a duvet

It's fine , chloe : I didn't read it that way at all. I see both you and me were playing MN schools actually not meant to be thread Bingo!!

I wonder if, after all this debate, tonight’s (prerecorded) Bojo Show won’t actually mention schools at all.

Nicola sturgeon, “I don’t know what stay alert means”. Me neither. Can’t believe they didn’t include Scotland in discussions. She’s not letting him get away with it though.

Outdoor learning...

In Scotland...

does double take....

Am I the only one imagining what will happen with a load of tents on fields, pupils encouraged to be outside, and extremely restricted access to loos?
I'm imagining an awful lot of "nature wees" round the back of tents.... Or is it just me?

Nichola said school in Scotland won't open 1st June does that mean it was mentioned in COBR it would in England?

Jesus - my class get distracted every time a pheasant walks past the window / a cat/ a bee flies in / a hoverfly flies in because it might be a bee/ a wasp flies in / a spider walks across the floor. In a tent I would have half the class on InsectWatch. And the other half (me included) would be sneezing and /or bombed out of our minds on antihistamines. The one with an epipen would basically have to be in some sort of tent inside a tent.

She’s been saying that for a while riga don’t worry. She seems to counter media speculation whereas Boris says nothing and leaves us all in the dark

Scotland seems to be very into outdoor learning. I assume they resisted the selling off of playing fields?

Am I the only one imagining what will happen with a load of tents on fields, pupils encouraged to be outside, and extremely restricted access to loos?

I predict loads of spying on who is going to the loo and joining them if it's their pal. They're at it even through brick indoor walls.

We haven't even got enough parking spaces, let alo n e room.for tents! Roof top marquee?

Hi everyone, can I join? I've been lurking. PGCE student here with placement B suspended. Not looking forward to starting my NQT job with half the usual time in school and 6 months without teaching.

On behalf of myself and @NeurotrashWarrior could I please ask for some sort of safety tent peg that I can't be stabbed with.

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one watch NS. I am in England but find her easier to watch.

When we line up for fire alarms, we are about a metre from the school building, all jammed in the playground. In a real fire we have to leave the schools grounds and head to the park. We have car parking spaces for 10 cars, with a staff of 90. Outdoor space is not something we have loads of.

Also it is physically impossible for me to be in a tent with children in without crying, shouting "FGS why can't you just put it away!", losing at fucking Uno or being drunk. I know - i'm a 10 year veteran of camping "holidays".

Hi everyone, can I join? I've been lurking. PGCE student here with placement B suspended. Not looking forward to starting my NQT job with half the usual time in school and 6 months without teaching.

Welcome! Must be very worrying for you. Glad you have joined! I find a in the staff room is a good start